WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita woman has been named the new executive director of the Kansas African American Affairs Commission.

The appointment of Kenya Cox, the president of the Wichita branch of the NAACP, was announced Friday. She will take office on Jan. 11.

Cox serves on several boards and organizations in Sedgwick County and was the assistant regional director for community service for the Kansas Department for Children and Families.

The announcement came a day after The Wichita Eagle reported  that former members of the commission were criticizing Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration for letting partisan politics delay the appointment of the commission’s executive director.

The commission’s last executive director, Mildred Edwards, resigned in May.