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Barberton Community Foundation (OH): Thomas L. Harnden, former chairman of the grants committee, is executive director.
Community Foundation for Southern Arizona (Tuscon): Steven Alley, former director of the Community Foundation Institute at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, was named executive director.
Delaware Community Foundation (Wilmington): Executive Director Collis O. Townsend resigned. Deputy Director Susan D. Sherk is interim executive director.
Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation (New York City): Neen Hunt, former executive vice president, was named president.
Skillman Foundation (Detroit): Kari Schlachtenhaufen, interim president, was named president.
Southern Education Foundation (Atlanta): Effective December 31, President Elridge W. McMillan will retire to become an independent consultant on education and public policy. McMillan has served the foundation since 1968. Executive Vice President Lynn Walker Huntley has been promoted to succeed McMillan, effective January 1, 2002. Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation (Meriden, CT): Stewart J. Hudson, former executive director of the Jane Goodall Institute, was named president.
Woods Fund of Chicago: Ricardo Millett, former director of evaluation for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, was named president.

STAFF

American Association of University Women Educational Foundation (Washington, DC): Former director Karen Sloan Lebovich was named vice president of Lipman Hearne Inc.
Boston Foundation: Terry Lane, former associate dean for professional education and sponsored projects at the Boston University School of Social Work, was named director of policy, research and evaluation.
California Endowment (Woodland Hills): The following people were named program officers: Sylvia Castillo, former research advisor for the James Irvine Los Angeles Urban Funders Fellowship; Alicia Dixon, former director of the San Diego County Department of Health and Human Services Office of Violence and Injury Prevention; and Patricia Lozada-Santone, former faculty member of the San Diego State University's Colleges of Education, and Health and Human Services.
Colorado Trust: John L. Samuelson, former chief financial officer at the United States Olympic Committee, was named chief financial officer. Christie McElhinney, former public relations director at the Education Commission of the States, was named senior communications officer. Jenny Lehman, former senior consultant for AddVenture Network and director of special projects for Colorado Public Radio, was named executive assistant for board affairs and special projects.
Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham (AL): James A. King III, a former employee in the development office of the University of the South, was named development officer.
Community Foundation Silicon Valley (CA): Director of Research and Special Initiatives Winnie Chu is retiring.
Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan (Detroit): Kim-Lan Trinh, former finance specialist for International Finance-Asia Pacific Region for DaimlerChrysler Corp. and administrator of the Chrysler Fund, was named senior program officer. Thomas M. Woiwode, former consultant, was named director of the GreenWays Initiative. Diane M. Kresnak, former assistant controller for Focus: HOPE, was named staff accountant.
Enterprise Foundation (Columbia, MD): Jim Polcaro, former vice president of information technology at AMERICOM Wireless Services, was named chief technology officer. Peter Werwath, a faculty member of the Affordable Housing Institute at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, was named vice president and deputy director of program services. Ed Manekin, former interim chief administrative officer, was named chief reengineering officer.
Hogg Foundation for Mental Health (Austin, TX): Carolyn Young, former project manager for the Texas Education Agency, was named youth development program director.
Kresge Foundation (Troy, MI): Laura J. Trudeau, former vice president and Midwest region head of contributions and community relations for the Bank One Corporation, was named program officer.
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago): Richard Kaplan, former director for grants management, research and information, was named assistant vice president for institutional research and grants management.
Minneapolis Foundation: Ronnie Bryan, former human resources employee at North Star Steel and Cargill, was named human resources generalist. Jeryn Konezny, former nonprofit and healthcare lawyer with Dorsey & Whitney L.L.P., was named gift planning officer.
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation (Concord): Former vice president Alan M. Cantor was named vice president of the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund.
Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust (Scottsdale, AZ): Terrence R. Meersman, former senior program officer and director of finance and administration at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was named executive vice president and director of programs.
Saint Paul Foundation (MN): Craig A. Erickson, former attorney with Chestnut & Cambronne, P.A., was named senior gift planner. Doris (Stuber) Perez, former president of Nonprofit Consulting Associates, Inc., is program manager of the foundation's children, families and community initiative.
Stupski Family Foundation (San Francisco): i, former executive director of the Institute for K-12 Leadership at the University of Washington, was named director of district reform initiatives. TRUSTEES
Bush Foundation (St Paul, MN): Wilson G. Bradshaw, president of Metropolitan State University, was elected to the board.
California Community Foundation (Los Angeles): Jane Eisner, president of the Eisner Foundation, was elected to the board.
Flinn Foundation (Phoenix): W. Scott Robertson, a cardiologist at the Scottsdale Cardiovascular Center, was elected to the board of directors.
James Irvine Foundation (Los Angeles): Peter J. Taylor, senior vice president of Lehman Brothers, was elected to the board.
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (Menlo Park, CA): Allan Rosenfield, dean of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, was appointed to the board of trustees.
KnowledgeWorks Foundation (Cincinnati): John E. Dean, managing partner of the law firm, Dean Blakey & Moskowitz, was elected to the board.
John D. And Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago): Jamie S. Gorelick, vice chair of Fannie Mae, and Mary Graham, a research fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the Georgetown University Law Center, were elected to the board of directors.
Rasmuson Foundation (Anchorage, AK): Edward B. Rasmuson, chairman of the National Bank of Alaska, succeeded his late father, Elmer Rasmuson, as president of the board. Cathy Rasmuson, a community volunteer, was elected vice president.
Saint Paul Foundation: Joan A. Grzywinski, president and district manager of the St. Paul and South Metro Minneapolis market, was elected to the board.
United States-Japan Foundation (New York City): Thomas S. Johnson, chairman and CEO of GreenPoint Financial Corp. & GreenPoint Bank, was elected board chair.
Woods Charitable Fund (Lincoln, NE): Donna W. Woods, a long time community volunteer, was elected to the board of directors.

PHILANTHROPY GROUPS

Association of Small Foundations (Bethesda, MD): Former Co-Executive Director R. Joe Pierpont is managing director of Baldwin Management, LLC.
Donors Forum of Chicago: Claudette Baker, former director of the Nonprofit Resource Center, is assistant director of nonprofit programs.
GivingCapital, Inc. (Philadelphia): Christopher Blunt, former chief marketing officer of the Americas for Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, was named CEO.
Independent Sector (Washington, DC): Fred Grandy, former congressman and former CEO of Goodwill Industries International, was named senior advisor. Patricia Read, former executive director of the Colorado Association of Nonprofit Organizations, was named vice president, public affairs. Adrienne Hahn, former senior counsel for Consumers Union, was named director of government relations in the public affairs department.