Coca-Cola Foundation
Carlos Pagoaga will become president of the foundation and vice president of global community affairs at the Coca-Cola Company on June 1. He has worked at Coca-Cola for 34 years and was most recently senior director of circular economy at its foundation.
Pagoaga succeeds Saadia Madsbjerg, who has departed after three years at the helm of the corporate foundation.
American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Laurie Patton will begin as president of the academy in January. Currently she is president of Middlebury College.
Patton will follow David Oxtoby, who is stepping down in June after five years at its helm.
Smithsonian Institution
Nicole Angarella, general counsel to the inspector general for the U.S. Agency for International Development, has been appointed inspector general of the museum group.
She recently spent 18 months as acting inspector general at USAID.
More New CEOs
Andrew Bowman, president and CEO of the Land Trust Alliance, has become president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife.
Donna Daniels is now CEO of Possibility Labs. She was previously vice president of integrated capitals and communities at the Heron Foundation.
Carl Falconer has been named CEO of Pathlight HOME. Most recently he was CEO of Homeward Bound WNC, a nonprofit group that serves homeless people in Asheville, N.C.
Adrienne Johnson Martin has been promoted from executive editor to co-executive director over editorial at MLK50: Justice Through Journalism. She follows Wendi Thomas, who founded the nonprofit newsroom in 2017 and now plans to return to investigative reporting.
Svetlana (Lana) Rogachevskaya, executive director of the Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University, will now serve as executive director of the South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Seth Rosenzweig, former CEO of Team IMPACT, has been appointed CEO of Classroom Champions. He succeeds Steve Mesler, who co-founded the student-mentorship charity in 2009 and will remain chair of its Board of Directors.
Aysha Schomburg has been tapped as president and CEO of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. She was most recently associate commissioner for the United States Children’s Bureau within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families.
Karen Shelley, director of development at the Harmony Program, has been tapped as executive director of the D’Addario Foundation. She replaces Suzanne D’Addario Brouder, who has stepped down after 15 years at the helm of the philanthropic arm of the D’Addario company, which sells musical-instrument accessories.
Beth Sirull, president and CEO of the Jewish Community Foundation San Diego, has been appointed CEO of the National Organization on Disability.
Other Notable Appointments
Love Collins III has joined the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health as vice president of advancement. A senior consultant at the Aspen Leadership Group, he was previously vice chancellor of development and alumni affairs at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Crystal Crawford, executive director of the Western Center on Law & Poverty, will serve as the first senior director of strategic partnerships at the Weingart Foundation.
Greta Hagen has been appointed director of development and external relations at Jane Doe Inc., the Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence. Most recently she was director of philanthropy and engagement at Respond.
Zuhirah Khaldun-Diarra, vice president of marketing, communications, and brand at Jumpstart for Young Children, has been named vice president of philanthropy marketing at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Departures
Kim Elliman has retired as president and CEO at the Open Space Institute after more than 30 years in the role.
Shawnta Friday-Stroud, vice president for university advancement at Florida A&M University, has resigned following allegations that the historically Black university accepted a potentially fraudulent pledge of $237 million. Friday-Stroud will remain dean of FAMU’s School of Business and Industry. Donald Palm, executive vice president and chief operating officer at the university, will serve as interim vice president for university advancement until a successor is named.
Legacies
Robert Bothwell, founding executive director of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, has died. He joined the philanthropy group soon after its founding in 1976 and served as its leader until 1999. Revisit this overview of Bothwell’s tenure at NCRP from the Chronicle archives.
James Simons, the founder of Renaissance Technologies and a philanthropist who gave generously to advance medical research, science programs, and education, died on May 10 at age 86. Last year, he and his wife, Marilyn, gave $500 million through their Simons Foundation to back scholarships, professorships, research, and clinical care at Stony Brook University. Other notable gifts from the couple include $180 million to the New York Genome Center, $85 million to the University of California at Berkeley to support the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, and $75 million to the City University of New York to establish a computational science center.
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