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Appointments ... staff relocations in the Not-for-Profit arena
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| NEWS AND ANALYSIS Unicef USA Picks Michael Nyenhuis as Its Next CEO (Transitions) AMERICARES Michael Nyenhuis is leaving Americares, where he has been president and CEO since 2014, to lead Unicef USA. Unicef USA Michael Nyenhuis, president and CEO of Americares since 2014, has been selected as the next president and CEO. He succeeds Caryl Stern, who stepped down last year to lead the Walton Family Foundation. Nyenhuis will start in his new role in the spring. Americares Christine Squires, executive vice president and chief development officer, will take over as president and CEO of the relief and development organization on March 14. Open Society Foundations Danielle Torain, an organizational-development consultant in Baltimore, will be the new director of Open Society Institute-Baltimore. Previously she was senior associate for the Baltimore civic site at the Annie E. Casey Foundation. David and Lucile Packard Foundation Nancy Lindborg, president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, has been named president and CEO of the $7.7 billion foundation in Los Altos, Calif. She plans to start this summer and will follow Carol Larson, who announced last February that she would be departing after 30 years at the foundation. Craig Neyman, Packard's chief financial officer, will serve as interim president until Lindborg starts in August. More New CEOs Rebecca Bar has been named executive director of Challah for Hunger, an organization that bakes and sells bread on college campuses and at community organizations to raise money for local and national food-justice nonprofit groups. She has been volunteering at the Philadelphia chapter for several years and also served as the Israel strategic coordinator at MyZuzah. Jennifer Dane, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and director of education and programs at the Modern Military Association of America, has been named interim executive director. This group advocates for change in the U.S. military to be more inclusive of LGBTQ servicepeople. Celia Felsher has been named president of the Touch Foundation. She retired as chief operating officer and partner of Reservoir Capital Group and has served on the Touch Foundation's Board of Directors since 2007. Felsher succeeds Lowell Bryan, who is stepping down after 16 years as president of this charity, which works to strengthen health care in sub-Saharan Africa. Violeta Garcia, who operated her own Colorado consulting business called STEM Learning by Design, will now lead Denver Urban Gardens as its executive director. Kate Rose Marquez, director of development at St. Vincent de Paul Society of North Texas, has been tapped as CEO of Wings, a Dallas nonprofit that offers financial-empowerment services to women. Adin Miller, a consultant to nonprofit groups in Northern California, has been named executive director of the Los Altos Community Foundation. He succeeds Joe Eyre, who is retiring after six years. Amy Turk, chief innovation officer at the Downtown Women's Center, in Los Angeles, has been promoted to CEO. Other Notable Appointments Noelehua Lyons Archambault, interim vice president for institutional advancement at the Punahou School since last summer, has taken the position permanently. Previously she was senior director of development. Ria Sengupta Bhatt, interim executive director and deputy director at California Competes, has been appointed director of public policy at the College Futures Foundation. In addition, April Yee, a program officer at the James Irvine Foundation, has been hired as senior program officer. Colleen Russell Criste, a Los Angeles consultant who worked with nonprofits and cultural organizations across Southern California, is now deputy director and chief philanthropy officer at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Claire Gallagher has joined A Chance in Life as vice president of development. Most recently, she was development director of corporate relations at the New York Academy of Sciences. Stephen Goldsmith, who served as the mayor of Indianapolis from 1991 to 2000, will join Strada Education Network, an education grant maker, as a senior strategic adviser. He currently is the director of the Innovations in Government Program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, where he is also a professor of the practice of government. Cynara Lilly is now executive director of advocacy and communications at the Ballmer Group. Previously she was a principal at Rally, a communications and public-policy firm. Emily Pelton, director of policy, planning, and resource mobilization for the advocacy team at CARE, has joined Public Broadcasting Atlanta as vice president of development. Also, Scott Woelfel has been named chief content officer. Most recently he was the owner of Armchair, a strategic consulting and interactive design firm. Marean Spero Steen, managing director of the Hollywood office at American Humane, has been promoted to national director of the No Animals Were Harmed program, which works with film and television projects to ensure any animals seen on screen are treated humanely during the filming process. Edgar Villanueva, vice president of programs and advocacy at the Schott Foundation, has been promoted to senior vice president of programs and advocacy. Departures Peter Cohen, director of development for computer and data-science initiatives at Brown University, has resigned. He was put on leave in September after it came to light he was an associate of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein during Cohen's time working at the MIT Media Lab. Deborah Dugan, who became president and CEO of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences on August 1, has been suspended from her leadership role after an employee accused her of bullying behavior. She is now suing the nonprofit group that runs the Grammy Awards, alleging wrongful termination after she made accusations of sexual harassment and unethical irregularities in how award nominations are made. Shauna Quill will step down as executive director of the New York Youth Symphony on June 30. She has led the music group since 2011. Send an email to people@philanthropy.com. M.J. Prest has been writing about major gifts, grant making, and executive moves for the Chronicle since 2004. Email M.J. | |||||||||