Monday, May 17, 2010

New commissioners to be sworn in Wednesday

Two new police commissioners will be sworn it at Wednesday's Board of Police Commissioners meeting, Lisa Pelofsky and Angela Wasson-Hunt. They will replace Karl Zobrist and Mark Thompson, whose terms are expiring. Their brief biographies are below. You can click to see the full agenda for the meeting.

Lisa T. Pelofsky: Since 2004, Pelofsky has been the CEO of Pelofsky and Associates, which provides development consultation to local and national non-profit organizations. The Governor has appointed her to a term ending March 7, 2012.

Angela Wasson-Hunt: Wasson-Hunt is the senior vice president for commercial lending at Lawson Bank. Wasson-Hunt is the founding member of the Police Foundation of Kansas City and a trustee for the Kansas City Police Employees Retirement System. The Governor has appointed her to a term ending March 7, 2014.