People

Advocates for Children of New York (New York): Appointed Leigh Sansone, a lawyer, to be an advocate

supporting educational services.

Albright College (Reading, Pa.): Appointed Kelly K. Ferry, assistant director of alumni relations, to be director of reunion giving.

Alliance for the Mentally Ill of St. Louis: Appointed Elizabeth Westhoff, major-gifts specialist at the American Red Cross (St. Louis), to be director of development.

Alliant International U. (San Francisco): Appointed Josefina Castillo Baltodano, dean of the School of Management and vice president for university relations at John F. Kennedy U. (Orinda, Calif.), to be executive vice president for strategic planning and advancement.

America’s Promise-The Alliance for Youth (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Beth Tuttle, senior vice president of communications at the Freedom Forum and the Newseum (Arlington, Va.), to be senior vice president for institutional advancement.

American Association of Fundraising Counsel (New York): Joanne Hayes, former president and chief executive officer, died February 17 from pancreatic cancer.

American Council on Education (Washington): Appointed Benjamin F. Quillan Jr., vice president for administration and chief financial officer at California State U. at Fresno, to be senior vice president for business and operations.

American Technion Society (New York): Appointed Richard Zelin, regional director at the New Israel Fund’s Chicago office, to be director of the west-central region office, in Chicago.

Angell Memorial Animal Hospital (Boston): Appointed Louise Mackisack, chief operating officer, to be chief executive officer.

California State U. at Fullerton: Appointed Pamela Hillman, associate vice chancellor for development and president of the foundation at U. of California at Riverside, to be vice president for university advancement.

California State U. at San Bernardino: Appointed Mike Tracey, development officer at the university’s Water Resources Institute, to be interim associate vice president for development.

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (Menlo Park, Calif.): Announced the retirement of John Barcroft, executive vice president and treasurer.

Case Western Reserve U., School of Medicine (Cleveland): Appointed Maggie Kaminski, a consultant based in Cleveland, to be executive director of alumni affairs, friends, and stewardship programs in the office of development and alumni affairs.

Center in the Park (Philadelphia): Appointed Lynn Fields Harris, director of communications and public relations at the Philadelphia Gas Works, to be executive director.

Children’s Defense Fund (Washington): Appointed Wylie Chen, a public-interest fellow at the Advocacy Institute (Washington), to be national youth-outreach coordinator.

Children’s Hospital of Orange County Foundation for Children (Orange, Calif.): Appointed Steven Forry, major-gifts officer at Sharp HealthCare (San Diego), to be director of major gifts.

City Center (New York): Appointed Arlene Shuler, executive director of the Howard Gilman Foundation (New York), to be president and chief executive officer, effective in June. She succeeds Judith E. Daykin, who is retiring.

Civic Ventures, Experience Corps (Washington): Appointed John Gomperts, chief operating officer at the Public Education Network (Washington), to be chief executive officer. Experience Corps mobilizes elderly people to volunteer at low-income schools and community-based groups.

Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida (Orlando): Appointed Kelle Groom, associate director of development at the Orlando Opera Company, to be director of grants administration.

Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (Albany, N.Y.): Appointed Dennis J. Kennedy, associate director of corporate and foundation relations at State U. of New York at Albany, to be assistant director of communications.

Community Health Charities of Connecticut (Hartford): Appointed Amy Murphy, development coordinator at Special Olympics Connecticut’s Southwest Region (Norwalk), to be a regional director for western Connecticut, based in Norwalk; Thomas O’Brien, executive director of the annual appeal of the Archdiocese of Hartford, to be regional director for eastern Connecticut, based in Norwich; and Laura Treonze, director of marketing at BizNews24 (New York), to be a regional director for western Connecticut, based in Norwalk.

Conservation Trust for North Carolina (Raleigh): Appointed Reid Wilson, senior vice president at M&R Strategic Services (Washington), to be executive director.

Cultural Initiatives Silicon Valley (San Jose, Calif.): Appointed Laura Jason, senior development officer at the California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco), to be associate director.

Fayetteville State U. (N.C.): Appointed J. Lee Warren, chairman of the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners (Fayetteville), to be director of development.

