Comprises Commission Districts 1, 4, 5, 8.Term 2020 - Present. Elected to position in 2015.
Melissa Bynum is the At-Large District 1 Commissioner of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas.
Personal
Marital Status: Married (John)
Children: Ted & Laura
Education
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude from Sumner Academy of Arts and Science (1981).
- Kansas State University: BA in Journalism and Mass Communications.
Employment
- Wyandotte County Treasurer Office
- Kansas Department of Revenue
- The Leavenworth Road Association
- Editor and Publisher; The Wyandotte West
- Editor and Publisher; Piper Press
- Director of Resource Development at American Red Cross of Wyandotte County
- Director of Community Relations at Wyandot Inc.
- Executive Director; Shepherd’s Center of Kansas City, KS (Present)
Civic Activities
- Women’s Chamber of Commerce
- Leadership 2000
- Operation Brightside
- Liveable Neighborhoods
- Downtown Shareholders, Inc.
- Turner Community Connection
- K-State Extension Council
- Kiwanis Club of Kansas City, KS West
- Wyandotte County Historical Society
- Lifelong member of Welborn Community United Church of Christ
Honors/Awards
- Kansas City, KS Public Schools Reasons to Believe Honor Roll (2008)