People

American Heart Association-Greater Midwest Affiliate (Chicago): Appointed Almarie Wagner, executive director of the American Heart Association-Midwest Affiliate (Chicago), to be executive vice president.

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (New York): Appointed Edwin J. Sayres, president of the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to be president and chief executive officer.

Canadian Association of Gift Planners (Ottawa): Appointed Diane MacDonald, director of membership at the Canadian Association of Internet Providers (Ottawa), to be executive director.

Capital U. (Columbus, Ohio): Appointed Susan D. Stumpp, proposal-implementation specialist at Indiana U. of Pennsylvania (Indiana, Pa.), to be faculty-grants director.

Care USA (Atlanta): Appointed Debra Gottheimer Neuman, senior director of corporate media relations at IBM (Armonk, N.Y.), to be senior vice president of external relations.

Center for Puppetry Arts (Atlanta): Appointed Debbie S. George, marketing director at Discover Mills (Lawrenceville, Ga.), to be marketing director of this organization that offers puppetry workshops and other events.

Encore Series, Peter Nero and the Philly Pops (Philadelphia): Appointed Kristine C. Lisi, associate director of the Penn Fund and director of the parents program at the U. of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), to be director of development.

Family Services of Westchester (White Plains, N.Y.): Appointed Susan Wayne, senior director of mental-health services, to be vice president for programs.

Foundation for California State U. at San Bernardino: Appointed James Sando, director of commercial operations and assistant to the vice president for administration at California State U. at Fullerton, to be executive director.

Foundation for National Progress (San Francisco): Appointed Steven Katz, vice president of development at Earthjustice (Oakland, Calif.), to be chief development officer at this nonprofit organization that publishes Mother Jones magazine.

Franciscan U. of Steubenville (Ohio): Appointed Frank C. Glazer, associate vice president for corporate-foundation relations at Drexel U. (Philadelphia), to be vice president for advancement.

Fuller Theological Seminary (Pasadena, Calif.): Appointed Andrew Lay, vice president of development at the Union Rescue Mission (Los Angeles), to be executive director of development.

Gannon U. (Erie, Pa.): Appointed Linda L. Wagner, acting vice president for finance and administration, to be vice president for finance and administration.

Glenwood School (Ill.): Appointed Patricia A. McDonald, executive director of the Wellness Place (Palatine, Ill.), to be vice president of advancement.

Goucher College (Baltimore): Appointed Holly A. Brandt, assistant director of development for the Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins U. (Baltimore), to be associate director of development for major gifts.

Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago): Appointed Mary Ann Rowan, senior vice president at Maguire Associates (Chicago), to be associate vice president for academic marketing.

KCPW (Salt Lake City): Appointed Cathy Ives, vice president at New Hampshire Public Radio (Concord), to be general manager.

KOPN (Columbia, Mo.): Appointed Phil Easley, general manager at WEMC (Harrisonburg, Va.), to be general manager.

Lawyers Alliance for New York: Appointed Carrie Marker, recruiting administrator and coordinator at Orrick, Herrington, & Sutcliffe (San Francisco), to be pro bono coordinator.

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society-Desert Mountain States Chapter (Phoenix): Appointed Jacqueline Palmenberg, deputy executive director, to be executive director.

LifeFlight Foundation (Union, Me.): Appointed Charles P. Williamson Jr., vice president of development at the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School (Rockland, Me.), to be director of development. The foundation raises funds to support LifeFlight of Maine, which provides statewide medical-helicopter services.

Lighthouse International (New York): Appointed Robin Ann Phillips, director of planned-giving programs at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (Washington), to be director of gift planning in major and planned gifts. Lighthouse International helps blind people and people with vision impairments to lead more-independent lives.

National Caucus and Center on the Black Aged (Washington): Appointed Karyne Jones Conley, executive director of federal relations in the Washington office of SBC Communications (San Antonio), to be president and chief executive officer.

