Apr. 10, 2023 2:15p
(WGTD)---The three remaining vacancies on the Kenosha County Racial and Ethnic Equity Commission were filled Tuesday by County Executive Samantha Kerkman.
If approved by the county board, Alayna Arrington and Duane O'Keefe will fill terms that expire at the end of next year. Cortney Marshall would fill out a term that expires at the end of this year.
Arrington is a Campus and Community Recruitment Recruiter for Our Money Matters, an initiative of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Community Development Action Coalition. O'Keefe is a registered member of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Marshall is a realtor who also works security for Kenosha Unified.
Two earlier appointments to the commission that became controversial were recently approved by the county board over the objections of some vocal advocates for racial equity.
According to a news release, the new nominees were chosen from a "high-quality" pool of applicants who recently sat for interviews.
The commission was formed by the county board after the 2020 civil unrest.
The panel's work was initially bogged down by uncertainty over how to proceed, and then by a series of resignations, two of which occurred as a protest over Kerkman's initial round of appointments.
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