The Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) has announced that BRIAN BYRD is its new senior program officer. In this capacity, he will contribute to the strategic planning, development, and management of FORE’s grant portfolio. Since its establishment in 2018, FORE has awarded 55 grants totaling $17.9 million.

Blackstone Charitable Foundation in New York City has announced the appointment of MAURA PALLY as its executive director, succeeding AMY STURSBERG, who will serve as board chair through the end of 2022. Most recently, Pally served as executive vice president of the Clinton Foundation. She will oversee all Blackstone Charitable Foundation activity, leading strategy and integration efforts of its signature programs in support of the foundation’s goal of creating economic opportunity for under resourced communities.

The Northwest Area Foundation in St. Paul, Minnesota, has announced the appointment of DUANE CARTER as board chair and JOYCE LEE as board vice chair. Carter is a retired senior vice president from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and a NAF board member since 2016. Lee, who has served on the board since 2019, works as a financial strategy and operations leader across the nonprofit and private sector. The appointments represent the first time BIPOC members have served in both roles at the same time. In addition, the board has added JUEL BURNETTE (Rosebud Sioux), WAYNE DUCHENEAUX (Cheyenne River Sioux), and JOSEPH ELTOBGI (Turtle Mountain Chippewa), who are all deeply committed to Native communities in North and South Dakota. 

The Skoll Foundation has announced that ALICE RHEE is its new chief communications and partnerships officer. Rhee has served as a philanthropy executive and digital-video strategist and is a two-time Emmy award-winning television producer. Rhee joins the foundation from the American Journalism Project, where she was the head of strategic partnerships and place-based philanthropy. She will lead and integrate the “connect” and “champion” parts of the foundation’s mission and work, including the communications, community and convenings, and network and partnerships functions. 

The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation has announced the appointment of JODI NELSON as managing director, effective philanthropy, effective March 1. In that role, Nelson will work to design and build a high-impact advising team that serves as a resource to the foundation’s leadership and staff on strategy, program measurement, evaluation, and learning.

The Global Fund for Children has announced the election of longtime supporter and global ambassador IAN GLASNER to its global board of directors. Glasner is managing director and chief of staff for the Digital Business Services organization at HSBC in London. In addition, Glasner serves as a member of the president’s advisory board for the Carnegie Mellon University Experience, which is charged with providing insights and expertise to help enrich the CMU experience for students, faculty, staff, and alumni. 

Global Citizen has announced several staffing changes. LIZA HENSHAW has been elevated to the role of president after six years as chief operating officer; CARALENE ROBINSON has assumed a permanent position as chief growth officer; and LEE ROLONTZ’s global role will expand as she takes on the position of global head of broadcast and original content.

EDDIE BOCANEGRA, founding director of gun violence prevention program READI Chicago and senior director of Heartland Alliance, has been appointed as a senior advisor to the U.S. Department of Justice, where he will advise the assistant attorney general for the Office of Justice Programs on community violence intervention.

Sesame Workshop, the media and educational nonprofit behind Sesame Street, has named ALISON BRYANT to the new position of chief research, data, and impact officer. Bryant will oversee research, data strategy, analytics, and impact measurement as well as the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, Sesame Workshop’s independent research and innovation lab. Bryant joined Sesame Workshop from AARP, where she led its research center and technology and digital equity social impact area. 

The Proteus Fund has announced the addition of TAMMY DOWLEY-BLACKMAN and RICK SCOTT to its board of directors. Dowley-Blackman is an author, entrepreneur, leadership expert, executive, and professor. Scott recently retired as the vice president of finance and compliance at the McKnight Foundation in Minnesota.

The Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy has announced that executive director TERI BEHRENS will retire later this year. Behrens, who joined the Johnson Center in 2009 after seven years as director of evaluation with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, will remain on staff as the national search for her successor commences this spring. In addition, she will remain editor-in-chief of The Foundation Review until a new editor can be brought on board. 

The American LGBTQ+ Museum has announced that its first executive director, BEN GARCIA, starts in his new role this week. The museum announced the appointment of Garcia in January. Garcia brings more than 20 years of experience in museum leadership, development and intersectional LGBTQ+ advocacy. He will lead the museum’s exhibition and program development, advocacy efforts, communications and community outreach, and fundraising. Garcia is charged with bringing the American LGBTQ+ Museum into its next stage of growth as it works toward the opening of a physical space at the New-York Historical Society in 2024. Garcia joins the museum from the Ohio History Connection, where he served as deputy executive director and chief learning officer.