Police Commissioners

Commissioner Mark Thompson, President.
has a distinguished career in law enforcement and in private business that will serve him well on the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners, "I am pleased he has agreed to serve the people of Kansas City in this important position" Governor Matt Blunt said. Mr.Thompson, 45 of Kansas City, is president of CCB Financial Corporation, vice chairman of Country Club Bank, vice chairman of Country Club Trust Company, chairman of Allen Bank and Trust and vice president of Platte Valley Bank. Thompson served as an assistant United States Attorney in the Financial Fraud Unit and Narcotics Unit in the Kansas City office. Thompson holds a Bachelor's degree and Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University.

Karl Zobrist Commissioner Karl Zobrist, Vice-President. Appointed by Governor Carnahan in 2000 and re-appointed by Governor Holden in 2004, he is a partner with the law firm of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP. He served as Chairman of Mayor's Traffic Safety Task Force in 2006. He is a former Chair of the Missouri Public Service Commission (1996-1997), and serves as President of the Truman Good Neighbor Award Foundation . He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of reStart, Inc., and is a Commander in the Judge Advocate General�s Corps,U.S. Naval Reserve (Ret.).

Commissioner James "Jim" Wilson, Board Treasurer. Mr. Wilson is currently an executive at Gates Bar-B-Q. He earned a bachelor�s degree from Park University. Wilson has served 18 years as a board member and past president of the Twelfth Street Heritage Development Corporation Board. He is Treasurer of the Industrial Development Authority and has served on this board for 16 years. Wilson is a board member of the Truman Medical Center, the Main Street Corridor Development Corporation and the Swope Community Builders.
�Jim has a long record of community service and he will be a tremendous asset to Kansas City Police Board,� Holden said. The Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners operates the Kansas City Police Department in accordance with statute.

Commissioner Patrick McInerney, Member. appointed by Governor Nixon in April 2009, is a partner with the law firm of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP. Mr. McInerney is a former Assistant Jackson County Prosecutor and also served as Assistant United States Attorney with the Organized Crime Strike Force, where he prosecuted organized crime and public corruption. He worked on Capitol Hill as Legislative Director for Congresswoman Pat Danner and has extensive experience in government relations. He has extensive trial experience and his practice includes governmental compliance and investigation counsel, government affairs, and campaign and election law practice. He has served on the board of Operation Breakthrough and was appointed to the Jackson County Ethics Task Force which, in 2008, drafted the first-ever Jackson County Ethics Code. He lives in Kansas City with his wife and three children

Mayor Mark Funkhouser
Mayor Funkhouser began his career as a social worker. He was able to increase the number of people that he could serve by becoming an auditor, first in Tennessee State Government and then in city government. Mark was the City Auditor of the City of Kansas City, Mo., from May 1988 until he took an early retirement in November 2006. While City Auditor, he also was an adjunct professor at Park University, the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the University of Kansas. He continues to teach graduate students in public administration, working to help them become more competent public managers and more effective government and non-profit leaders.

Recently, Mark designed a research project to study government auditing practices around the world. He was able to secure funding for the project through the Institute of Internal Auditors. The legwork for this research was completed this fall and he is currently in the process of writing his findings in a book to be published in 2007. He intends to continue doing research and teaching.

As mayor, Mark will continue his social worker tradition by working to provide for the basic needs of his new bosses -- the 450,000 residents of Kansas City.