Faith in Action
Alvin Herring, an African Methodist Episcopal minister, will step down as executive director on March 31, 2024. He has led the faith-based organizing network since 2018.
A successor has not yet been named.
Revisit a 2016 interview with Herring after he joined the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to lead racial equity and community engagement.
Dallas Foundation
Julie Diaz will serve as interim president and CEO of the $524 million foundation after Matthew Randazzo departs to lead the Greater Cincinnati Foundation.
She most recently served as its executive vice president and chief operating officer.
Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts
Rahsaan Hall has been tapped as its next president and CEO. He most recently served as director of the racial-justice program at the ACLU of Massachusetts.
He succeeds Keith Motley, who has led the group for four years.
More New CEOs
Josh Arnold will be promoted from president and chief operating officer to CEO of Talbert House, effective July 14. He will follow Neil Tilow, who has led the Ohio human-services organization for 41 years and will stay on as an executive adviser on a part-time basis for the next three years.
Carole Bailey, president and CEO of East End Cooperative Ministry, has been named executive director of the McElhattan Foundation, a $124 million grant maker in Pittsburgh. She succeeds Lesley Carlin, who retired in January after five years as its leader.
Jen Carnig, chief advocacy officer, will be promoted to president of Spitfire Strategies on July 1. She will succeed Kristen Grimm, who is stepping down 21 years after founding this public-interest communications firm.
Susan Doig has been promoted to president and CEO of Trilogy, a mental-health organization in Chicago. She has served as its chief clinical officer for 14 years and as its interim leader since October.
Natalia Pane will be promoted from chief operating officer to president of Child Trends on July 1. She will succeed Carol Emig, who is retiring after leading this research organization for 17 years.
Shelley Scherer, associate executive director at the Pittsburgh Promise, has been named president and CEO of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Foundation.
Chéri Smith will now serve as the founder and first CEO of the Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy. Most recently she was the founder and CEO of the Indigenous Energy Initiative.
Kanika Tomalin will be the next president and CEO of the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg. Most recently she was vice president of strategic planning and public affairs at Bayfront Health System.
Danielle Vizcaino has been promoted from chief operating officer to president and CEO of the Assistance Fund.
Other Notable Appointments
Frances Arias has been promoted from director of operations to vice president and chief operating officer at the Green Beret Foundation.
Martin Baicker, chief operating officer at SCO Family of Services, is now chief operating officer at Children’s Aid. In addition, Sheryl Haughton Taylor has joined the New York organization as people and diversity, equity, and inclusion officer. Most recently she was executive vice president and chief administrative officer at the Osborne Association.
Rachana Desai Martin, assistant secretary for administration and management at the U.S. Department of Labor, has joined the Center for Reproductive Rights as chief government- and external-relations officer.
Dorothy Kauffman, chief advancement officer at Dorot, has joined the Center for Jewish History as chief advancement officer.
Charles Wright III is now vice chancellor for advancement at Rutgers University at Camden and vice president for development at the Rutgers University Foundation. Most recently he was chief development officer at Philabundance.
Legacy
Jack Anderson, who helped expand the reach and mission of the Joyce Foundation, died on May 22 at age 92. He was an adviser to Beatrice Joyce Kean and a trustee of her estate following her death in 1972, when she bequeathed $100 million to the foundation she created with a gift of $2,000 in 1948. Anderson served as co-chair of the foundation’s Board of Directors from 1984 until 1987, and then as board chair from 1987 until 2011. The grant maker now has $1.4 billion in assets.
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