Melody L. McDonald , a managing director at RCM Capital Management...

Melody L. McDonald, a managing director at RCM Capital Management, was appointed chairman of the advisory board of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. by President Bush. Ms. McDonald has been on the Washington agency's panel since 2002. Appointed to the committee: James E. Nevels, chairman of the Swarthmore Group; Thomas M. Garrott, chairman of the executive committee of National Commerce Financial Corp.; and Betty Ireland, president and chief executive officer of Jackson Kelly Solutions.