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Cleveland Social Venture Partners: David Wittkowsky was named the first executive director.

Irene Diamond Fund (New York City): Vice president Vincent McGee left to pursue a new career. Jane Silver was appointed executive director of the fund.

Indian Land Tenure Foundation (St. Paul, MN): Cris Stainbrook is president of the newly formed foundation.

Leeway Foundation (Philadelphia): Former vice president Sara Becker succeeded her mother, Linda Lee Alter, as president.

Meyer Memorial Trust (Portland, OR): Doug Stamm will become the trust's second executive director, succeeding Charles Rooks, who retired at the end of April 2002.

Nehemiah Community Foundation (Sacramento, CA): Hazaiah Williams was named executive director.

New Israel Fund (Washington, DC): Peter Edelman will become president in June.

STAFF

Alliance Healthcare Foundation (San Diego, CA): Mary Lewis is now vice president and COO.

Blandin Foundation (Grand Rapids, MN): Gordon Curphy was named vice president of institutional leadership.

California Endowment (Woodland Hills): The endowment has four new program officers: Mary Rainwater (for mental health), Olga de la Cruz-Cañon (for community-based organizations in San Diego and Imperial counties), Dorinda Ohnstad (for community-based organizations in Fresno and Central California counties) and Brenda Solórzano (for community-based organizations in San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Santa Clara and San Mateo counties).

Denver Foundation: Barbara Berv joined as advancement officer.

Jessie Ball duPont Fund (Jacksonville, FL): Sharon E. Greene will become senior program officer for education on June 3.

Enterprise Foundation (Columbia, MD): Jeff Baloutine is now the Southwest regional director.

Hitachi Foundation (Washington, DC): Mark Popovich is senior program officer on the management team.

Indian Land Tenure Foundation (St. Paul, MN): Howard Valandra is vice president of grants and programs.

Kettering Foundation (Dayton, OH): Robert E. Daley is serving as interim director of communications.

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami): Lisa Versaci is directing the new National Venture Fund. Katherine Loflin is now content program officer. Meredith Maust is executive secretary and Donovan Lee-Sin is program administration assistant. Larry Meyer was named vice president of communications; he has been communications director since 1995. Jorge Martinez was promoted to director of information systems, a new position.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago): Judith F. Helzner will become associate director of the Population and Reproductive Health area of the Program on Global Security and Sustainability on July 1.

Markle Foundation (New York City): Joanna McIntosh was named director of the Policy for a Networked Society program.

Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation (Arlington, VA): Walter Velasquez joined as program assistant.

New Britain Foundation for Public Giving (New Britain, CT): Janet Davenport is now director of communications.

David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Los Altos, CA): Lois Salisbury became director of the children, families and communities program in March.

Rochester Area Community Foundation (NY): Jeffrey E. Hough is now vice president of marketing and development.

Rochester Area Foundation (MN): Chuck Gysi is communications/program officer.

Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation (San Mateo, CA): Gale Berkowitz will lead the foundation's evaluation of the outcomes and impact of its grantmaking and operating programs. Ed Carlson will lead the substance abuse treatment initiative, while Cassandra Benjamin will head the homelessness initiative.

BOARD MEMBERS

Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida (Jacksonville, FL): The foundation named Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida staff to its board of directors: Bruce Bagni, Randy Kammer, Patrick McCabe, Deanna McDonald, Tony Jenkins, and Susan Wildes.

Calhoun County Community Foundation (Anniston, AL): Forrest French, a retired accountant, and J.B. Freeman, an accountant and partner with Brooke, Freeman, and Lee, were appointed trustees.

Carnegie Corporation of New York (New York City): Helene L. Kaplan was named chair of the board. Kaplan is counsel to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Martin L. Leibowitz was named board vice chair; he is vice chairman and chief investment officer of TIAA-CREF. William McDonough was named trustee; he serves as vice-chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank and a permanent member of the Federal Open Market Committee.

Greater Cincinnati Foundation: The foundation appointed three new members to its governing board: Paul W. Chellgren, chairman and CEO of Ashland, Inc., Johnathan M. Holifield, executive director of CincyTechUSA and vice president of new economic enterprise at the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce and William C. (Wym) Portman III, president and CEO of Portman Equipment Company.

The Health Foundation of Greater Indianapolis: The foundation elected new board officers: George E. Ludwig, retired partner with Whipple & Co., president; Thomas J. Feeney, Forest Manor Middle School teacher, vice president; Robert L. North, retired CEO of North Mechanical Contracting, treasurer; and Drees Homes market manager Beverly A. Baker, secretary.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, MO): Michael F. Morrissey, retired managing partner of Ernst & Young LLP, was elected chair of the board of directors. Morrissey's term will begin in September 2002, when current board chair James E. McGraw concludes a three-year term.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago): Mario J. Molina, professor of chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, was named to the foundation's board.

Markle Foundation (New York City): Joel L. Fleishman, professor of law and public policy studies and director of the Sam and Ronnie Heyman Center for Ethics, Public Policy and the Professions at Duke University, is now chairman of the board of directors.

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation (Baltimore): Maria Rosario Jackson, senior research associate and director of the Urban Institute's Arts, Culture, and Communities Program, and Janet Rodriguez, vice president for corporate and social responsibility at J.P. Morgan Chase, were elected at-large board members.

Skillman Foundation (Detroit): Amyre Makupson, a television news anchor in Detroit, and Robert Taubman, president and CEO of Taubman Centers, Inc., joined the board.

Woods Charitable Fund (Lincoln, NE): The fund elected new officers: Thomas D. Potter, president; Susan M. Ugai, vice president; Michael J. Tavlin, treasurer; and Pam Baker, secretary and executive director.

PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS

Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers (Washington, DC): Oscar Izaguirre is now program associate for member services.

GuideStar (Williamsburg, VA): CEO Buzz Schmidt assumed new duties as chairman of the board of directors. Robert G. Ottenhoff succeeds Schmidt as president.

Grantmakers in Health (Washington, DC): GIH announced the election of eight new board members: Thomas Aschenbrener, Matt James, Marguerite Johnson, Alicia Lara, Margaret O'Bryon, Corinne Rieder, Stephen C. Schoenbaum and Karen Voci.

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (Washington, DC): Sloan C. Wiesen is the new communications director.