Continuing its commitment to outreach and education, Downtown Community Television Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Stephanie Skaff, artistic activist and organizer, to begin community outreach and planning of a national anti-gun violence media campaign made possible with generous support from the Ford Foundation. Following the success of its past media tours, DCTV’s renowned Cybercar, a 40-foot-long bus converted into a mobile TV studio, is preparing for a Fall 2009 20-city tour to promote community-driven initiatives to end gun violence.
Labels: Entertainment > Movies and Television, Downtown Community Television Center, Personnel News

The Apogee Foundation is expanding its internationally recognized Synergy Programs to offer new opportunities for intercultural collaboration among gifted artists from diverse cultures around the world.
Labels: Education, The Apogee Foundation, Product / Service News

The Make-a-Wish Foundation of Eastern North Carolina, an organization that grants wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions, recently announced the appointment of Ziva Raney as its new Director of Development. In her new role, Ms. Raney will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of fundraising, including developing strategies and initiatives for increasing funding. Upon the completion of the merger between the MAWF organizations of Eastern and Western NC in 2009, she will assume the role of Regional Executive Director.
Labels: Professional Services > Not For Profits, Capability Company, Personnel News

SBWire, the online newswire for small to medium-sized organizations, today announced that Rest Ministries has enrolled in the SBWire for Non-Profits program.
Labels: Professional Services > Public Relations, SBWire, Product / Service News

Capability Company, an executive recruiting firm based out of Raleigh, North Carolina, has been hired by the Triangle Land Conservancy (TLC), an advocate for open space protection in the Triangle area of North Carolina, to search for its new Director of Development.
Labels: Professional Services > Not For Profits, Capability Company, Personnel News

The Make-a-Wish Foundation of Eastern North Carolina, an organization that grants wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions, has selected Capability Company, a Raleigh-based executive recruiting firm, to search for its new Associate Director of Development.
Labels: Professional Services > Human Resources, Capability Company, Personnel News

Logo Design Guru, one of the web’s leading Logo and Web design firms is proud to design a logo for a U.S Army platoon stationed in Afghanistan.
Labels: Professional Services > Not For Profits, Logo Design Guru, Product / Service News

Through blogs, social networks and book marking tools, this non-profit plans to unite the thousands who live with a variety of invisible illnesses to increase the awareness that illnesses are legitimate even though most people who live with it "look just fine."
Labels: Healthcare, National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week, Joint Venture News

The American Lung Association of the Atlantic Coast has hired Capability Company, a Raleigh-based executive recruiting firm, to search for its new Vice President of Major Gifts.
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Angelica Oberleithner has been appointed Assistant Director for the Durham’s Partnership for Children, a Smart Start Initiative. Ms. Oberleithner was formerly the Program Director at the Orange County Partnership for Young Children. Her experience includes serving as Director of the PMHCC Best Practices Institute (BPI) in Philadelphia, PA, where her work focused on Treatment Foster Care reform, a key initiative in the Department of Human Services' permanency reform agenda. Prior to joining BPI, Angelica served as Division Director for Health Promotion and Wellness at one of the City’s largest social service providers, overseeing and managing a multitude of programs in the areas of Domestic Violence, HIV Prevention and Intervention, Child Welfare, and Maternal Health.
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Home of the Sparrow, a transitional shelter program for women and children, has announced Nancy Hiatt as its new Executive Director. In her new role, Ms Hiatt will be responsible for enhancing and expanding on the legacy of this locally well-known organization. She will oversee administrative, fundraising, board management, community relations and partnership development.
Labels: Professional Services > Human Resources, Capability Company, Personnel News

The Rural Advancement Foundation International (USA) has selected Capability Company, a Raleigh-based executive recruiting firm, to search for its new Executive Director.
Labels: Agriculture > Farming, Capability Company, Personnel News

A new Alliance Cost Containment location has opened in the Dallas/Ft Worth Metroplex to help companies in the area increase profitability by reducing operating expenses. The new ACC franchise is owned and operated by Chris Carroll. Chris, who is originally from Arlington, TX, is a well-rounded professional whose career began as an electronics technician. He migrated to the IT field as a technologist and then into the IT executive ranks. In recent years, Chris has specialized in project and program management, including project portfolio management and is certified as a project management professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute.
Labels: Financial > Venture Capital, Alliance Cost Containment, Product / Service News

Deborah Fox-Davis has been appointed Director of Development with the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences at NC State University. In this role, Ms. Fox-Davis will, among other things, be responsible for developing relationships that result in effective partnering and increased philanthropic funding for the College.
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The Public Interest Computer & Technology Cooperative (PICT) today announced that it would be featuring the latest release of the NewOrg Management System (1.5) at the National Non-Profit Congress - June 1 to June 4th.
Labels: Professional Services > Not For Profits, The Public Interest Computer & Technology Cooperative (PICT), TradeShow News

The Oblate Missionary Society, based in Washington, DC, announces the appointment of Stephen Cooke as its Director of Communications. In this newly developed role, Mr. Cooke will be responsible for the creation, growth and implementation of the Oblates’ internal and external communications efforts, increasing awareness of the Oblate vocation.
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On May 24, Melissa Steimer will join forces with Best Friends Animal Society as their new Capital Campaigns Manager. In this role, Ms. Steimer will be responsible for building the organization’s capital campaign structure from the ground up to support Best Friend’s aggressive program goals.
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10 teams of entrepreneurs from South Florida were named finalists with concepts including Honey Project, USA, an international youth owned social business designed to market and sell imported African honey in an effort to help eradicate poverty in rural Africa.
Labels: Financial > Venture Capital, Florida International University Eugenio Pino & Family Global Entrepreneurship Center, Venture Capital News

Home of the Sparrow, a transitional shelter program that provides housing and comprehensive supportive services for homeless women and children, has recently tapped Capability Company, an executive recruiting firm based in Raleigh, NC, to search for their new executive director.
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Danielle Johnson, formerly with Brooklyn Child and Family Services, has been appointed More at Four Coordinator for the Durham’s Partnership for Children, a Smart Start Initiative. The mission of More at Four is to prepare four year olds for school success through high-quality pre-k programs. Ms. Johnson comes to this position having spent nearly 10 years in early childhood development and Early Head Start/ Head Start and non-profit management, working primarily with children and families. Most recently, she served as Health and Safety Coordinator in Brooklyn, NY.
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