Kallie Bila Michels has been elevated to VP of communications for the University of Michigan, following a national search.

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Michels has been associate VP for the past eight years and served in the interim VP role since September, following the exit of Lisa Rudgers.

A search committee worked with an executive search firm before deciding on Michels for the chief communications role of the Ann Arbor-based university.

Michels earlier spent 20 years in the U-M Health System.