Melissa Bynum

At-Large District 1

Comprises Commission Districts 1, 4, 5, 8.
Term 2020 - Present. Elected to position in 2015.

Melissa Bynum

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)

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