LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas has hired a Wichita State University official to serve as its chief liaison for legislators and other state government officials.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Kelly Reynolds will become the new director of state relations for the state’s largest university in August.

She is a 2005 graduate of the University of Kansas and currently is Wichita State’s assistant director of government relations. She also previously was an assistant to the vice president of institutional advancement at Newman University in Wichita.

Reynolds also worked on Arizona Sen. John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign.

KU’s last director of state relations was Lindsey Douglas, who took a private-sector job this spring, with Vice Chancellor of Public Affairs Tim Caboni handling her duties after that.