Shumiala Kinnear is the Vice President of University Relations and Chief Development Officer at the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan, an independent organization governed by the Association’s Board of Directors. Shumiala serves as one of 34 Chief Development Officers within the University of Michigan development community. Shumiala and her team are responsible for scholarship administration, student and young alumni programs, alumni advocacy, volunteer management, and raising philanthropic revenue for top priorities of the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan.

Before joining the University of Michigan in 2017, Shumiala served in various advancement roles at the University of Cincinnati Foundation, Bowling Green State University, and her alma mater, University of Toledo. Prior to her career in higher education, Shumiala worked in customer service management in the wireless communications industry. She earned a Bachelors in Elementary Education and a Master’s in Higher Education Administration from the University of Toledo. When she is not in Ann Arbor cheering on the Wolverines, she is with her family in Perrysburg, Ohio.