People in the News (4/17/05): Appointments and Promotions
The D.C.-based Council on Foundations has elected ANTOINETTE M. BAILEY, MARTHA D. LAMKIN, JENNIFER LEONARD, and RICHARD L. MOORE to its board. Bailey is vice president of community and education relations for the Boeing Company. Lamkin is president and CEO of the Lumina Foundation for Education. Leonard is president and executive director of the Rochester (NY) Area Community Foundation, and Moore is president of the Weaver Foundation.
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund in New York City has named SHENYU BELSKY as a program officer for its initiative in southern China. Belsky previously served as a senior program director at the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and was an associate producer of China in the Red, a PBS-Frontline documentary on the impact of economic reform in China.
The New York City-based Jewish Funders Network has named RAE JANVEY as vice president for member relations, JO-ANN MORT as vice president for strategic communications, and IDANA GOLDBERG as program manager. Janvey, most recently executive director of the Wexner Heritage Foundation, previously served as director of the American Pardes Foundation. Mort, most recently director of communications for the U.S. programs of the Open Society Institute, previously headed communications for Unite and the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, where she also directed the Sidney Hillman Foundation. Goldberg, who recently completed a doctorate in history, previously worked for the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. She is currently vice president for programming and education for the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance.
The Wireless Foundation in Washington, D.C., has named RICHARD GOSSEN as board vice chair. Gossen, a thirty-five-year veteran of the technology industry, is founder and president of Aeris.net, a wireless communication company. He previously served on the foundation's board, as well as on the board of the wireless data forum of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, the foundation's parent organization.
The D.C.-based Worldwatch Institute has named ROBIN CHANDLER DUKE to its board. Duke, former U.S. ambassador to Norway, is currently a director of the U.S.-Japan Foundation and the United Nations Association of the United States, and is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a fellow of the Academy of Arts and Sciences.
New York City's Dance Theatre of Harlem has named CATHERINE REYNOLDS as chair. Reynolds, chair of the Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation, is chairwoman and president of student-loan administration concern EduCap Inc. and founder of Servus Financial Corporation, which creates and markets consumer loan programs. She is, in addition, a major benefactor of several organizations, including the Kennedy Center, the National Gallery of Art, Ford's Theater, the National Symphony, and the Black Student Fund.
In other news, the Scripps Howard Center for Civic Engagement at Northern Kentucky University has named MILES WILSON as director. Wilson, most recently vice president for grants and programs at the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, was previously associate director of Ohio Wesleyan University's Community Service Learning Center and a program officer for the Corporation for National Service in Washington, D.C.
