Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Artis Stevens, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at the National 4-H Council, has been tapped as president and CEO. He will be the mentoring organization’s first Black CEO since it was founded in 1904.
Stevens succeeds Pam Iorio, who is retiring after nearly seven years of leadership.
Boston Foundation
M. Lee Pelton, president of Emerson College since 2011, is set to become the $1.2 billion grant maker’s next president and CEO on June 1, 2021.
He will follow Paul Grogan, who is stepping down after 20 years at the helm.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Sharon Parrott, senior vice president for federal policy and program development, will become the research group’s next president. She previously served in the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Health and Human Services under President Barack Obama.
Parrott succeeds its founder, Robert Greenstein, who is stepping down on December 31 after 40 years as president.
More New CEOs
Margrit Allen, founding Detroit director at the Center for Employment Opportunities, will serve as the Urban Alliance’s new executive director in Detroit.
Andrea Arbel, director of the partnership unit at the Jewish Agency, has been named executive director of Keren Grinspoon Israel, which was founded in 2009 by the real-estate developer Harold Grinspoon to provide books to children living in Israel. She succeeds Galina Vromen, who has retired after 18 years with the organization and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation.
Joseph DeGenova, associate executive director at the Center for Urban Community Services, has been promoted to CEO. He has been with the organization for 30 years. DeGenova will succeed its founder, Tony Hannigan, who is retiring after 37 years of leading the New York charity.
Tiloma Jayasinghe, director of member organizing at the Donors of Color Network, is joining Community Resource Exchange as its president and CEO.
Erin Kerr, chief development officer at Blessings in a Backpack, will be promoted to CEO, effective January 1. She will succeed Brooke Wiseman, who is retiring after eight years at the hunger-relief charity in Louisville, Ky.
Wendy Linsalata, associate executive director, has been promoted to executive director of L.I. Against Domestic Violence, in Central Islip, N.Y.
Erin Carlson Mast, CEO and executive director of President Lincoln’s Cottage in Washington, D.C., has been named president and CEO of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation.
Janine Musholt has been named president of the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation. Previously, she was executive vice president of advancement and external affairs at the Woodruff Arts Center.
Jaclyn Piñero has been promoted from chief regional officer to CEO of uAspire, which helps students from low-income backgrounds earn college degrees.
Amelia Schrader has been appointed executive director of Young Audiences of Western New York. Most recently, she was senior manager of learning and education for Explore & More, the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Children’s Museum.
Rinku Sen will be the next executive director of Narrative Initiative. Previously, she was executive director of Race Forward and publisher of its news site, Colorlines. She succeeds its founding executive director, Jee Kim, who is now a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute.
Ana Paula Tavares, executive director of Audubon New York and Audubon Connecticut, has been hired as executive director of Save the Chimps.
National YoungArts Foundation
Jewel Malone has been promoted from chief operating officer to executive director.
In addition, the $73 million arts foundation has named four new members of its fundraising team.
Angela Goding, director of development at MoMA PS1, has been hired as senior director of advancement.
Sarah Watson Gray, director of development for major gifts at California Institute of the Arts, is now director of institutional giving.
Jeri Rayon has joined as director of advancement. She is the founder and executive producer of Artists Within Reach.
Dee Dee Sides has been promoted to vice president of advancement from senior adviser and interim development lead.
Staff Changes at Grant Makers
Michelle Benson, national director of marketing and communication at College Possible, has been hired as vice president of marketing and communications at the Minneapolis Foundation.
Sarah Bouchie, head of global programs at the LEGO Foundation, has been promoted to chief impact officer.
Erin Clifford, communications and program associate at the F.M. Kirby Foundation, has been promoted to program officer at the $290 million foundation in New Jersey.
Phil Koch, executive director of the Community Foundation of Westmoreland County, will next serve as vice president for policy and community impact at the Pittsburgh Foundation.
Justin Garrett Moore will be the inaugural program officer for the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s new Humanities in Place program area. He comes to the $7 billion foundation from the City of New York Public Design Commission, where he has been executive director since 2016.
Other Notable Appointments
Maysa Akbar, a psychologist with a clinical practice in New Haven, Conn., will join the American Psychological Association as its chief diversity officer on January 15.
Mariah Casias, a social-impact fellow at the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania, will now serve as vice president of learning and evaluation at Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia.
Jodi Mailander Farrell, vice president of advancement at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, has been appointed vice president of development at the Everglades Foundation.
Crate Herbert, executive director of development at Harvard University’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been named vice president of institutional advancement at Wentworth Institute of Technology.
Perri Holt, director of creative operations at Nickelodeon, has been named director of marketing and communications at Delivering Good, a charity that collects donations of new merchandise from retailers and manufacturers and gives them to people living in poverty.
Lavita McMath Turner will be the first chief diversity officer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She was most recently assistant dean for equity, inclusion, and experiential learning at Stella & Charles Guttman Community College, part of the City University of New York.
Becky Pauls, vice president and chief enrollment officer at Wheeling University, is returning to Bethany College as director of annual giving. She previously worked at the college from 2016 until early this year as director of enrollment management. In addition, Liz Short, fundraising manager at the Center for Growing Talent, is joining Bethany College as director of philanthropic gifts.
Blake Tilley, senior legal specialist at Konica Minolta Business Solutions USA, is now executive director of development and strategic communications at the Jefferson College Foundation. He succeeds Karen Wicks, who retired in June.
Departures
Wendy Fields has resigned after four years as executive director of the Democracy Initiative. Jennifer Lamson, deputy director, will serve as interim executive director until a permanent successor is named.
Terri Lee Freeman, president of the National Civil Rights Museum since 2014, plans to step down on February 3.
Gara LaMarche, president of the Democracy Alliance since 2013, is leaving. He will stay on until a new leader is chosen next year.
Wendy Liscow is departing the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation after 17 years. Most recently she was program director for education and technical assistance.
Legacies
Sam Gary, an oil tycoon and philanthropist who founded the Piton Foundation, died November 16 at age 94. He and his wife, Nancy, created the foundation in 1976 to increase access to quality early-childhood and youth-development services for Colorado’s low-income children and their families. Following the sale of Gary-Williams Energy Corporation for $525 million in 2011, the couple founded Gary Community Investments, a hybrid philanthropic foundation and social-impact investing company in Denver.
Guido Goldman, the founder of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, died on November 30. He was 83. He worked with future Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to create Harvard University’s German Research Program and also helped co-found the university’s Center for European Studies in 1969. In 1972, Goldman convinced the German government to make a large donation to create the German Marshall Fund, in honor of the United States’ role in helping Western Europe recover economically from World War II. He then served as the founding president of the fund and retired from its board in 2012.
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