Consumer Reports Selects a Director of Its New Digital Lab (Transitions)

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Ben Moskowitz, director of development for innovation at the International Rescue Committee, will serve as director of the consumer-advocacy organization’s new Digital Lab. The lab was created last month with a $6 million gift from Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist.

Making Waves Foundation

Patrick O’Donnell, executive director for Indianapolis and vice president of national development at Teach for America, has been named CEO of the $184 million foundation for education.

Step Up

Delores Morton, vice president for the West region at City Year, has been tapped as CEO of this Los Angeles organization that pairs teen girls with mentors.

More New CEOs

Katrina Rolle, CEO of United Way of the Big Bend, will now lead the Community Foundation of North Florida. She replaces Joy Watkins, who is retiring after nearly 20 years as CEO.

Thomas Strauss, president and CEO of the Sisters of Charity Health System, will also serve as interim CEO of Mercy Medical Center. He replaces Paul Hiltz, who has departed after two years.

Matthew Zarcufsky, a management and fundraising consultant to nonprofit groups in the Los Angeles area, has been tapped as executive director of the National Assistance League.

Grant Maker Moves

Megan Bell, executive director of the Marie C. and Joseph C. Wilson Foundation, has been named director of grants and programs at the Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation.

John Churchill, director of philosophy and theology at the John Templeton Foundation, has been picked as director of programs at the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, the $277 million grant maker in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

Emily Greer, executive director of the Rise School of Austin, has been appointed the Central Texas regional grants officer at the Moody Foundation.

Carmen Kennedy-Rogers, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction at Avondale Schools, has been hired as a senior program officer of education at the Skillman Foundation.

Eric Kostagen has been appointed executive vice president of investment and growth at the Conservation Fund. Most recently he was deputy chief of development and entrepreneurial relations at Mount Sinai Health Systems.

Darren Reisberg has joined the Joyce Foundation as vice president of programs and strategy. Previously he was vice president for strategic initiatives and deputy provost at the University of Chicago.

Trinity Church Wall Street

The charity has hired two new members for its grants and mission investing department.

James Clark III, managing principal at EnTrust Realty Advisors, has been appointed managing director of mission real-estate development.

Robert Garris, director of global admissions and strategic initiatives at Schwarzman Scholars, has joined as managing director of leadership development.

Other Notable Appointments

John Baker, chief philanthropy officer and associate vice president for advancement at the University of Utah Health, has been named senior vice president for university advancement at Loyola Marymount University.

Steve Cone, principal at Linen/Cone, a direct-marketing company in Washington, has joined Capital Caring as chief of communications, marketing, and philanthropy.

Summer Crick, director of community and economic development at the Webster County Fiscal Court in Kentucky, has been appointed director of alumni relations at Kentucky Wesleyan College.

Shanda Gore, chief diversity officer and CEO of Mays and Associates, is now vice president of institutional innovation and economic development at Union Institute and University.

Peggy Kellen, director of policy at the Climate Registry, has joined the Center for Resource Solutions as policy director.

Enid Muthoni Ndiga is becoming senior vice president for the global legal program at the Center for Reproductive Rights, overseeing its work in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. Most recently she was regional manager for Africa at the International Development Law Organization.

Christine Squires, chief development officer at Americares, will now also serve as executive vice president.

Jill Welch, deputy executive director for public policy at NAFSA, has been named vice president of external relations at the U.S. Institute of Peace.

Departures

Anne Garcia, chief financial and operating officer at the Rose Community Foundation, has retired after 17 years. She also served as interim president and CEO following the unexpected death of Sheila Bugdanowitz in December 2016.

Alan Morse will retire as president and CEO of Lighthouse Guild after almost 52 years. He joined the organization, then known as the Jewish Guild for the Blind, as a rehabilitation counselor in 1968 and has led the group since 1998.

Eugene Tobin, senior program officer for higher education and scholarship in the humanities at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will retire at the end of this year. He has worked at the foundation since 2003.

Legacies

Marylou Whitney, a philanthropist whose late husband Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney was an heir to oil and rail fortunes and the co-founder of Pan American Airways, died July 19 at age 93. The couple were major donors to the Whitney Museum of American Art, which was founded by her mother-in-law, Gertrude. With her third husband, John Hendrickson, she donated millions to the Radiation Oncology Center at Saratoga Hospital and the Marylou Whitney and John Hendrickson Cancer Facility for Women at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center.

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