Kehoe appoints Carl Junction attorney to Missouri human rights commission

Gov. Mike Kehoe has appointed Pamela Lanier, of Carl Junction, to the Missouri Commission on Human Rights.

Lanier is an attorney for Freeman Health System and serves as its system director of government relations. She previously served on the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce's Cultural Enterprise Recruitment Committee.

The 11-member commission enforces the Missouri Human Rights Act and investigates complaints of discrimination at work, in housing and in places open to the public.

The governor appoints commissioners with the consent of the Missouri Senate.