People

AchieveMpls (Minneapolis): Appointed Susan Doherty, director of its Career and College Initiative, to be interim president and chief executive officer. Ms. Doherty succeeds Catherine Jordan, who has resigned to join the Leadership and Community Engagement Team at the Bush Foundation (St. Paul).

Arizona Humane Society (Phoenix): Appointed Kelsea Vescova, director of community relations and operations for the Marley Park community at DMB Associates (Scottsdale, Ariz.), to be director of marketing and development.

Avance (San Antonio): Appointed Rick Noriega, vice president for community-based initiatives at Neighborhood Centers (Houston), to be president and chief executive officer. Avance helps low-income Hispanic parents prepare their young children for school.

Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.): Appointed W. Anthony Neal, area development director at the United Negro College Fund (Fairfax, Va.), to be vice president of institutional advancement.

Bridges of Understanding (Washington): Appointed Carey Kluttz, a recent recipient of a master’s degree in Middle East and Islamic studies from the American U. of Paris, to be executive director. This organization works to foster understanding between Americans and Arabs.

Broward Education Foundation (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.): Appointed Jorene Jameson, chief development officer at the YMCA of South Palm Beach County (Boca Raton, Fla.), to be chief executive officer.

Cape Henry Collegiate School (Virginia Beach): Appointed Leonard J. Doran, director of major gifts at the American Farmland Trust (Washington), to be director of development.

Catholic Legal Immigration Network (Washington): Appointed Maria M. Odom, former lawyer at Kuck Casablanca & Odom (Atlanta), to be executive director.

Catholics Come Home (Roswell, Ga.): Appointed John A. Scola, president of the Orange Catholic Foundation (Orange, Calif.), to be vice president of development at this organization that produces Catholic evangelism advertisements.

Community College of Beaver County Foundation (Monaca, Pa.): Appointed Nancy Dickson, executive director of the Spartanburg Community College Foundation (Spartanburg, S.C.), to be executive director.

Families First (Atlanta): Appointed Raphael Holloway, director of the HIV Unit at the Georgia Department of Community Health, Division of Public Health (Atlanta), to be chief operations officer.

Farm Sanctuary (Watkins Glen, N.Y.): Appointed Allan E. Kornberg, senior vice president at the National Initiative for Children’s Health Quality (Boston), to be executive director. Farm Sanctuary protects animals used in the food industry.

Honolulu Symphony: Appointed Majken Mechling, executive director of the American Diabetes Association Hawaii (Honolulu), to be executive director.

Harcum College (Bryn Mawr, Pa.): Appointed Sachiko Mallach, director of development at the Chester County Historical Society (West Chester, Pa.), to be vice president of college advancement.

Kiwanis International Foundation (Indianapolis): Appointed Linda Brimmer, vice president and chief operating officer at the Goodwill Industries Foundation of Central Indiana (Indianapolis), to be executive director.

Leadership Fort Wayne (Ind.): Appointed Cheri Becker, a regional vice president at JobWorks (Fort Wayne), to be executive director. This group trains people to become community-service leaders.

Make It Right Foundation (New Orleans): Appointed Stephen C. Ragan, a fund-raising and marketing consultant, to be director of development and government relations. This organization promotes the rebuilding of the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans.

mHealth Alliance (Washington): Appointed David Aylward, director of Comcare Emergency Response Alliance (Washington), to be executive director of this group that advances mobile health projects in developing countries.

Millionair Club Charity (Seattle): Appointed James Miller, a management consultant for nonprofit organizations, based in Seattle, to be executive director. This organization helps homeless people become self-sufficient.

Museum of American Finance (New York): Appointed David Cowen, a financial-history writer and founder of Quasar Capital Partners (Roseland, N.J.), to be president and chief executive officer.

New York City Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center: Appointed Glennda Testone, vice president at the Women’s Media Center (New York), to be executive director.

Night Ministry (Chicago): Appointed Laurene Von Klan, president of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (Chicago), to be vice president of development and external relations. The Night Ministry provides housing, health care, and outreach to homeless youths.

Opportunity Finance Network (Philadelphia): Appointed Gregory Schiefelbein, manager of corporate relations and housing outreach at Freddie Mac (McLean, Va.), to be executive vice president of development.