National Public Radio (Washington): Appointed Rodney Huey, vice president for public relations at Feld Entertainment (Vienna, Va.), to be vice president for communications.

National Recreation and Park Association (Ashburn, Va.): Appointed John A. Thorner, chief executive officer of the Optical Society of America (Washington), to be executive director.

North Carolina Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Center (Research Triangle Park): Appointed Samuel H. Houston, vice president for educational policy and programs at Edgate Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.), to be president and chief executive officer.

Pacifica Radio (Washington): Appointed Lonnie Hicks, chief financial officer at Family Service Agency (San Francisco), to be chief financial officer.

Pax International (Washington): Announced the death of its founder, the Rev. J. Elliott (Jack) Corbett, on March 18. He was 82. Pax International promotes peace, reconciliation, and sustainable development; its current programs include work with internally displaced people and the Roma people.

Population Council (New York): Appointed Peter J. Donaldson, president of the Population Reference Bureau (Washington), to be vice president and director of the international-programs division.

Public Broadcasting Service (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Barbara Levy Landes, vice president of performance management at the vertical-marketing group of America Online (Dulles, Va.), to be chief financial officer and senior vice president, and Patricia Murphy, speechwriter and communications director for former Senator Max Cleland, Democrat of Georgia (Washington), to be speechwriter and corporate-communications director. Ms. Landes succeeds Beth Wolfe, who resigned last year.

Savannah Technical College Foundation (Ga.): Appointed Brynn Grant, associate director of the Savannah Music Festival, to be executive director of the foundation and director of development for the college.

Scholarship America (Minneapolis): Appointed Janine Krantz Fugate, a consultant, to be director of public affairs and communications.

Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (San Francisco): Appointed Frederick Lorber, director of development at the U. of the Pacific (Stockton, Calif.), to be director of fund development at this organzation that provides affordable housing.

Thomas Jefferson U. (Philadelphia): Appointed Flynn A. Andrizzi, executive director of institutional advancement at the U. of Utah Health Sciences Center’s John A. Moran Eye Center (Salt Lake City), to be vice president for institutional advancement.

Tidewater Community College (Norfolk, Va.): Appointed Wendy McGrady Poellnitz, director of marketing and business development at Willcox & Savage (Norfolk), to be director of development.

United Arts Council of Greensboro (N.C.): Appointed Jeanie P. Duncan, director of development, to be president.

United Jewish Communities (New York): Appointed Doron Krakow, national director at Young Judaea (New York), to be vice president for the Israel and Overseas Pillar, and Beth M. Mann, assistant executive director of Jewish Community Center Services at the Educational Alliance (New York), to be director of the young-leadership department.

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (Hartford, Conn.): Appointed Willard Holmes, deputy director and chief operating officer at the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), to be director.

Washington National Cathedral: Appointed Douglas Lovell, director of development at Far Hills Country Day School (N.J.), to be major-gifts officer.

WFUM (Flint, Mich.): Announced the resignation of Donna Ullrich, director of communications, who is leaving to start her own public-relations business.

Women’s Fund of New Hampshire (Concord): Appointed Marianne M. Jones, interim executive director at the New Hampshire Humanities Council (Concord), to be executive director of this organization that promotes equal opportunities for women.

WTVS (Detroit): Appointed Jeff Forster, vice president at Moreland Communications (Troy, Mich.), to be vice president of production and station enterprises.

GRANT MAKERS

Bush Foundation (St. Paul): Appointed Mary Bensman, director of marketing at Fairview Health Services (Princeton, Minn.), to be communications officer.

Community Foundation of North Central Washington (Wenatchee): Announced the retirement of G. Raymond Taylor, president, effective in December.

Dayton Foundation (Ohio): Appointed Angela Clements, a consultant, to be legacy partnership development officer.

Greentree Foundation (New York): Appointed Richard Schaffer, visiting professor of urban planning at Columbia U. (New York), to be president. He succeeds Robert Curvin, who has retired.

