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We are proud of our
association with
Accordia Global Health Foundation (Washington): Appointed
Dale Mott, vice president for
major gifts at the Sister to Sister Foundation (Chevy Chase,
Md.), to be vice president for
development and communications.
Amigos de las Americas
(Houston): Appointed Martin
Sinnott, a principal search consultant at Kittleman and Associates (Chicago), to be president and chief executive officer
of this organization that helps
young people develop leadership skills through community
service in Latin America.
Boston College High School:
Appointed Colleen FitzGerald, director of donor relations
and stewardship, to be director
of development.
California Institute of the
Arts (Valencia): Appointed Bianca M. Roberts, executive director of development, to be vice
president and chief advancement officer.
City U. of New York, York College: Appointed Dolores Swir-in, chief executive officer of the
Girl Scout Council of Greater
New York, to be vice president
of institutional advancement.
Clarkson U. (Potsdam, N.Y.):
Appointed Richard W. Johnson III, executive vice president at the United States Naval
Academy Foundation (
Annapolis, Md.), to be vice president for
philanthropy and alumni relations.
College Summit New York:
Appointed Christopher Perry,
executive director of Boys Hope
Girls Hope New York, to be executive director.
Enterprise Community Partners (Columbia, Md.): Appointed Terri L. Ludwig, executive
vice president and chief operating officer, to be president and
chief executive officer. She succeeds Doris Koo, who will become a senior adviser, working
in Seattle.
Frick Collection (New York):
Announced the retirement of
Anne L. Poulet, director, effective in the fall of 2011.
Melissa L. Bradley, Chief Executive Officer,
Tides Network
Background: In November, Ms. Bradley, 42, will assume her new role at
the San Francisco social-change organization, which makes grants and
provides fiscal-sponsorship and other services to charities. She served on
the organization’s Board of Directors for six years, which she thinks will
help ease the transition when Drummond Pike, Tides’s founder, steps down
after 34 years. “Because people know me, there’s a lesser level of anxiety,” she says. “It’s going
to allow us to get things moving and chart a new direction a lot quicker.”
Previous jobs: Ms. Bradley started New Capitalist, a venture-capital firm that has invested
more than $20-million in minority-owned businesses. She is also the founder of the Entrepreneurial Development Institute, a youth-entrepreneurship organization.
Education: She received a bachelor’s degree in finance from Georgetown University and a
master’s degree in business administration from American University.
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Her agenda: Ms. Bradley’s first goal is to remind people of all that Tides does. “People who
have known us have come to think of us as being able to do one or two things really well,” she
says, “when indeed we’ve expanded the suite of services to do many things very well.” She also
wants to help the organization increase its use of new technologies and reach out to new audiences.
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Salary: $275,000
What she’s reading: Ms. Bradley says she and her twin three-year-old daughters read Not
All Princesses Dress in Pink every night. —NICOLE WALLACE
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Montgomery College (
Rockville, Md.): Appointed Susan
Lasker Dankoff, chief development officer at the U.S. Diplomacy Center (Washington), to
be director of development.
National Multiple Sclerosis
Society, Greater Illinois Chapter (Chicago): Appointed John
Blazek, director of major gifts
at Northwestern U. School of
Law (Chicago), to be president.
New York Philharmonic: Announced the resignation of Za-rin Mehta, president and chief
executive officer, effective after the conclusion of its 2011-12
season.
New York U., School of Continuing and Professional Studies: Appointed Doug White, an
instructor and fund-raising consultant, to be academic director
for the university’s George H.
Heyman Jr. Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising.
Ounce of Prevention Fund
(Chicago): Appointed Diana
Mendley Rauner, executive di-
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PORTLAND OPERA
Portland, Oregon
by Serving on Meeting Panels
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rector, to be president. She succeeds Harriet Meyer, who will
become head of strategic initiatives. This organization provides early-childhood care and
education for needy children.
ProLiteracy (Syracuse, N.Y.):
Appointed Barry A. Benson,
executive director at Literacy
Chicago, to be vice president for
development and communications.
Sunnylands Trust (
Rancho Mirage, Calif.): Appointed
Geoffrey Cowan, former dean
of the Annenberg School for
Communication & Journalism
at the U. of Southern California
(Los Angeles), to be president.
The Sunnylands Trust was established by the Annenberg
Foundation to hold retreats to
discuss global issues.
Tides Network (San Francisco): Appointed Melissa L.
Bradley, founder and managing director of New Capitalist
(Washington), to be chief executive officer. (See an article about
her above.)
U. of Southern California (Los
Angeles): Appointed Albert R.
Checcio, vice president of development and university relations at Fordham U. (New York),
to be senior vice president for
university advancement.
Washington National Opera:
Announced the resignation of
Placido Domingo, general
director, effective on June 30,
2011.
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in moderation, he advises, but
don’t work right through the
sessions. If it’s the busiest time
of year for your charity, maybe
you shouldn’t go, he suggests.
Take time to follow your curiosity, he adds: “Go to a session on a topic you know nothing about.” For instance, though
Mr. Watson’s specialty is human
resources, at a recent conference he sat in on a session about
fund development and says he
learned a lot.
He also recommends that
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nonprofit staff members volun-
teer to serve on conference pan-
els when they have experiences
to share. “It’s a great leader-
ship opportunity, especially for
younger staff members.”
Mr. Watson challenges the
conventional wisdom that every-
one should cut back on confer-
ences during these tough times;
he believes this is exactly the
time they’re most needed.
“The worst thing you can do
when times are tight,” he says,
“is just to sit around and talk
ideas with the same people.”
Grant Makers
Atlantic Philanthropies (New
York): Appointed Kimberley
Chin, director of Maryland
Hunger Solutions (Baltimore),
and Kavitha Mediratta, prin-
cipal associate for community-
organizing research and youth
organizing at the Annenberg
Institute for School Reform at
Brown U. (Providence, R.I.),
both to be program executives
for the children and youth pro-
gram.
