Michael D. Kiser has been named vice president for marketing and communications at Lafayette College, effective Sept. 1.

Kiser succeeds Robert J. Massa, stepping down after five years as vice president for communications to join Lafayette's development office as deputy vice president for the college's fundraising campaign launching this fall.

Previously, Kiser was vice president for communications at Colby College since September 2011 and director of development communications at Virginia Tech from 2005 - '11.

Kiser received a bachelor of arts degree in English from Wabash College and a master of arts in English from Purdue University.

He was a consultant, journalist, fundraiser, Peace Corps volunteer in Seychelles, and teacher and teacher trainer for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the Philippines.