James Irvine Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Sally Allen, program associate, to be an associate program officer. (This corrects an item in the March 20 issue.)

Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix (Scottsdale, Ariz.): Appointed Barbara Chandler, associate vice president at the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona (Tucson), to be director of development and professional services.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.): Appointed John R. Lumpkin, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health (Springfield), to be senior vice president and director of the health-care group.

KnowledgeWorks Foundation (Cincinnati): Appointed Harold Brown, senior program officer, to be program director for school improvement; Barbara Diamond, senior program officer, to be program director for the communities and school-facilities program; and Brett Visger, senior program officer, to be program director for the college and career-access program.

Minnesota Community Foundation (St. Paul): Appointed Barbara Beard, director of development at Young Life (Colorado Springs), to be director of donor services.

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, Mich.): Appointed: Neal R. Hegarty, associate program officer for Flint-area grants, to be program officer for civil society, exploratory and special programs, and pathways out of poverty; Tamás Scsaurszki, associate program officer for civil society in the Prague office, to be program officer in that office for the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia; and George A. Trone, associate program officer, to be program officer for exploratory and special projects.

Omaha Community Foundation: Appointed Mike Leighton, president of the Creighton U. Foundation (Omaha), to be president. He succeeds Del Weber, who is retiring.

Saint Paul Foundation: Announced the retirement of Paul Verret, president since 1975.

Stuart Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Christy Pichel, acting president, to be president.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Association of Fundraising Professionals (Alexandria, Va.): Elected Colette M. Murray, president and chief executive officer of Paschal Murray (San Diego), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Association of Fundraising Professionals Foundation for Philanthropy, Canada (Ottawa): Elected Maretta Emery, director of finance and gift planning at the Winnipeg Foundation (Canada), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Better Business Bureau of Southern Piedmont (Charlotte, N.C.): Elected Ben Guion, senior vice president for the North Carolina private-bank division at SouthTrust Bank (Birmingham, Ala.), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Bush Foundation (St. Paul): Elected to the Board of Directors: Roxanne Givens Copeland, chief executive officer of ethnicHome Lifestyles (Minneapolis); Steve Goldstein, a principal of the Quatris Fund (Minneapolis); and Robert J. Jones, vice president and executive vice provost for faculty and academic programs at the U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities (Minneapolis).

Community Foundation in Jacksonville (Fla.): Elected Cynthia Edelman, an instructor in art history at the Bolles School (Jacksonville), to the Board of Trustees.

Cooper Foundation (Lincoln, Neb.): Elected Jack D. Campbell, president of Compensation Programs (Lincoln), to be chair of the Board of Trustees.

Fair Labor Association (Washington): Elected Adele Simmons, vice-chair of Chicago Metropolis 2020 and former president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago), to be chair of the Board of Directors, effective in September.

Horizons for Youth (Sharon, Mass.): Elected Fredrick Trilling, a partner at Lemelman and Trilling (Newburyport, Mass.), to be president of the Board of Directors.

New Britain Foundation for Public Giving (Conn.): Elected Robert A. Scalise Jr., a partner at Ericson, Scalise, Mangan & Zembko (New Britain), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

Peninsula Community Foundation (San Mateo, Calif.): Elected Umang Gupta, chairman and chief executive officer of Keynote Systems (San Mateo), to the Board of Directors.

Rasmuson Foundation (Anchorage): Elected John Wanamaker, founder and managing member of Two Brothers (Anchorage), to the Board of Directors.

Rosenberg Foundation (San Francisco): Elected Albert F. Moreno, senior vice president and general counsel at Levi Strauss & Company (San Francisco), to be chair of the Board of Directors.

WMFE (Orlando, Fla.): Elected Marjorie Bekaert Thomas, president of Ivanhoe Broadcast News (Winter Park, Fla.), to be chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Woods Fund of Chicago: Elected Maria Valdez, a lawyer at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (Chicago), to be chair of the Board of Directors.