FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 25, 2018) — A 22-year law enforcement veteran and a career Kentucky state government fiscal management specialist are joining the executive management staff at the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Acting Commissioner Frank Jemley announced two key appointments today. Retired Kentucky State Police Sergeant Eric D. Gibson will head the agency’s Law Enforcement Division, and Lisa Cox, who served concurrently as director of fiscal management in three Kentucky cabinets, will become the department’s new director of the Administrative Services Division.
Gibson and Cox assume their new roles June 1.
“Eric Gibson and Lisa Cox each have long, distinguished professional careers and their experiences will benefit Kentucky’s Department of Fish and Wildlife and Kentucky’s sportsmen and sportswomen immensely,” said Jemley.
Gibson said he is excited to join an agency that he respects tremendously. “To lead one of the premier law enforcement agencies in Kentucky – I am just humbled by the opportunity,” he said. “I am looking forward to building some great relationships with our officers and moving the division forward.”
Cox echoed those sentiments, saying she is “very excited to be returning to Kentucky government.”
Since retiring in 2013 from the Office of the Controller in the Finance and Administration Cabinet, Cox has worked at NTT Data, serving as a contracted budget analyst for the Cabinet of Health and Family Services. She worked in a fiscal capacity since 1991, serving as a director in fiscal management in four cabinets.
Her management experience includes the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet and the Auditor of Public Accounts. She lives in Lawrenceburg with her husband, Mark, and son, Reese.
Gibson began his Kentucky State Police career in 1995 in the Richmond post. He received a promotion to sergeant in 2006 and detective sergeant a year later.
Gibson led a multi-agency task force investigating illegal narcotics in central Kentucky, later becoming assistant commander and operations director of the Governor’s Marijuana Strike Force. He retired from state police in 2017.
He resides in Danville with his wife, Lacresha, and their four children.