By Greg Hazley
Susan Sher, a White House aide and First Lady Michelle Obama’s chief of staff before stepping down earlier this year, returned to the University of Chicago on Aug. 1 in a new public affairs and strategy post.
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Sher, an attorney, takes the title of executive VP for corporate strategy and PA for the university’s medical center, as well as senior advisor to university president Robert Zimmer.
Her scope includes external and corporate relations, as well as governance, communications, community engagement and labor relations. She was VP for legal and government affairs for the medical center from 1997-09.
“She knows the strengths of our institution already, as well as the challenges we face, and she has considerable experience working with our local community as well as city, state and national leaders,” said medical school dean Kenneth Polonsky.
Sher left the university in 2009 to join the Obama administration as associate White House counsel and special assistant to the president. She moved over to the East Wing as chief of staff to Michelle Obama, whom Sher worked with when Obama worked in community affairs at the university’s medical center.
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