Yolanda Shepard is the first Black woman to serve on Mesquite’s Civil Service Commission
Shepard will help the three-member commission decide sensitive personnel matters.
Yolanda Shepard, shown with Mesquite Mayor Bruce Archer, will be the first Black woman to serve on the city s Civil Service Commission.(Courtesy photo / City of Mesquite)
Yolanda Shepard is the first Black woman to ever serve on the Mesquite commission that oversees appeals for personnel matters for the city, police and fire departments.
Mesquite City Council voted unanimously to appoint Shepard to the Civil Service Commission and Personnel/Trial Board last week and she was sworn in on Monday.