Otterbein College (Westerville, Ohio): Appointed Heidi L. Tracy, vice president for individual giving at Carnegie Mellon U. (Pittsburgh), to be vice president of institutional advancement.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Philadelphia): Appointed David R. Brigham, director of its museum, to be president and chief executive officer, effective January 1. Mr. Brigham succeeds Edward T. Lewis, who plans to resign.

Philadelphia Orchestra Association: Appointed Allison Vulgamore, president and chief executive officer of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, to be president and chief executive officer, effective February 1.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (New York): Appointed Jon Gossett, senior vice president for development at American Public Media Group (St. Paul), to be chief development officer.

Project Lead the Way (Clifton Park, N.Y.): Appointed John Lock, founder and chief executive officer of the Charter School Growth Fund (Broomfield, Colo.), to be chief executive officer. Project Lead the Way develops courses in science and math for middleand high-school students.

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Terre Haute, Ind.): Appointed Donald Fry, senior vice president at Hartsook Companies (Wichita, Kan.), to be vice president of institutional advancement.

Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties (San Jose, Calif.): Appointed Kathy Jackson, former managing director at Bank of America Leasing and Capital (San Francisco), to be chief executive officer.

Skylight Opera Theatre (Milwaukee): Appointed Amy S. Jensen, vice president and chief financial officer at the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, to be managing director.

SOC Enterprises (Arlington, Va.): Appointed Linda H. Chandler, vice president for operations at Goodwill Industries International (Rockville, Md.), to be chief executive officer. This organization helps disabled people become self-sufficient.

Spring Arbor U. (Mich.): Appointed Brent Ellis, special assistant to the president, to be vice president for advancement and president of its foundation.

United Friends of the Children (Los Angeles): Announced the death of Nancy M. Daly, founder of this organization that helps foster youths become self-sufficient, on October 2. She was 68. Ms. Daly was also founder of the Children’s Action Network.

Ursinus College (Collegeville, Pa.): Appointed Jill A. Marsteller, senior vice president and chief development officer at the Fox Chase Cancer Center (Philadelphia), to be senior vice president for advancement.

Washington Animal Rescue League (Washington): Appointed Rob Blizard, director of gift planning at George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens (Mount Vernon, Va.), to be development director.

Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades (Media, Pa.): Appointed Peter J. D’Orazio, associate athletic director for advancement at La Salle U. (Philadelphia), to be vice president of institutional advancement.

GRANT MAKERS

Atwood Foundation (Anchorage): Announced the death of Robert N. Reeves, president, on September 23. He was 79.

The California Endowment (Los Angeles): Appointed Lauren Padilla-Valverde, director for the master of science in physician assistant studies/master of public health program for the College of Health Sciences at Touro U. (Vallejo, Calif.), to be program officer for East Salinas.

Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan (Detroit): Appointed David Egner, president and chief executive officer of the Hudson-Webber Foundation (Detroit), also to be executive director of the New Economy Initiative, a group of foundations focused on economic development in the Detroit area. The foundation has also appointed Katie Brisson, a consultant for the foundation, to be senior program officer for the initiative, and Sam Singh, a senior policy consultant at Public Policy Associates (Lansing, Mich.), to be a senior consultant for the project.

Community Foundation of Western North Carolina (Asheville): Appointed Elizabeth Brazas, chief client service officer at the Threshold Group (Gig Harbor, Wash.), to be president. Ms. Brazas succeeds Pat Smith, who has retired.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago): Appointed Eric Sears, program officer for the Crimes Against Humanity program at Human Rights First (New York), to be program officer for human rights and international justice.

KDK-Harman Foundation (Austin, Tex.): Appointed Jennifer M. Esterline, program officer, to be executive director.

Rose Community Foundation (Denver): Appointed Sarah Indyk, its Jewish Life program assistant, to be Jewish Life initiatives manager.

Tides Foundation (San Francisco): Appointed Gary D. Schwartz, senior vice president at Tides, also to be managing director.

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (Menlo Park, Calif.): Appointed Helena Choi, a project program officer for Public Health Watch at the Open Society Institute (New York), to be a program officer in the population program.