May 10, 2019 | Read Time: 3 minutes
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Deborah Dugan, CEO of (Red), the AIDS nonprofit co-founded by the rock star Bono in 2006, has been named president and CEO of the nonprofit group that runs the Grammy Awards. She starts on August 1 and will be the first woman to lead the group when she succeeds Neil Portnow, who is leaving this summer after 17 years.
Dugan will also serve as president and CEO of MusiCares, the Recording Academy’s charitable arm that makes grants primarily to musicians in the areas of addiction, education outreach, and senior housing.
Glaucoma Foundation
Elena Sturman, senior vice president and chief development officer at Phoenix House, has been hired as president and CEO. She succeeds Scott Christensen, who has held the position since 2002 and is now retiring.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation D.C.
Ramon Jacobson, acting executive director of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation’s office in Washington, will continue in the role on a permanent basis. Previously deputy director at LISC D.C., he stepped into the leadership role after the death of Oramenta Newsome in February 2018.
More New CEOs
Mary Haddad, vice president of sponsorship and mission services at the Catholic Health Association of the United States, has been promoted to president and CEO, effective July 1.
Jake Logan, assistant vice chancellor at the University of Missouri, has been named vice president for university advancement at Ball State University and president of the Ball State University Foundation.
Lorraine Martin, co-founder and president of the Pegasus Springs Foundation, has been appointed president and CEO of the National Safety Council.
Other Notable Appointments
Dorcey Applyrs has been named vice president for community health initiatives at the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region, in Albany, N.Y. She is currently an elected member of the Albany Common Council and a clinical assistant professor at the University at Albany.
Jill Valdes Horwood, policy director at Boston Harbor Now, has joined the Barr Foundation as director of its Boston Waterfront Initiative, its climate-resiliency program to protect the city of Boston from coastal flooding.
Russ Paulsen, a senior adviser at the Institute for Sustainable Development, has been named chief operating officer at UsAgainstAlzheimer’s.
Ravi Shankar, director for financial operations and reporting at the Center for American Progress, will now serve as vice president of finance at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and its sister organization, the Leadership Conference Education Fund.
Sara Watson, co-founder and global director of ReadyNation and ReadyNation International at the Council for a Strong America, has been named senior director for policy at the Bainum Family Foundation.
Lorita Williams has been appointed vice president of development and alumni affairs at Becker College, effective July 29. Currently she is vice president of advancement and community engagement at Roxbury Community College.
Departures
Jon Jensen, executive director of the Park Foundation, plans to retire in September after 12 years of leading the grant maker in Ithaca, N.Y.
Michel Sidibé, executive director of UNAids since 2009, will leave his position next month to become health minister in his native Mali. Sidibé departs amid criticism of his handling of sexual-assault allegations against his deputy executive director, who was later cleared in an investigation into his conduct.
Rick Williams, CEO of the Sobrato Family Foundation since 2013, is retiring.
Legacies
Jean Vanier, the founder of L’Arche International, which operates care facilities that house and treat people with intellectual and physical disabilities in 38 countries, died May 7 at age 90. He also co-founded Faith and Light, a network of support groups for disabled people and their families. In 2015, he received the Templeton Prize, given by the John Templeton Foundation for “exceptional contribution to affirming life’s spiritual dimension,” which comes with a cash prize of $1.7 million.
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Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly said that Deborah Dugan is CEO of (Red)/One Campaign. She is CEO of (Red), and Gayle Smith is CEO of the One Campaign.
