Amoroso is Lovell Foundation executive director
John Amoroso is the new executive director of the David and Lura Lovell Foundation, which was founded in 1994 and is based in Tucson.
The family foundation supports nonprofit projects related to mental health, integrative medicine, cultural and spiritual enrichment and other family-initiated grants. In 2015 the foundation awarded more than $2 million to 15 nonprofits in Tucson, six in Toledo, Ohio, and several national projects.
Over the past 15 years, Amoroso has managed multimillion-dollar grant portfolios from the design to the reporting phase.
He has served as program officer for The Ford Family Foundation, Oregon’s largest private foundation, funding more than $30 million in grants and scholarships annually. He managed more than 180 responsive grants for rural youths in the areas of access to health and dental care, abuse prevention and positive development, Lovell Foundation said in a news release.
Most recently he managed a region for the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board’s bi-annual responsive grant cycle for natural resource restoration and a statewide technical assistance grant for community collaboration on forestry issues.
Amoroso has a master’s degree in nonprofit management from Regis University in Denver and received his bachelor’s degree in English from Carroll College in Helena, Montana.
Carondelet names Biggs as chief nursing officer
Carondelet St. Mary’s has promoted Jennifer Biggs to chief nursing officer.
Biggs, an R.N. who joined the St. Mary’s staff 17 years ago, will be responsible for overseeing and coordinating the hospital’s nursing department and its daily operations.
Most recently, as senior director of nursing, Biggs was instrumental in establishing the Bridges Geropsychiatric Program, Carondelet said in a news release.
She was selected as the Tucson Nurses Week Foundation’s Most Inspirational Mentor for 2014 based on ethical integrity and vision, Carondelet said. She has served on that foundation’s board since 2010 and as its secretary since 2011.
Schmaltz joins TAA as associate general counsel
Chris Schmaltz has joined the Tucson Airport Authority as associate general counsel.
Before joining TAA, Schmaltz was a member/partner at Gust Rosenfeld PLC, where he was a part of the public law group. During his tenure there he gained extensive airport experience while representing the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority. Before that, he was an associate at Gammage & Burnham in Phoenix.
Schmaltz earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Arizona with a degree in Russian and Soviet studies. He received his JD degree from the American University Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C.