Folger Shakespeare Library (Washington): Appointed Beverly C. With, director of the office of membership and development at the Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Washington), to be director of development.

The Food Bank (Memphis): Appointed Carol Simpson, communications and medical director at the Memphis Medical Society, to be director of development.

Franciscan U. of Steubenville (Ohio): Appointed Robert G. Filby, president of Trinity Health System Foundation (Steubenville) and vice president for medical affairs at Trinity Health System, to be vice president for community relations.

Geneva College (Beaver Falls, Pa.): Appointed Sam Siple, interim vice president for institutional advancement, to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Global Health Ministry (Newtown Square, Pa.): Appointed Lynne M. Manley, vice president of the American Lung Association of Pennsylvania’s southeastern region (Harrisburg), to be director of program operations.

Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (South Hamilton, Mass.): Appointed Howard Freeman, director of the capital campaign, to be director of development and chief development officer.

Grantmakers in Aging (Dayton, Ohio): Appointed Vickie Shortal, administrator of the Dayton Power and Light Foundation, to be communications manager.

Hamilton Fish Institute (Washington): Appointed Beverly Caffee Glenn, director for human and civil rights at the National Education Association (Washington), to be director of this think tank that focuses on the reduction of school-based violence.

Hazelden Foundation (Center City, Minn.): Dan Anderson, former president, died February 19. He was 81.

Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights (Chicago): Appointed Paul Fairchild, director of development, to be vice president of communications and development.

Independent Sector (Washington): Appointed Diana Aviv, vice president for public policy at United Jewish Communities’ Washington Action Office, to be president and chief executive officer. Sara E. Meléndez, president since 1994, announced in August her intent to resign at year’s end and now serves as a visiting professor of nonprofit management at George Washington U. (Washington).

International Reading Association (Newark, Del.): Appointed James Wile, an associate professor of teacher education at Miami U. (Ohio), to be international development director.

Iowa State U. Foundation (Ames): Appointed Jason Menke, communications coordinator at ChildServe/Convalescent Home for Children Network (Des Moines), to be assistant director of communications.

Johnson C. Smith U. (Charlotte, N.C.): Appointed Lee Hampton, executive director of corporate and foundation development at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U. (Daytona Beach, Fla.), to be vice president of institutional advancement.

KCET (Los Angeles): Appointed Deborah Claesgens, director of development at the Charter College of Education at California State U. at Los Angeles, to be executive director of advancement for principal gifts, and David Meléndez, executive director of the Cesar Chavez Foundation (Los Angeles), to be executive director of advancement for foundation and corporate relations.

Little City Foundation (Palatine, Ill.): Appointed Shawn Jeffers, chief executive officer of the Hope School (Springfield, Ill.), to be executive director of this center that provides services for youths and adults with mental disabilities.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Appointed Laura Hardy, director of major gifts, to be vice president of development.

Marymount U. (Arlington, Va.): Appointed Paula Ferris Einaudi, associate dean for resource planning and development in the School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins U. (Baltimore), to be vice president for development.

Midland Lutheran College (Fremont, Neb.): Appointed Gene C. Crume Jr., vice president for university advancement at Park U. (Parkville, Mo.), to be executive vice president for advancement and enrollment management.

Morris Animal Foundation (Englewood, Colo.): Appointed Carmen Neu, director of development at the National Stroke Association (Englewood), to be director of development.

National Neighborhood Coalition (Washington): Appointed Anne Pasmanick, a consultant based in Washington, to be executive director.

Nature Conservancy of Arizona (Phoenix): Appointed Sue Sirkus, senior vice president and southwest regional director of Netzel Associates (Phoenix), to be associate director of philanthropy.

New York State Historical Association and the Farmers’ Museum (Cooperstown, N.Y.): Appointed Henry A. Fernandez, a consultant, to be vice president and chief administrative officer.

Ohio State U., College of Law (Columbus): Appointed Molly A. McArdle, director of development at the Catholic Foundation (Columbus), to be director of development.

Pacific School of Religion (Berkeley, Calif.): Appointed Paul Extrum-Fernandez, director of correctional ministries at the California-Nevada Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church (Sacramento), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, Mass.): Appointed Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, chief curator at the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American Art (Washington), to be chief curator.

