Feedback Labs
Britt Lake, chief program officer at GlobalGiving, has been appointed CEO of this charity in Washington that collects data and seeks ideas from the people they serve. She succeeds Dennis Whittle, who is stepping down to become a senior adviser, based in Jacksonville, Fla.
Adolph Coors Foundation
Carrie Tynan, director of programs and grant making at the foundation, has been named executive director. Tynan is a member of the Coors family, which owns the Coors brewing company in Colorado. She will replace John Jackson, who is stepping down after 10 years at the head and 28 years in total at the $164 million family foundation.
Kidney Cancer Association
Gretchen Vaughan, senior director of philanthropic resources at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, has been appointed CEO. In addition, Kendall Monroe, director of planned giving and board management at the University of St. Thomas, has been hired as chief advancement officer, a new role at this organization that raises money for kidney cancer research,
Seattle Opera
Christina Scheppelmann, artistic leader of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, in Barcelona, will become general director of the Seattle performing-arts center in August, the first woman to hold the top role. She replaces Aidan Lang, who is leaving to become general director of the Welsh National Opera.
Also, Alejandra Valarino Boyer has been named director of programs and partnerships. She was previously director of community programs at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Southern Poverty Law Center
Richard Cohen, president since 2003, has stepped down, according to reports. His departure comes shortly after the organization’s co-founder Morris Dees was fired amid an inquiry into workplace harassment at the hate-group watchdog. Cohen has worked there since 1986. An interim president has not yet been named.
Rhonda Brownstein, the group’s legal director, has also departed.
More New CEOs
Priscilla Enriquez, chief giving officer and chief impact and strategy officer at the Sacramento Region Community Foundation, has been named CEO of the Central Valley Foundation, effective May 20.
Paul Grove, president and CEO of WTCI PBS in Chattanooga, Tenn., will become president and CEO of WEDU PBS on June 10. He succeeds Susan Howarth, who died in September, having led the Tampa, Fla., public television station for eight years.
Madye Henson, CEO of Covenant House Greater Washington, has been named president and CEO of the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers.
Eszter Kutas was named director of the Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation. Previously she was assistant vice president at Fairmount Ventures, a nonprofit consulting firm in Philadelphia.
Benjamin Mohler has been appointed executive director of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System Foundation. He will also serve as vice president of resource development at the college system. Previously he was assistant vice president for development at Eastern Kentucky University.
Stefaan Poortman, chief executive officer of the Global Heritage Fund, has become executive director of World of Children.
Michael Preston, co-founder of CSforALL, a charity that teaches computer science classes in New York City public schools, has been hired as executive director of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. He succeeds the Cooney Center’s founding executive director, Michael Levine, who has become chief knowledge officer at Sesame Workshop.
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County
The Florida group has announced three senior staff changes.
Whitney Cherner, vice president of employment services at the Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service, will now serve as the senior director of talent development for the Mandel Center for Leadership Development, which the federation operates.
Carolyn Rose, vice president of the Jewish Community Foundation, has been promoted to senior vice president of the Jewish Community Foundation.
Jeff Trynz, vice president of marketing and communications, was promoted to senior vice president for marketing and strategic initiatives.
Other Notable Appointments
Anne Cademenos, director of institutional partnerships at GRID Alternatives, has joined the Oakland Symphony as senior director of development.
Laura Chambers, former chief operating officer at the Democratic National Committee, has been hired as chief operating officer of the Democracy Fund, a foundation created by eBay founder and philanthropist Pierre Omidyar to make grants to organizations that promote effective governance.
Steve Denne has been named chief operating officer at Equal Justice Works. Most recently, he was the chief operating officer at Evidence Action.
Satonya Fair, director of grants management at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is now vice president and chief philanthropy officer at the Executive Leadership Council.
Stephen Grourke, executive director of the Office of Estate and Gift Planning at Villanova University, has been hired as senior vice present for advancement and alumni relations at the American College of Financial Services.
Marshall Stowell, vice president for external relations and communications at Population Services International, is now vice president of communications at the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.
Carolyn Wang Kong, interim chief program director at the Blue Shield of California Foundation, will continue in the role on a permanent basis. Previously she was senior program officer at the foundation.
Departures
Robert Hartsook, who founded Hartsook Companies in 1987, has retired as the fundraising consulting firm’s chairman. Matt Beem, president and CEO since 2011, has succeeded him as chairman and CEO of Hartsook Companies and chairman of Hartsook’s ESOP Trust.
Phil Reynolds, executive director of Dance for Life Chicago, will step down on May 31. He is moving to Asheville, N.C., to start a new nonprofit group called Trillium Arts that will focus on the arts, education, and economic development.
David Schizer, CEO of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee since 2017, will depart at the end of the year. He plans to return to his tenured position on the faculty at Columbia Law School in 2020. (See this Chronicle profile of him plus an opinion piece he wrote for the publication.)
Legacies
Jeremy Richman, a neuroscientist and founder of the Avielle Foundation, which supports brain-health research and community-development programs to prevent acts of violence, died by suicide in Newtown, Conn., on March 25. He was 49. Richman created his charity after his daughter Avielle was killed during the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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