The New York State Health Foundation has announced that DAVE A. CHOKSHI, former commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, will join the foundation as a visiting fellow next month. Chokshi will provide counsel on a range of issues, including opportunities and strategies for promoting the adoption and spread of overdose prevention centers within New York State, increasing primary care access and capacity statewide and promoting racial health equity through primary care, preventing veteran suicide and meeting veterans’ health needs, and responding to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 

The Barnes Foundation has announced the promotion of SHERONDA WHITAKER to deputy director for human resources and chief diversity officer. At the core of Whitaker’s new role is the design and execution of effective strategies to fulfill the institution’s commitments to diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion (DEAI). To that end, she will collaborate with staff across every department to ensure the Barnes is a welcoming and supportive work environment for all staff and volunteers. Whitaker joined the Barnes as director of human resources in 2018 and became chief human resources and diversity officer in 2020; under her leadership, the HR department expanded to include a position dedicated to staff training, equitable and inclusive recruitment and hiring practices, and supporting the design and implementation of DEAI initiatives. 

Beyond Type 1, a nonprofit organization working to improve life for people with Type 1 diabetes, has announced the appointment of DEBORAH DUGAN as the organization’s CEO, effective April 18. The former CEO of (RED), the not-for-profit organization founded by Bono and Bobby Shriver to raise awareness in the fight against AIDS, where she worked for eight years, Dugan helped (RED) raise $600 million for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and affect the lives of more than 110 million people. 

The California Black Freedom Fund (CBFF) has announced the appointment of MARC PHILPART as its first executive director, effective April 27. Philpart will oversee the organization's five-year initiative to raise and distribute $100 million in support of California’s growing ecosystem of locally rooted Black-led organizing efforts and ensure they obtain the sustained investments and resources they need to eradicate systemic and institutional racism. As executive director, Philpart will work with CBFF’s executive committee, community advisory committee, core funders of the initiative, and additional community leaders and experts. 

The Episcopal Health Foundation (EHF) has announced that ELENA MARKS, the organization’s founding president and CEO, will retire in 2022 upon selection of her successor. Since the organization was established in 2013, Marks has helped develop EHF’s staff from a small group of employees from St. Luke’s Episcopal Health Charities to a 30-member team with backgrounds in public health, public policy, safety-net health systems, community engagement, and communications. 

The Knowles Teacher Initiative, which works to strengthen mathematics and science teaching and learning in the United States, has announced the appointment of JEFFREY J. ROZELLE as president and CEO. In 2013, Rozelle joined Knowles as a senior program officer for teacher development. In this role, he had primary responsibility for supporting teaching fellows in their third and fourth years of the organization’s signature program. 

The News Literacy Project (NLP) has announced that ALAN C. MILLER will step down as CEO on June 30. A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Miller has led the the education nonprofit since he founded it in 2008. He will be succeeded by NLP’s current president and chief operating officer, CHARLES SALTER, effective July 1. Miller will stay with NLP on a full-time basis, with the title of founder, through the next fiscal year, which ends on June 30, 2023. In this capacity, Miller will continue to play a major fundraising role, serve as an advisor to Salter, and remain on NLP’s board. 

NORC at the University of Chicago has announced that TISHAUNDA MCPHERSON is joining NORC as a senior vice president and the organization’s first-ever chief diversity officer (CDO). In this role, McPherson will lead NORC’s efforts to build a more diverse, racially equitable, and inclusive workplace and research portfolio, and will serve on NORC’s executive council, the company’s senior-most decision-making body.