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The Seattle Foundation and the Greater Everett Community Foundation both have new Presidents

Phyllis Campbell, formerly president of the U.S.Bank of Washington and until February of this year the Foundation's board chair, is the new President of the Seattle Foundation. Attorney Irwin L. Treiger is now the chair of the Board.  Dave Osmer, formerly CEO of Big Brother/Big Sisters and an administrator with Boeing Community Affairs, is the new President of the Greater Everett Community Foundation.

ArtsFund and Humanities Washington - new names for familiar organizations

Corporate Council for the Arts and the Washington Commission for the Humanities have both adopted new names: ArtsFund and Humanities Washington

Transitions at the Pacific Science Center and NPower

George Moynihan has retired after 23 years as head of the Pacific Science Center; he is replaced by Bryce Seidl, who has been Mayor of Vancouver, Washington, CEO of Fisher Mills, an executive at Simpson Timber, and interim CEO of the Pilchuck Glass School.  Rick DuPree, who has been serving as interim head at Seattle's Central Area Motivation Program and was previously with the city's department of Strategic Planning, is the new head of NPower/Seattle; Joan Fanning, the founding director of NPower, is leading the organization's expansion into many metropolitan areas across the country.

YMCA working to build healthy neighborhoods

Expanding from its tradition of building-centered programs, the YMCA of Greater Seattle is starting a three-year pilot program called "Neighborhood Matters" in Seattle, Atlanta, Dallas, Indianapolis and Los Angeles.  Supported by Safeco, the project seeks to identify community strengths to bring kids and adults together for safer, more community-oriented neighborhoods.  The first phase in Seattle will center around the University District.

NY AG's questions put family foundations in the spotlight

New York's Attorney General Elliott Spitzer raised questions earlier this year about the management of small foundations based on some disturbing cases of exorbitant salaries and fees and other questionable management practices observed in that state.  In the Puget Sound Business Journal's July 28 issue, Carol Tice explored these issues as they relate to the Puget Sound region. She talked with leaders who made a strong case for the value of family-run foundations as a source of support for community activities.  The full text of the story is online. Further exploration led to a story in the August 15 edition under the headline "Some foundations pay trustees quite well."

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