The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has announced the election of three new members to its board: SAMANTHA TWEEDY, SHERICE TORRES, and TED MITCHELL. Tweedy founded and co-directed Excellence Girls charter school in New York City, served as chief partnerships and impact officer at the Robin Hood Foundation and as the Black Economic Alliance Foundation's inaugural president. Torres is vice president of marketing for Facebook Financial; she previously led product marketing efforts at Google and Google.org, with a focus on efforts to close equity gaps in STEM and computer science education. Mitchell is president of the American Council on Education and a former U.S. under secretary of educations, in which role he championed postsecondary education policy reforms and access to high-quality outcomes for all students.

The Daniels Fund has announced the election of SUSANA MARTINEZ to its board. Martinez was elected governor of New Mexico in 2010, becoming the state's first female governor and the first Latina female governor in the United States, and re-elected in 2014. Prior to being elected governor, she was a prosecutor for twenty-five years along the state's southern border and served as Doña Ana County's elected district attorney.

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has announced the appointment of JIM BRADY as vice president/journalism and HEIDI BARKER as vice president/communications and chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer effective August 30. Brady is CEO of Spirited Media, which develops local news sites with a mobile-first approach, and previously served as editor-in-chief of Digital First Media and executive editor of washingtonpost.com. Barker is a former NBC Network News producer and former vice president of corporate communications at Carnival Corporation, where she was instrumental in COVID-19 crisis communications and culture and DEI initiatives.

The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation has announced the appointment of CARLOS SANTINI as CEO of Mizzen by Mott, an app launched in 2020 that features program tools, professional development tips, and learning content designed to elevate the quality of afterschool programs. Santini previously served as executive vice president of programs for After-School All-Stars — a national education nonprofit offering comprehensive afterschool programs for middle school youth in nineteen cities — where he created programs, professional development experiences, partnerships, and strategic initiatives that strengthen the connection between staff and students in the teaching and learning experience.

The Rasmuson Foundation has announced the election of ADAM GIBBONS as board chair, NATASHA VON IMHOF as vice chair, and JAY GIBBONS as secretary/treasurer. Adam Gibbons has served on the board since 2005 and is an investment professional with Anchorage-based Latash Inc., which provides investment advice to Rasmuson Foundation and the Rasmuson family. Von Imhof, who joined the board in 2005 and previously served as secretary/treasurer, was elected to the Alaska State Senate in 2016 and chairs the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee and is on the Finance and Resources committees. Jay Gibbons is founder of Swanson River Capital Management LLC based in Greenwich, Connecticut, and has served on the board since 2015. Ed Rasmuson, whose father and grandmother created the foundation in 1955 and who served twenty-one years as board chair, will become chairman emeritus and remain an active board member.

The American Council on Education has announced the appointment of DERRICK ANDERSON as senior vice president for learning and engagement effective September 1. Currently the managing director of university design at Arizona State University and senior advisor to the university president, Anderson will lead ACE's Learning and Engagement Division, which promotes the development of high-quality, innovative practice through a blended learning and engagement model with a focus on equity-minded leadership, student success, and institutional transformation.

Boys & Girls Clubs of America has announced the appointment of LISA ANASTASI as chief development and public affairs officer effective September 20. As the head of the organization's resource development and government relations divisions, Anastasi will lead ambitious growth and sustainability efforts in support of the national organization and a network of more than forty-seven hundred local clubs. She previously worked as chief development and marketing officer for the United Service Organizations, the charity serving active-duty service members and military families, which, under her leadership, achieved its highest fundraising years on record.

The Center for Reproductive Rights has announced the election of five new members and one returning member to its board: PENNY ABEYWARDENA, New York City commissioner for international affairs; GINA PELL, content chief of The What, an online network of more than a hundred thousand women who connect, share, and learn through the lens of lifestyle and leadership; ANITHA REDDY, a partner at law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; PAULA SAMPER SALAZAR, a partner at law firm Gómez-Pinzón Abogados; JAMIA WILSON, a feminist activist, writer, and speakers and vice president and executive editor at Random House; and CYNTHIA BLUMENTHAL, an advocate for women's health, personal autonomy, and fundamental human rights, who previously served on the board from 2014 through 2020. Current board member JOSEPH A. STERN, a managing director in the legal department at Goldman Sachs, was elected board chair.

The Frick Collection has announced that three new members have been elected to its board: VIRGINIA BARBATO, JANE MOSS, and DAVID M. TOBEY. Barbato is an advisory director of the Metropolitan Opera and president and trustee of the Eric and Jane Nord Family Fund, which provides support for the arts, education, social services, and the environment. Moss most recently served as the Ehrenkranz Artistic Director of Lincoln Center, where she introduced new programming such as the White Light Festival, American Songbook, New Visions, and the Lincoln Center Festival. Tobey served as group vice president at Philipp Brothers for thirty years, as managing director of Parkway M&A Capital Corporation, and director of DeSoto, Inc. and currently serves as director of the Friends of the Budapest Festival Orchestra and as an honorary trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The International Center for Journalists has announced the appointment of SHARON MOSHAVI as president effective September 7. Currently ICFJ's senior vice president of new initiatives, Moshavi will succeed JOYCE BARNATHAN, who announced her retirement in 2020 after fifteen years at the helm but stayed on to help steer the organization through the COVID-19 pandemic. Moshavi joined ICFJ in 2007 as its first digital media director, then became senior vice president; her work has focused on new project design, partner cultivation, and innovation, including programming to help journalists embrace digital transformation, combat misinformation, and launch start-ups. Previously, she worked as a communications manager for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and as an international correspondent based in New Delhi, Jerusalem, and Tokyo.

The Jewish Communal Fund, the largest Jewish donor-advised fund in the United States, has announced the appointment of TEENA LERNER as president, succeeding ZOYA RAYNES, effective July 1. A healthcare and biotech expert with a Ph.D. in molecular biology, Lerner has served on the JCF board since 2013 and was named executive committee chair in 2019. She also serves as an advisor to several companies and institutions, including the board of Applied Therapeutics Inc and the Technology Transfer Committee of the Rockefeller University.

RespectAbility, a national nonprofit that fights stigmas and advances opportunities so people with disabilities can fully participate in all aspects of community, has elected OLLIE CANTOS as board chair. Cantos, who previously served as vice chair, is a blind civil rights attorney serving as a special assistant in the Office of the Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights. Cantos has served in leadership roles at the Disability Rights Legal Center, the American Association of People with Disabilities, the Justice Department's Office of the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, and the White House.

And PND notes the passing of TADATAKA YAMADA, a pioneer in drug and vaccine development who served as head of global health for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, at age 76. Born in Japan, Yamada was sent to boarding school in Andover, Massachusetts, studied at Stanford University and NYU medical school, and began his research career at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases. He became head of gastroenterology at the University of Michigan and later the school's chair of medicine before he was recruited by Beecham SmithKline (now GSK), where he became chair of R&D and convinced the firm to set up a laboratory to focus on vaccines to help address public health crises. That lab was funded in part by the Gates Foundation. From 2006 to 2011 Yamada led the foundation's global health efforts, including the development and deployment of the MenAfriVac, a 50-cent-per-dose meningitis vaccine. He later helped found numerous vaccine and other medical ventures.

"Dr. Tachi Yamada was an extraordinary scientist and leader who used his brilliant mind and kind, good heart to improve the lives of millions of people," former President Bill Clinton, who worked with Yamada at the HIV-focused Clinton Health Access Initiative, said in a statement. "Tachi brought a world of experience, knowledge, and good judgement to CHAI. He inspired us all to help more people and save more lives."