Senior Leadership Team Announcement
Dear Members of Boston University’s Faculty and Staff,
I am pleased to announce the appointments of Kamrhan Farwell as senior vice president for university relations and Michele Schiele as senior vice president for advancement.
Kamrhan joins Boston University from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she served as vice chancellor of communications. In this role, she oversaw the university’s central communications team, visitors center, and affiliated public radio station. She has also served in senior leadership positions at the University of Missouri and University of Pittsburgh. Prior to her career in university communications, Kamrhan was a journalist with the Dallas Morning News, where she led the paper’s education coverage.
Michele is a proud Terrier, having graduated from the College of Communication with a degree in journalism. Most recently, she was deputy vice president and campaign director at Stanford University, where she secured more than $1.4B in annual philanthropic revenue, working with advancement professionals at all seven of the university’s schools, its multiple centers and institutes, and other administrative units. Before arriving at Stanford, Michele served in various roles at the University of Chicago, including interim vice president for university alumni relations and development and vice president and associate dean for development at the medical center.
I hope that you will join me in welcoming Kamrhan and Michele. I encourage you to read this story in BU Today to learn more about their backgrounds and their thoughts about what it means to join us at BU.
I am excited for Kamrhan and Michele to get started in their work here and confident that they will play an important role in securing the University’s eminence for years to come.
Sincerely,
Melissa Gilliam
President
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