The Blackhouse Foundation, which works to help Black creative voices and executives gain a better foothold in the film and television industry, has appointed JENEAN GLOVER as its inaugural executive director, Deadline reports. The nonprofit had been board-led since its creation in 2006. Glover brings to her new role two decades of entertainment industry experience building strategic partnerships in media and technology, including as a talent agent, talent manager, business owner, and entrepreneur.

CurePSP, an advocacy organization focused on neurodegenerative diseases, has announced the appointment of KRISTOPHE DIAZ as executive director and chief scientific officer. Diaz succeeds DAVID KEMP, who will retain the title of president until the end of this year, as the organization's leader. Diaz joined CurePSP in January 2020 as vice president–scientific affairs. In his new role, he will oversee the foundation's operations, including research grants, patient and family advocacy and support, education and awareness, its Centers of Care, partnerships, and fundraising.

Girl Rising, a New York City-based nonprofit that uses the power of storytelling to promote gender equity and girls' education, has announced that JUDITHE REGISTRE stepped down as vice president of programs at the end of July to focus on her graduate studies. Registre joined the organization in March 2020, when schools around the world were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and, given her experience working to advance girls' and women's rights globally, was instrumental in helping the organization navigate the pandemic while building its new strategic plan. The organization has appointed NIDHI DUBEY, who has served as India country director for the last seven years, as the new head of global programs.

The International Center for Research on Women has announced the appointment of PEGGY CLARK as CEO effective October 4. Clark served most recently as executive director of the Aspen Global Innovators Group, where she helped bring innovative and practical partnerships to the table to address development challenges including economic gender equality and access to health care, and to secure more than $150 million in funding, including over $80 million in multiyear grants in support for global health and women's programs. Clark also has worked at the Ford Foundation and Save the Children, where she developed and implemented programs in forty-five countries, co-founded Realizing Rights to promote rights-based solutions to global challenges, and was instrumental in the passage of the WHO Global Code of Practice on the Ethical Recruitment of Health Workers.

Mission Investors Exchange, an impact investing network that assists foundations dedicated to deploying capital for social and environmental change, has announced the appointment of NICHOLAS ALMEIDA as COO. Almeida has served as a senior advisor to the mayor of San Jose, as the city's first chief service officer, and as budget director. In those roles, he led strategic partnerships and social finance efforts with corporations and foundations and helped create and fund the city's Office of Racial Equity. Previously, he served as a director at Tides, where he led strategy and developed impacting investing products. He is a co-founder of an impact investing firm and an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco School of Management, where he teaches social entrepreneurship.

Philanthropy Roundtable has announced the election of CASON CARTER to its board. Carter is the head of public affairs at Citadel and Citadel Securities, where he is responsible for public policy strategies and philanthropic initiatives for both firms as well as Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin. An advocate for pediatric cancer research, he serves on the boards of the Children's Cancer Therapy Development Institute and Curesearch for Childrens Cancer and is a trustee of the Scott Carter Foundation.

The YMCA of the USA has announced the appointment of SUZANNE MCCORMICK as president and CEO, the first woman to lead the organization. She succeeds KEVIN WASHINGTON, who is retiring after six years as the first African-American president and CEO and more than forty years of service to the YMCA of the USA. McCormick most recently served as U.S. president of United Way Worldwide, after serving as president and CEO of local United Way chapters in Florida and Maine. She sits on the board of Independent Sector and recently was included in the NonProfit Times' Power and Influence Top 50 list.

And PND notes the passing of JAMES HORMEL, businessman, philanthropist, LGBTQ+ advocate, and the first openly gay U.S. ambassador, at the age of 88. A grandson of Hormel Foods founder George A. Hormel, he grew up in Austin, Minnesota, and served as chair of Equidex, Inc., a San Francisco-based firm that manages his and his family's investments and philanthropic activities. Hormel served in several public service roles, including as alternate representative of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations General Assembly in 1996 and as a member of the U.S. delegation to the UN Human Rights Commission. In 1997, he was nominated as U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg, but numerous Republican senators blocked the confirmation process outright, despite his meeting with each senator one-on-one. In May 1999, President Bill Clinton employed a recess appointment and Hormel served from June 1999 to December 2000.

"Jim was a true hero, so full of courage, humor, and generosity," said Ben Jealous, president of People For the American Way, on whose board Hormel served. "As a longtime board member of People For the American Way, he understood that building power among young people was critical to the future of our democracy. Jim was a truly kind and lovely soul, and his loss will be felt deeply. Our hearts and prayers are with his husband, Michael, and their extended family."

"I loved Jim Hormel deeply," said Norman Lear, who founded the organization. "Through the years he was an incredible asset to People For the American Way, a provider of ideas and insights and deep understanding. He was also a fighter, passionate about so many issues we hold dear, from voting rights to free expression and the fight against censorship. I will miss him tremendously."