The San Francisco-based nonprofit CompuMentor technology assistance organization has undergone a leadership change designed to aid the group's evolution into a national resource for nonprofits and schools.

Daniel Ben-Horin, CompuMentor's founder, has moved from the executive director's post to become president of organization.

New Executive Director Phil Ferrante-Roseberry has taken up Ben-Horin's day-to-day responsibilities. Ferrante-Roseberry had been the group's program director. Dr. Mark Liu takes over as CompuMentor's managing director, a position formerly held by Albert Fong. Jim Lynch is the group's new development director.

Ben-Horin will use the job change to "focus more on strategies, policy issues, major project development and key funder relationships," he tells the Philanthropy News Network.

He started CompuMentor in 1987 to unite computer professionals with nonprofit groups and schools that need help adapting new technology. The organization has since grown to 23 staff people and a national reputation based on CompuMentor's blend of social commitment and technological knowledge.

CompuMentor's founder was director of Media Alliance in San Francisco from 1980 to 1984 and has published numerous articles in national publications.

Ferrante-Roseberry spent eight years as a software engineer, systems analyst and project manager for a number of high-tech firms. He holds a computer engineering degree from the University of Massachusetts.

Liu has almost 20 years of experience in software development and consulting.

Lynch's background has focused on merging technology, social services and volunteerism.

The goal of the leadership change is to help CompuMentor become more nationally focused by boosting the group's "capacity to develop and manage work on a greater scale," Ben-Horin says.