Pitzer College (Claremont, Calif.): Appointed Anne Donovan Moran, southwest regional director for major gifts at CARE (Los Angeles), to be vice president for college advancement.

Queens Library Foundation (Jamaica, N.Y.): Appointed Diana Chapin, deputy commissioner and executive director of the Water Board for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, to be executive director.

Rhode Island School of Design (Providence): Appointed Lora Urbanelli, assistant director of the school’s museum, to be interim museum director.

Rowley Memorial Animal Hospital (Springfield, Mass.): Appointed Sybil Graham, chief operating officer at Health Management Experts (Hartford, Conn.), to be chief executive officer.

Sam Houston State U. (Huntsville, Tex.): Appointed Frank R. Holmes, assistant headmaster for advancement at Christ School (Asheville, N.C.), to be vice president for university advancement.

Seton Hall U. (South Orange, N.Y.): Appointed Joseph G. Sandman, vice president for advancement at Loyola U. (Chicago), to be vice president for university advancement.

St. Mary’s Foundation for Children (Bayside, N.Y.): Appointed Ingrid Montecino, acting executive director of the National Hemophilia Foundation (New York), to be vice president for development.

Truckee Meadows Community College (Reno, Nev.): Appointed Emilie Wentworth, director of resource development at South Texas Community College (McAllen), to be grants-development coordinator.

U. of California at Irvine: Appointed Jorge E. Ancona, associate executive director of the U. of California at Los Angeles Alumni Association, to be assistant vice chancellor for alumni relations and executive director of the alumni association.

U. of Missouri at Rolla: Appointed Connie Eggert, executive director of advancement at the U. of Missouri at Columbia College of Business, to be vice chancellor for university advancement. She succeeds Neil K. Smith, who has retired.

U. of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth: Appointed Cheryl Kimberling, director of development at U. of Texas at Arlington, to be vice president for institutional advancement.

U. of Notre Dame (South Bend, Ind.): Appointed Daniel G. Reagan, assistant vice president for university relations and executive director of development, to be associate vice president for university relations and executive director for principal gifts and campaign administration.

U. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee: Appointed Eric D. Anderson, assistant vice president for development at the Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee), to be director of major gifts and planned giving.

United Jewish Communities (New York): Appointed Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman, executive director of Birthright Israel (New York), to be vice president for the Jewish renaissance and renewal pillar.

YMCA of the USA (Chicago): Appointed Audrey Haynes, director of the office for the State of Kentucky (Washington), to be director of the government-relations office.

GRANT MAKERS

Asia Foundation (San Francisco): William P. Fuller, president and chief executive officer, has announced his resignation, effective early next year.

Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation (Milwaukee): I. Andrew Rader, founding chairman, died February 18. He was 88.

Central Indiana Community Foundation (Indianapolis): Appointed Julio A. Galindo, a graduate of the City U. of New York’s National Urban/Rural Fellows Program, to be a program officer.

Healthcare Georgia Foundation (Atlanta): Appointed Martha Katz, deputy director of policy and legislation at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta), to be director of health policy.

Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation (Washington): Announced the resignation of MaryAnn Holohean, nonprofit-sector advancement fund director.

Open Society Institute (New York): Appointed John Kowal, associate director of the program on law and society, to be director of constitutional and legal policy; Maria Teresa Rojas, associate director for U.S. communications, to be associate director for philanthropy and internal communications; Catherine Samuels, director of the program on law and society, to be senior fellow for special justice projects; and Alvin Starks, program officer for the New York City community initiatives program, to be associate director for fellows and technical assistance.

Southwest Minnesota Foundation (Hutchinson): Appointed Jay Kieft, program specialist for the Community Connections program of Kandiyohi County (Wilmer, Minn.), to be a program officer.

Teagle Foundation (New York): Appointed W. Robert Connor, director and president of the National Humanities Center (Research Triangle Park, N.C.), to be president and chief executive officer, effective May 1. He succeeds Richard W. Kimball, who has retired.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Calhoun County Community Foundation (Anniston, Ala.): Elected Betty Fletcher Hill, president of Hill Service Company (Anniston), to the Board of Trustees.

