The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, New Jersey, has named MICHAEL W. PAINTER as senior program officer. Painter, one of the foundation's health policy fellows for 2003-04, was a health policy advisor for Senate majority leader Bill Frist and chief of medical staff at the Seattle Indian Health Board. He is, in addition, a member of the National Medical Association, California Bar Association, and the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. In his new position, he will serve as a senior member of the foundation's quality and disparities teams.

APCO Worldwide in Washington, D.C., has named JAMES M. JONES as senior vice president of its global corporate social responsibility team. Jones, formerly executive vice president of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Vaccine Fund, also served as policy director and director of communications for Sen. John F. Kerry (D-MA), and as vice president of programs and policy for the Children's Defense Fund.

The Amateur Athletics Foundation of Los Angeles has elected JANET EVANS to its board. Evans, a three-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming, is a coach, sports commentator, and motivational speaker. The foundation was endowed with Southern California's share of the surplus income from the 1984 Olympic Games.

The Middlesex County Community Foundation in Connecticut has elected HERBERT T. CLARK III as board chair and MARCIA L. KALAYJIAN and DAVID M. ROYSTON as board members. Clark is president of the Clark Group, a real estate concern, and a founding board member of the foundation. Kalayjian is a community advocate and co-owner of an antique shop. Royston is a principal and president of the Dzialo, Pickett and Allen law firm.

Americans for the Arts in Washington, D.C., has elected ALEJANDRO J. AGUIRRE, MARIA BELL, SUSAN COLITON, GIANCARLO ESPOSITO, NANCY GLAZE, GLEN HOWARD, LIZ LERMAN, MARY MCCULLOUGH-HUDSON, ELENA BROKAW MYLES, and VICTORIA ROWELL to its board. Aguirre is deputy editor and publisher of Diario Las Am�ricas and serves on the Florida State Arts Council. Bell, a professional writer and journalist, serves on the board of the Aspen Museum of Art. Coliton is senior director of the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. Esposito is a film and television actor. Glaze is director of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation's arts program. Howard is senior vice president and general counsel of the Fannie Mae Foundation and president of the United Arts Organization of Greater Washington. Lerman is a choreographer, performer, and founding artistic director of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange. McCullough-Hudson is president and CEO of the Fine Arts Fund in Cincinnati. Myles is director of community services for the city of Ventura, California, which she formerly served as cultural affairs manager.

ELIZABETH G. NABEL has been named director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. Formerly the institute's scientific director of clinical research, Nabel is a cardiologist and serves on the editorial board of the New England Journal of Medicine. Previously, she was director of the University of Michigan's cardiology program, president of the North American Vascular Biology Organization, and served on the board of the American Heart Association.

In other news, Stanford University has named DAVID DEMAREST as vice president for public affairs. Demarest, formerly White House communications director under the first President Bush, also served as Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Public, Intergovernmental, and Private Sector Affairs and as Assistant Secretary of Labor for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs. He later worked as executive vice president of global corporate relations and brand management at Visa International and as executive vice president and director of corporate communications for the BankAmerica Corporation.