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Changes in Leadership 2009
Changes in Leadership 2009
KATHY SIMON ABELS was
named executive director of the
Simon Family Foundation in
July 2009.
MARK G. ACKERMANN was
named president and CEO of
Lighthouse International in
September 2009.
MARK D. ANDERSEN was
appointed executive director of
the Yampa Valley Community
Foundation (Colorado) in
December 2009.
ARTHUR ARUNDEL, founder of
the Great Meadow Foundation
more than 25 years ago,
announced that he is stepping
down as chair in March 2009.
DAVID AYLWARD was named
the first executive director of
mHealth Alliance in September
2009.
DOUGLAS B. BAUER was named
executive director of the Clark
Foundation in June 2009.
ANNE C. BEAL, MD, MPH, was
named president of the Aetna
Foundation in July 2009.
MARK BERGSTROM was
named CEO of the Sonora Area
Foundation (California) in January
2009. He succeeds Mick Grimes.
PIER HICKMAN BLAKE was
named executive director of the
Jack and Jill America Foundation
in February 2009.
REVETA BOWERS, former president
of the California Association
of Independent Schools, was
appointed chair of the California
Community Foundation in
January 2009.
ELIZABETH BRAZAS was
named as the president of
the Community Foundation
of Western North Carolina in
September 2009.
DOROTHY BRIDGES, president
and CRO of City First Bank of
DC, was named chair of the
Northwest Area Foundation in
July 2009.
HANK BROWN, former president
of the University of Colorado and
University of Northern Colorado,
was elected chair of the Daniels
Fund in May 2009.
RICHARD BUERY, JR., was
named president and CEO of
the Children’s Aid Society in
July 2009, effective October. He
succeeds C. Warren Moses, who
retired after a 40-year tenure at
the organization.
MARK CHRONISTER,
former audit partner of
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, was
named chair of the Minneapolis
Foundation in July 2009.
ROBERT W. CONN, Ph.D., was
appointed president of the Kavli
Foundation in April 2009. He succeeds
Dr. David H. Auston, who
has retired.
JAY DAVIS was elected president
of the Fannie and John Hertz
Foundation in October 2009.
FRED DREW stepped down
as president and CEO of the
Kern Community Foundation
(California) in October 2009.
MICHELLE DUCRE was
named executive director
of the Community
Foundation of Southwest
Missouri in April 2009.
DAVID EGNER was appointed
executive director of the
Community Foundation
for Southeast Michigan
in September 2009.
EDITH FALK, chair and CEO of
Campbell and Company, was
elected chair of the GivingUSA
Foundation in November 2009.
JUDY GENSHAFT, president of
the University of Florida, was
elected chair of American Council
on Education in February 2009.
RICHARD GIORDANO was
appointed chair of the Carnegie
Endowment for International
Peace in May 2009.
ELIZABETH GOMEZ, executive
director of the Los Angeles Youth
Network, was elected chair of the
California Wellness Foundation in
February 2009.
RON GONZALES, former mayor
of San José, California, was
named president and CEO of the
Hispanic Foundation of Silicon
Valley in July 2009. He succeeds
Teresa Alvarado, its first executive
director.
HENRY GOOSS, senior advisor
at Investor Growth Capital, Inc.,
was named chair of the William
T. Grant Foundation in February
2009.
JOSEPH M. “JODY” GRANT,
former chairman and CEO of
Texas American Bancshares, was
elected chair of the Communities
Foundation of Texas in February
2009.
KATHERINE D. GUENTHER was
appointed president and CEO
of the Wartburg Foundation in
November 2009. She succeeds
Edgar J. Myers, who established
the foundation 17 years ago.
BONNIE W. GWIN, managing
partner at executive search
firm Heidrick & Struggles, was
appointed chair of the Make-A-
Wish Foundation of America in
November 2009.
NANCY H. HANDEL, former
CFO at Applied Materials, was
named chair of the Silicon
Valley Community Foundation in
February 2009.
DEBORAH HARRINGTON,
president of the Woods Fund
of Chicago, announced in May
2009 that she would retire in
December.
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