Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund
Tina Tchen has been tapped to lead the legal-aid group that is helping survivors of workplace sexual harassment. She is a lawyer and Michelle Obama’s former chief of staff. More recently, she has been working at the Southern Poverty Law Center to investigate claims of workplace misconduct at the charity.
Tchen succeeds Lisa Borders, who stepped down in February after just four months on the job following an accusation of sexual harassment lodged against her son.
Baryshnikov Arts Center
Cora Cahan, who has been president of the New 42nd Street for 29 years, will now be president and CEO of this performing-arts group founded in 2005 by the dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, who serves as its artistic director.
Reform Alliance
Bob Pilon, chief development and partnerships officer at ONE, the charity founded by the U2 lead singer Bono, will now serve as president and chief growth officer. He will report to Van Jones, CEO of this criminal-justice organization that was founded in part by the musicians Meek Mill and Jay-Z.
In addition, the charity has hired three other top executives.
Karen Caldwell, chief financial officer at the NHP Foundation, has been appointed chief financial officer.
Monique Haughton Worrell, a defense lawyer and a professor of law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, will now serve as chief legal officer.
Jessica Jackson, national director of #Cut50 at the Dream Corps, has been named chief advocacy officer.
More New CEOs
Bill Kramer, vice president of institutional engagement at the Rhode Island School of Design, will return to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures as director on January 1. He previously worked at the museum as managing director of development and external relations from 2012 to 2016.
Zev Lowe, vice president of growth and impact at Atma Connect, has joined the Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund as executive director. This charity that works to prevent homelessness in the Bay Area was co-founded by the San Francisco Chronicle and the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund.
Pamela Ratti, director of strategic business development, has been promoted to become the first CEO of Addalingua, a language-education organization in Holland, Mich.
Elana Wien, vice president for the Center for Designed Philanthropy at the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, will be the first executive director of the Safety Respect Equity Coalition.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
The $13.5 billion community foundation has hired new executives in fundraising and business affairs.
Liz Carey, vice president and chief financial officer for the Oregon Community Foundation, has joined as executive vice president for finance and operations.
Kimberly Myers Hewlett, associate director of corporate and foundation relations at Stanford Medical Center, has been named senior vice president for donor engagement.
Chanthi Lune will be its first senior vice president for legal affairs. Most recently she was a member of the Professional Outsourced Philanthropic Solutions team at Drinker Biddle & Reath.
Alex Tenorio, chief development officer at Menlo School, has been appointed executive vice president for fundraising and business development.
Other Notable Appointments
Jill Ballenger will now serve as director of the university fund and community relations at Mount Vernon Nazarene University. A 1994 graduate of the university, she currently owns a coffee house in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and before that she was a senior account executive at the Gordon Flesch Company.
Flor Treviño Frey has joined the Frey Foundation of Minnesota as senior director. She has served on her family’s foundation board since 2012 and most recently worked as a marketing manager for 3M’s Scotch brand.
Erika Jones, director of marketing and communications at the Judson Center, has been named chief development officer at CARE of Southeastern Michigan. In addition, Rosemarie Paczkowski has joined the social-services group as chief financial officer. She was most recently CFO at the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in the Archdiocese of Detroit.
Katya Levitan-Reiner, portfolio director at Propel Capital, has been promoted to chief operating officer at this group that provides grants and program-related investments to social-impact nonprofit groups.
Steve Setchell, vice president for development and alumni engagement at DePauw University, has been named vice president for development and alumni relations at Whitman College. He succeeds John Bogley, who is stepping down after 25 years.
Todd Sloan, assistant vice president for development at American University, has been appointed vice president for development and alumni affairs at Quinnipiac University.
Departure
Alisa Kesten plans to retire as executive director of Volunteer New York next summer after 10 years in the role.
Legacy
William White, who recently retired as CEO of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, died on October 9 at age 82. He joined the foundation as a consultant in 1969 after marrying Claire Mott, a granddaughter of the industrialist Charles Stewart Mott. During White’s 50-year tenure, the foundation grew from a $377 million grant maker focused on Flint, Mich., to a major philanthropy with assets topping $3 billion. White’s son, Ridgway White, succeeded him as CEO last fall. (The Mott Foundation is a supporter of the Chronicle.)
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M.J. Prest has been writing about major gifts, grant making, and executive moves for the Chronicle since 2004. Email M.J.
Correction: A previous version of this article said the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation was focused on Detroit, rather than Flint, Mich., in its early years.
