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December 10, 2009 | Read Time: 3 minutes
American Near East Refugee Aid (Washington): Appointed Courtney Spellacy, major-gifts officer at ActionAid International (Washington), to be director of institutional giving.
Atlanta Ballet: Appointed Arthur Jacobus, executive director of the Pilchuck Glass School (Seattle), to be executive director.
Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters (Norfolk, Va.): Appointed Stephanie Adler Calliott, sales manager and director at UBS Financial Services (Norfolk), to be senior vice president of development.
Demos (New York): Appointed Heather C. McGhee, program associate for this think tank’s economic-opportunity program, to be director of its Washington office.
Denver Art Museum: Appointed Christoph Heinrich, deputy director, to be director. Mr. Heinrich succeeds Lewis Sharp, who has retired.
Erikson Institute (Chicago): Appointed Randy L. Holgate, former senior vice president for university resources at the U. of Chicago, to be vice president for institutional advancement.
Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (New York): Appointed Michael Schreiber, president of Truist (Washington), to be senior vice president of member relations and chief development officer.
House of Ruth Maryland (Baltimore): Appointed Sandi Timmins, chief operating officer, to be interim executive director. Ms. Timmins succeeds Carole Alexander, who has resigned from this domestic-violence center.
Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region (Colorado Springs): Appointed Jan McHugh-Smith, president of the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to be executive director.
International Women’s Media Foundation (Washington): Appointed Liza Gross, interim executive director and former managing editor for presentation and operations at the Miami Herald, to be executive director.
National Constitution Center (Philadelphia): Appointed David Eisner, former chief executive officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service (Washington), to be president and chief executive officer.
New York Public Library: Announced the retirement of Paul LeClerc, president, effective in summer 2011.
One Economy (Washington): Appointed Moustafa Mourad, senior adviser, to be acting president. Mr. Mourad succeeds Rey Ramsey, who has become president and chief executive officer of TechNet, a network of finance and technology executives.
Oregon State U. Foundation (Corvallis): Appointed Julie Hotchkiss, director of development at the Deschutes River Conservancy (Bend, Ore.), to be director of development for the Cascades campus.
Phillips Collection (Washington): Appointed Kara Mullins, a senior development officer at the National Gallery of Art (Washington), to be director of development.
Polish American Association (Chicago): Appointed Gary Kenzer, U.S. director of HonestReporting (Skokie, Ill.), to be executive director.
Schott Foundation for Public Education (Cambridge, Mass.): Appointed Jabes Rojas, national vice president of corporate development at the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting (Los Angeles), to be development manager.
Street Sense (Washington): Appointed Abby B. Strunk, senior director for marketing and communications at BBYO (Washington), to be executive director of this newspaper written and sold by homeless people.
Vietnam Education Foundation (Washington): Appointed Lynne McNamara, deputy executive director, to be executive director.
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The Colorado Trust (Denver): Appointed Matt Sundeen, senior policy analyst and general counsel at the Bell Policy Center (Denver), to be senior program officer for health policy.
Wartburg Foundation (Mount Vernon, N.Y.): Appointed Katherine D, Guenther, deputy director of development at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan (New York), to be president and chief executive officer. Ms. Guenther succeeds Edgar J. Myers, who has retired.
York County Community Foundation (York, Pa.): Appointed Bryan K. Tate, vice president for community investment, to be vice president of philanthropy.