April Kaull (Stolzenbach)

M.S. Integrated Marketing Communications (West Virginia University)

April Kaull is the associate vice president for Strategic Communications at Carnegie Mellon University. She previously served as executive director of Communications at West Virginia University.

Prior to that, April had a 20+ year career as a broadcast journalist in West Virginia including vice president of news operations for West Virginia Media, LLC. where she also anchored and served as the executive producer for the company’s nightly statewide newscast. She has received numerous awards from The Associated Press for her work, including “Best Documentary (1998)” and best “Enterprise Report (1997, 1998)” and “Feature Report (1999).” April also earned The Associated Press’ Douglas Southall Freeman Meritorious Award for Public Service Through Television Journalism in 2014. 

She graduated from WVU in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science in broadcast journalism and in 2016 earned a Master of Science in integrated marketing communications. She has served as an adjunct faculty member of the Reed School of Media and Communications for more than 20 years. In 2004, April was recognized with the P.I. Reed Young Alumni Award.

April is an active member of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and has served on the Executive Committee for the Counselors to Higher Education (CHE) for nearly a decade. In 2024, she was chair of CHE and is currently serving as its immediate past chair. April is also a member of the Counselors to Higher Education Advisory Committee.