Borealis Philanthropy has announced the appointment of ASHLEY CRAWFORD STARCK as program officer for the Black-Led Movement Fund and ALICIA BELL as director of the Racial Equity in Journalism Fund. Crawford Starck previously served as program associate on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Healthy Communities team and worked with Organizing Neighborhood Equity (ONE DC) through Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity (BOLD). Bell previously worked at Free Press for five years, starting as an organizing manager and later launching Media 2070, an initiative to open up access to capital for media makers of color to tell their own stories.

The Daniels Fund has announced the appointment of LAURA GIOCOMO RIZZO as senior vice president of communications. Prior to joining the Daniels Fund, Rizzo served as the senior vice president of external affairs for the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce. She succeeds BO PERETTO, who was recently named to the newly created position of SVP of legacy and donor intent.

The Open Society Foundations has named NATALIE SAMARASINGHE as its first global director of advocacy, effective January 18, 2022. Samarasinghe joins the foundation with more than fifteen years of advocacy and management experience, most recently as CEO of the United Nations Association-UK, where she advised NGOs and governments on advocacy strategies and was a co-founder of both the 1 for 7 Billion campaign for transparency in international appointments and the Together First movement for inclusive global governance.

The Pew Charitable Trusts has announced the appointment of RALPH LESLIE as executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective November 29, and chief financial officer, effective January 2022. Leslie joins Pew from Northwestern University, where he served as CFO and associate dean of finance and business operations for the Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences. He previously served as chief financial officer and treasurer of the Obama Foundation.

The Walton Family Foundation has appointed CHRISTIE YANG as general counsel. Yang, who has been serving as interim general counsel, will guide the foundation's use of philanthropic tools to maximize the strategic impact of the foundation's program areas and departments. She previously was associate general counsel at the Brookings Institution and, prior to that, a litigator at Morrison & Foerster LLP.

Big Brothers Bis Sisters of America has announced the election of TONY COLES to its board. Coles is iHeartMedia's division president of Metro Markets and president of the Black Information Network, which he helped launch in 2020 as the first and only audio network that provides 24/7 news and objective information with a full focus on the Black community.

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation has announced that KEISHA SEDLACEK joined its Federal Affairs Office as federal legislative and policy attorney as of October 12. Sedlacek comes to CBF from the Humane Society Legislative Fund, where she lobbied the administration and Congress on animal welfare issues, and, prior to that, was an associate attorney with Hall & Associates, where she focused on challenging nutrient limits in EPA-issued wastewater and stormwater permits.

The Dallas Museum of Art has announced the appointment of SALLY PIETSCH as chief financial officer, effective December 1. A financial professional with forty years' experience, more than fifteen of which include financial oversight at museums, Pietsch most recently served as CFO at the Family Place and World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth; she previously worked at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Frito-Lay, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Blockbuster Entertainment.

LeadingAge, an association of nonprofit providers of aging services, has announced the election of Volunteers of America national president and CEO MIKE KING as board chair. King has served on the LeadingAge Board of Directors since 2015 will serve a two-year term starting in January 2022. He succeeds Carol Silver Elliott, president and CEO of Jewish Home Family.

Legal Momentum, (formerly known as the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund) the nation's first and longest-serving legal advocacy organization for women, has announced the addition of four members to its board: SHERYL KOVAL GARKO, MEREDITH MOORE, NANCY B. SALTZMAN, and CATHERINE ZINN. Koval Garko is a partner at the Boston office of Orrick and the global chair of Orrick's Women's Initiative; Moore is global diversity, equity and inclusion director at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP; Saltzman is senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary of Logicalis, Inc.; and Zinn is chief client officer for Baker Botts, where she oversees growth, strategy, and client development.

NYC Pride has announced the appointment of SANDRA PÉREZ as executive director. A longtime nonprofit executive, Pérez has served as an advocate for Latinx/e arts and culture and has served in multiple development roles for the Ms. Foundation for Women and as a program auditor and grant panelist for a variety of entities in the arts and social justice sectors such as the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Council on the Humanities. DAVID A. CORREA, who served as interim executive director, will remain with NYC Pride as director of entertainment and events.