The Joyce Foundation has announced the appointment of STEPHANIE BANCHERO as senior program officer in its Education Program area. Banchero, most recently a national education reporter at the Wall Street Journal, earlier covered the education beat for the Chicago Tribune. Her reporting has received top awards from the National Education Writers Association and the Missouri School of Journalism, and she has won the Harry Chapin Media Award and an honorable mention from the Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families. She was also awarded a Knight Fellowship in journalism at Stanford University. "We've followed [Banchero's] reporting of national education issues for years," said Joyce Foundation president Ellen S. Alberding. "She demonstrates a rich understanding of the issues facing America's educators, parents and students."

The Ms. Foundation for Women has announced the appointment of TERESA YOUNGER as president and CEO, effective in June. Younger, most recently executive director of the Connecticut General Assembly's Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, formerly served as executive director of the Connecticut branch of the American Civil Liberties Union, and headed ACLU's development department at the national level. She also was president of the Connecticut chapter of the Girl Scouts and currently heads her own troop. She replaces ANIKA RAHMAN, who left last summer to pursue other interests.

The Legacy Foundation has announced the appointment of CAROLYN SAXTON as president and CEO, effective June 4. Saxton, most recently executive director of the Lubeznik Center for the Arts in Michigan City, previously chaired the Michigan City Public Art Committee and was executive director of the Oak Park (IL) Community Foundation/Community Chest. She is a past chair of the Northwest Indiana chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and currently is active in several community and professional organizations. Saxton will succeed LEIGH MORRIS, who has served as interim president since October.

United Way Worldwide has announced the appointment of VICKI LINS as executive vice president and chief marketing officer. Lins, most recently executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Clear Channel Outdoor – North America, has had a twenty-year marketing career in the media, technology, and telecom sectors at a variety of companies, including Comcast, Adlink, and GTE. "There is such a huge opportunity for United Way to mobilize millions of people from business, nonprofit organizations, and governments as well as individuals to effect positive change that improves people's lives," said Lins. "I am excited at the prospect of building a marketing enterprise that reflects the organization’s ambitions and finding new ways to engage consumers and communities around the globe."

The NoVo Foundation has announced the appointment of PAMELA SHIFMAN as executive director. Shifman, who has spearheaded the foundation's initiatives for girls and women over the past six years, earlier worked in human rights advocacy for girls and women at the United Nations, as co-executive director of Equality Now, and as a legal advisor to the African National Congress Parliamentary Women's Caucus in South Africa. She also has taught Women's Studies at the University of Michigan and Hunter College.

Commonfund has announced the appointment of MIRIAM E. SCHMITTER as director. In her new role, Schmitter, who will be based in the organization's London office, will focus on research and investments in private equity, venture capital, and natural resources in Europe, Africa, and Asia. Previously, she served in financial management and consultant roles at investment firms Cambridge Associates (London), Allianz Private Equity Partners (New York and Munich), Deutsche Bank (Frankfurt), and Deloitte & Touche.

New York City’s 92^nd Street Y has announced the appointment of HENRY TIMMS as executive director and PETER J. RUBINSTEIN as director of Jewish community and the Bronfman Center for Jewish Life. Timms, an Episcopalian, is the first non-Jewish person to lead the 140-year-old institution, where he has worked at the 92^nd Street Y for five years, most recently as interim executive director. Highlights of his tenure as interim director have included the creation of the national charity campaign #GivingTuesday, co-founding the first annual Social Good Summit, and working with Wesleyan University president Michael Roth to launch a MOOC called "How to Change the World." Timms is practitioner in residence at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, a member of the selection committee for the 2015 CECP Excellence Awards, and a U.S. trustee and fellow of Britain's Royal Society for the Arts. Rubinstein, senior rabbi at New York City's Central Synagogue, was previously rabbi of Woodlands Community Temple in White Plains, New York, and at Peninsula Temple Beth El in San Mateo, California. Rubinstein has taught at Manhattanville College, Colgate University, San Jose State, and the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, is a founder and chair of the Rabbinic Council of the World Union of Progressive Judaism and co-chair of the Partnership of Faith in New York City, and is founding chair of the Rabbinic Vision Initiative.

In other news, the Communications Network has announced the appointment of SEAN GIBBONS as executive director, effective June 3. Gibbons, most recently director of communications and special advisor/senior fellow at Washington, D.C.-based think tank Third Way, previously served as director of media strategy at the Center for American Progress. Earlier, he worked as a journalist and producer at CNN and ABC News. Gibbons replaces BRUCE S. TRACHTENBERG, who stepped down as executive director of the network on December 31, 2013.