March 26, 2021 | Read Time: 3 minutes
Collins Foundation
Carol Cheney, who is diversity, equity, and inclusion manager at the Meyer Memorial Trust, has been named CEO of the $253 million foundation in Portland, Ore. She will start her new role on April 26.
The Collins Foundation makes grants to organizations in urban and rural areas throughout Oregon, with a focus on dismantling systems that marginalize people.
International African American Museum
Tonya Matthews has been tapped as CEO of this new museum in Charleston, S.C., scheduled to open early next year.
She is the founder of the STEMinista Project, which works with middle-school girls to consider careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. Most recently she was associate provost of inclusive workforce development and director of the STEM Innovation Learning Center at Wayne State University.
LEGO Foundation
Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen will become its new CEO on September 1. She has been a member of the LEGO Foundation’s board since last year and currently is CEO of Plan International.
Albrectsen will succeed John Goodwin, who has led the toy company’s foundation since 2017.
Missouri Foundation for Health
Dwayne Proctor has been named president and CEO, beginning May 3. He has worked at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation since 2002, where he is currently senior adviser to its president.
More New CEOs
Brian Hawkins, president and CEO of Family Health Centers in Baltimore, will now serve as CEO of Healing Hands Ministries.
Aleese Moore-Orbih, director of programs at CORA in San Mateo County, will be the next executive director of the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence.
Gideon Taylor will become executive vice president and CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York on July 1. Currently he is executive vice president of EWKA Inc., a commercial real-estate company in New York.
Morgan Lewis
The law firm in New York has announce four new hires who will represent philanthropic and nonprofit organizations and the for-profit organizations that work with them. All four lawyers most recently worked at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler.
Megan Bell and Tomer Inbar have joined the law firm as partners.
Casey Oetgen will be an associate.
Lauren Simpson has been named of counsel.
Other Notable Appointments
Jesse Askew, a principal and joint venture consultant at Iconix Brand Group, is now vice president of marketing and branding at the America 250 Foundation, the nonprofit partner of the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission. In addition, Keri Potts has been hired as vice president of communications and public relations. She was most recently vice president for external affairs at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.
Walter Johnson has been named vice president of institutional advancement at the College of DuPage. Most recently he was president and chief operating officer at Chicago Hope Academy.
Eric Motley has been named deputy director of the National Gallery of Art, effective August 30. He is currently executive vice president and corporate secretary at the Aspen Institute.
Departures
Kay James, president of the Heritage Foundation since 2018, will step down as soon as a successor is named. Kim Holmes is also resigning, effective April 16. He has worked at the conservative think tank for 36 years, most recently as executive vice president.
Mariam Noland, president of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, intends to retire at the end of 2021 after 36 years at the foundation.
Richard Rohrman plans to retire after eight years as CEO of the New Community Corporation, effective May 31. He started working at the Newark, N.J., nonprofit group in 1981.
Legacy
Dorothy Ginsberg Lemelson died on March 10 at age 94. She created the Lemelson Foundation in 1992 with her late husband; Jerome Lemelson, an inventor, died in 1997. Upon his death, she took on the leadership of the foundation, serving as president and chair of its Board of Directors until 2018. The Portland, Ore., foundation has $364 million in assets and has made $260 million in grants since its founding in the areas of entrepreneurship, education, and inventors who develop technologies that improve the lives of the poor.
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