Matt Hauge has been named executive director of the Historic Valley Junction Foundation by the West Des Moines group’s board of directors. Hauge, who had been marketing and communications director for the statewide nonprofit Community Housing Initiatives, begins his new position in January. He replaces Jim Miller, who left the foundation in July to become vice president for development and marketing at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids. Hauge is on the Des Moines board of New Leaders Council, an organization that trains and supports emerging professionals in the community, and has served with dsmHack, an organization that helps local nonprofits solve technology problems.