Pamela D. Lepley - Photo courtesy VCU
Virginia Commonwealth University announced Thursday that Pamela D. Lepley, who has served as vice president for university relations since 2014, has been promoted to senior adviser to VCU President Michael Rao. Grant J. Heston will succeed Lepley as the university’s chief communications officer starting Jan. 10.
Lepley has been with the university since 2002 and previously served as executive director of VCU’s Division of University Relations and as director of the VCU Office of Communications and Public Relations, now known as University Relations.
“I am very grateful for the hard work, dedication and difference Pam made during her time leading university relations,” Rao said in a statement. “And I look forward to continuing to work together with her.”
