The new chief communications officer for the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is a familiar name in Colorado politics, health care and marketing.

Kathy Green was the spokeswoman for Gov. John Hickenlooper from 2014 to January 2017, when she left to do consulting work. Before joining Hickenlooper, Green had represented the Governor’s Office of Economic Development and International Trade since 2011.

“Kathy’s consistent grace, wit and intelligence, which had such a positive effect on everybody at the governor’s office, will undoubtedly serve CU Anschutz well,” Hickenlooper stated. “It’s great to see someone so talented join an institution that’s doing so much to improve health throughout Colorado.”

Green brings 25 years in the public-private arena to the job, including government agencies within the city and county of Denver, after working in advertising and public relations. She started her communications career at University Hospital in Chicago.

Chancellor Don Elliman Jr., a former publishing industry executive vice president at Time Inc., said CU Anschutz has a story it’s eager to tell the world, and Green is the best choice to tell it.

“Kathy is the right person at the right time to help our growing campus continue to build its reputation, brand and visibility as a leading academic medical center, where anyone who needs it can get the finest care in the world, where the science of that care is being pushed to new horizons, and where we train and prepare the health workforce of the future,” he said in a statement.

Green said she was thrilled to join the CU Anschutz team at a time of “dynamic growth” in medicine and philanthropy at the Aurora campus.

“The campus continues to gain momentum, and I will focus on sharing this story locally, national and globally,” she said.

Green will begin part-time work at CU Anschutz on July 16, while she finishes up commitments to her private consulting clients. She plans to go full-time on Sept. 1.