Carnegie Corporation of New York: Elected Thomas R. Pickering, senior vice president for international relations at Boeing Company (Chicago) and former U.S. Under Secretary of State for political affairs, to the Board of Trustees.

CREW Foundation (Lawrence, Kan.): Elected Diana Parker, director of Cushman & Wakefield of Florida (Miami), to be chair of the Board of Trustees, and the following to be trustees: Dana Kleiman, president of Dana F. Kleiman Real Estate Advisory (Swarthmore, Pa.); Shelly B. Rainen, a partner at Rainen Law Offices (Boston); and Jennie Redner, director of implementation services for the Western region of Management Reports International (Los Angeles). The foundation is the philanthropic organization of the Network of Commercial Real Estate Women.

Grantmakers in Health (Washington): Elected Jeanette Corbett, president of the Quantum Foundation (West Palm Beach, Fla.), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Houston A+ Challenge: Elected Harry M. Reasoner, senior partner at Vinson & Elkins (Houston), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.): Elected Fred P. Keller, chairman of Cascade Engineering (Grand Rapids, Mich.), to the Board of Trustees.

Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation (Washington): Elected Joshua B. Bernstein, president of Bernstein Management Corporation (Washington), to the Board of Directors.

National Indian Education Association (Alexandria, Va.): Elected Cindy La Marr, executive director of Capital Area Indian Resources (Sacramento), to be president of the Board of Directors.

William Penn Foundation (Philadelphia): Elected Anthony J. Scirica, a member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third District (Philadelphia), to the Board of Directors.

Rose Community Foundation (Denver): Elected Stephen H. Shogan, chief of neurosurgery at the Rose Medical Center (Denver), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Saint Paul Foundation: Elected Patrick J. Donovan, managing partner at Druller, McKennessey Management Company (St. Paul), and Donald L. Garofalo, chief executive officer of the Andersen Corporation (St. Paul), to the Board of Directors.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

AB&C Group (McLean, Va.): Appointed Drew M. Wachter, vice president of the turnkey-services division at Professional Mailing and Distribution Services (Annapolis Junction, Md.), to be a senior sales executive at this direct-response processing and fulfillment company.

Alford Group (Evanston, Ill.): Appointed Thomas W. Mesaros, vice chair and chief operating officer, to be chief executive officer of this nonprofit-consulting company.

Americalist (North Canton, Ohio): Appointed Mark Gillespie, national sales manager for broadcasting, to be vice president of sales and marketing in the fund-raising division of this direct-marketing company.

Association Management Group (McLean, Va.): Appointed Ryan Dryden, executive director of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (West Hartford, Conn.), to be executive director with responsibility for the Association of State and Territorial Chronic Disease Program Directors, and Bobby Stanley Jr., executive director of the Virginia Department of Fire Programs (Richmond), to be executive director with responsibility for the Board of Polysomnographic Technologies, both at this association-management company.

Baker & McKenzie (Chicago): Appointed Angela C. Vigil, clinical assistant professor at the Children and Family Justice Center of the Bluhm Legal Clinic of the Northwestern U. School of Law (Chicago), to be North American director of public-interest law.

Berkhemer Clayton (Los Angeles): Appointed Julia Justus McGinty, senior search practitioner in corporate communications and public affairs, to be vice president, leading the nonprofit-leadership practice at this executive-search firm.

Goettler Associates (Columbus, Ohio): Appointed Mary E. (Betsy) Kelsey, associate director of development at the Toledo Museum of Art (Ohio), to be a senior consultant at this fund-raising consulting firm.

Ostrow Reisin Berk & Abrams (Chicago): Appointed James G. Quaid, a senior manager at Thomas Havey (Chicago), to be a senior associate at this public-accounting and business-consulting firm. (This corrects an item that appeared in the February 20 issue.)

Schultz & Williams (Philadelphia): Appointed Jessica A. Harrington, director of marketing services, to be vice president, direct response at this nonprofit-consulting firm.

Spencer Stuart (New York): Appointed Jennifer Bol, a partner at Heidrick & Struggles International (Chicago), to be a consultant at this executive-search firm.