W.K. Kellogg Foundation
The $8.1 billion grant maker has announced four new vice presidents, all of whom are women of color.
Felicia DeHaney Russell has been promoted from director of program and strategy to vice president for strategy and will lead its national and international grant-making portfolio.
Miriam Calderón, chief policy officer at Zero to Three, has joined the foundation as vice president for impact.
Sarah Takatani is now vice president for technology and integrated services. Most recently she was interim CEO at NextGen Thriving.
Roshell Rinkins, vice president for grants administration and chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, has been tapped as vice president for transformation and organizational effectiveness.
Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation
Kevin Thurm has departed after seven years as CEO of the nonprofit group. He is now general counsel for legal risk, governance, and control at Barclays.
Robert Harrison, a board member and former CEO of the Clinton Global Initiative, will become its interim CEO on November 19.
In addition, Amy Sandgrund-Fisher has been promoted from head of human resources to chief operating officer.
Freedom House
Suzanne Nossel will be the next president and CEO of this free-speech group.
Since 2013, she has served as CEO of PEN America, a free-expression organization that has been at the center of protests from some of its members and staff over its position on the war in Gaza.
Read more about PEN America in The Commons.
More New CEOs
Rachel Hutchisson has been appointed interim CEO of Common Impact. A strategy consultant in Charleston, S.C., she previously served as vice president of global social responsibility at Blackbaud.
Frank Taylor, editor in chief of the Carolina Public Press, has been promoted to executive director of the nonprofit news organization.
Jonathan (J.J.) Slag, senior vice president of strategic partnerships and development at Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge, will become executive director and CEO of Feed My Starving Children on January 6. He will succeed Mark Crea, who will retire in April after 21 years at the helm.
Other Notable Appointments
Jeremy Avins, who previously led work-force development programs in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, has joined Arnold Ventures as vice president for career education and training.
Guy Fisher, career pathways program officer at the Community Foundation of Elkhart County, will also serve as chief program officer following the retirement of Candy Yoder at the end of the year. Also, Andy Murray is joining the $461 million community fund as director of strategic initiatives for the foundation’s Building Strong Brains program and the Pumpkinvine Trails Coalition. He retired in 2023 as chief sales officer at Lippert Components.
Mark Luckie, director of digital strategy at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, has been named director of audience and innovation at Capital B, a nonprofit news organization for Black communities. In addition, Kuwilileni Hauwanga has been hired as deputy director of audience. Most recently she was director of multimedia at the Brookings Institution.
William Sammis, CEO of Crystal Run Village, has been appointed chief financial officer at the Anderson Center for Autism.
Emily Taylor has joined the international-development group Pact as chief operating officer. Previously she was chief operating officer at Freedom House.
Mordy Walfish was promoted from chief operating officer to chief advancement officer at Leading Edge.
Departures
Agustín Arteaga, director of the Dallas Museum of Art since 2016, will step down on December 31. Its deputy director, Tamara Wootton Forsyth, will step in as interim director until a permanent successor has been named.
Bob Davidson, president and CEO of the Seattle Aquarium, plans to retire next summer. He has led the aquarium since 2002.
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