NEWSMAKERS.Rhonda Abbott was promoted to vice president for services of Clearwater, Fla.-based Abilities of Florida. She was the organization's director of rehabilitation. Chris Bredbenner is the new director of development of The Florida Aquarium in Tampa, Fla. He previously served as vice president of development for the MacdonaldTraining Center, Inc., also in Tampa. Sandra S. Byrd was appointed vice president of external relations of Chicago-based America's Second Harvest America's Second Harvest is a United States based nonprofit organization. It consists of a nation-wide network of more than 200 food banks and food-rescue organizations that serve virtually every county in the United States as well as Puerto Rico. . She most recently served as senior vice president of communications and development for Habitat for Humanity International Habitat For Humanity International (HFHI) (generally referred to as Habitat for Humanity or simply Habitat) is an international, ecumenical Christian, non-governmental, non-profit organization devoted to building "simple, decent, and affordable" housing. in Americus, Ga. Valerie Gilford was recently appointed national director of leadership development and research of Girl Scouts in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Gilford formerly served as director of employee development for Carrier Corporation in Farmington, Conn. Lisa A. Gilmore is the new director of partnerships and development of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, based in Washington, D.C. She previously served as special assistant to the deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Department of Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Health and Human Services, HHS , also in Washington, D.C. Mary Gleason Rappaport was recently appointed director of communications Director of Communications is a position in the private and public sectors. The Director of Communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. of the National Center for Victims of Crime in Arlington, Va. Prior to the appointment; Rappaport served as communications director for the National Affiance AFFIANCE, contracts. From affidare or dare fidem, to give a pledge. A plighting of troth between a man and woman. Litt. s. 39. Pothier, Traite du Mariage, n. 24, defines it to be a an agreement by which a man and a woman promise each other that they will marry together. for the Mentally Ill, also in Arlington, Va Bob Granger was appointed senior vice president for program of the William T. Grant Foundation in New York City. Granger previously served as senior vice president for the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, also in New York City. Glen Jack was appointed executive director of the Grand Rapids Mich.-based Michigan Aids Fund. Jack previously served as executive director for Camp Fire Boys & Girls of Southeastern Michigan in Southfield. Griffen Jack is the new director of private grants of Mercy Corps International in Portland, Ore. Formerly, Jack served as human resources coordinator for Women's World Banking Women's World Banking (WWB) is a non-profit organization, based in New York, whose mission is to expand the economic assets, participation and power of low-income women entrepreneurs by helping them access financial services and information. in New York City. Malcolm Karl was promoted to senior vice president and chief financial officer of the Washington, D.C.-based American Society of Association Executives The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) is a non-profit professional organization for executive directors and executive vice presidents of professional societies both in the United States and abroad. . Karl was in charge of staff responsible for all of ASAE's finance and accounting operations prior to the promotion. Henry Korent was recently appointed executive director of Red Cross Tissue Services in Arlington, Va. Korent had been serving as interim executive director. Dave Maness was appointed president of the Southeastern Planetarium Association in Newport News, Va. He has spent the last two years as the organization's president-elect. David G. Marwell was appointed director of the Museum of Jewish Heritage The Museum of Jewish Heritage, located at 36 Battery Park Place, Manhattan (New York City, USA), was created as a living memorial to the Holocaust. The hexagonal shape and tiered roof of the building are symbolic of the six points of the Star of David and the six million Jews who - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City. Most recently, Marwell served as associate museum director for information and technology for the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. Sandy Molenhouse is the new director of donor relations of Spring Lake, Mich.-based International Aid. She previously served as coordinator for the jubilee employment program in Holland. Dee Jay Oshry, CFRE CFRE Certified Fund Raising Executive CFRE Circulating Fuel Reactor Experiment (Oak Ridge) , was appointed associate vice president, development and campaign director of Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
Paulo Pinto was recently appointed executive director of the Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers (MAPS) in Cambridge, Mass. Pinto was deputy executive for MAPS prior to the promotion. John R. Rogers was appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer of the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C. Prior to the appointment, Rogers served as director for KPMG/Barents' Applied Economics, in Tyson's Corner, Va. Susan P. Sandier was recently appointed manager of grants and foundation relations of the Washington Performing Arts Society in Washington, D.C. Previously, Sandier served as director of corporate and foundation gifts for The Choral Arts Society of Washington. Marilyn W. Smith is the new executive director of Communities In Schools, Inc., headquartered in Alexandria, Va. Smith served as director of the department of service-learning, learn & serve America for the Corporation for National and Community Service The Corporation for National and Community Service, or CNCS, was created as an independent agency of the United States Government by The National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993. in Washington, D.C. Sidney C. Smith was appointed chief science officer for the American Heart Association American Heart Association (AHA), n.pr a national voluntary health agency that has the goal of increasing public and medical awareness of cardiovascular diseases and stroke, and thereby reducing the number of associated deaths and disabilities. in Dallas. He was on AHA's science advisory and coordinating committee boards. Arthur M. Sussman was appointed vice president and secretary of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, philanthropic institution founded 1978 by John D. MacArthur (1897–1978), owner of a prominent insurance company and other businesses, and his wife Catherine T. in Chicago. Sussman was general counsel, as well as vice president for administration for the University of Chicago. Roslyn Watford Houston is the new associate director of The Alliance for Nonprofit Management in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining The Alliance she was president and founder of C.L Watford & Associates in Mitchellvile, Md. Patrick Weiner was appointed vice president of donor services & development, and the director of planned giving service of the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro in Greensboro, N.C. He previously served as vice president and legal advisor for Wachovia Charitable Funds Management in Winston-Salem, NC. Vince Willmore is the new director of communications of Washington, D.C.-based Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Willmore was serving as the campaign's manager of media relations, prior to the appointment. |
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