OUR BOARD
The Police Accountability Board is run by nine, volunteer Board Members. The Board’s role is to oversee the agency’s operations, set the agency’s priorities.
One Board Member is appointed by the Mayor. One Board Member is appointed by City Council for each of the four City Districts (East, West, North and South). The remaining four Board Members are selected by the PAB Alliance, a coalition of community members who helped create and continue to sustain our work.
The law requires our Board Members to be city residents who “reflect the City’s diverse community.” No Board Member (or their family members) can have ever worked for RPD or represented someone suing RPD. Board Members generally serve three-year terms, though some members are serving out shorter preliminary terms.
You can apply to serve on the Board by visiting the PAB Alliance’s website at paballiance.org and clicking on the “Apply for the PAB” tab under the “Joining the Alliance” menu. You can also apply to the board through city council, for more information contact city council at: [email protected]
William G. Clark
Term ends June 30, 2026 Previously serving as the President and CEO of the Urban League of Rochester, Mr. Clark, Chair of the PAB, comes to the PAB with more than twenty-five years of executive experience. Since retiring from the League in 2019, Clark was the Minett Professor at RIT until June 2020. He also served on the RCSD Board from November 2020 until December of 2021. Mr. Clark is also a veteran, serving as a staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Mayor Malik Evans nominated Clark to the role.
Lwam Tecleab
Term ends June 30, 2027 Lwam Tecleab, East District City Council Appointee to the PAB and Vice-Chair of PAB, is a Rochester native who believes in the power of people to make positive change in their community. After receiving a bachelor’s from SUNY Geneseo and a master’s from the University at Buffalo, Tecleab moved to Nashville where she worked with an educational nonprofit to drive systemic change and volunteered with grassroots organizers to establish the Community Oversight Board (a counterpart to the Rochester PAB). Now, happily back in Rochester, Tecleab began her first term on the PAB in September 2024.
Arlene Brown
Term ends June 30, 2025 Arlene Brown was a member of the Monroe County Democratic Committee for over 10 years. As a longtime resident of the City’s 19th Ward, she’s an ordained Elder actively serving at the Love Fellowship Workshop Center for over 40 years. Her public service has been acknowledged by the U.S. Postal Service, Monroe County Legislature, Channel 8 News Golden Apple Award, NANBPWC at Rochester Genesee Valley Club, and several churches.
Yvonne Wilson
Term ends June 30, 2025 Yvonne Wilson is a former member of the Community Coalition Safety Board and a Rochester Businesses Institute graduate. She previously served as a counselor to Monroe County inmates, focusing on rehabilitating them back into society. Wilson was appointed to the PAB by Rochester’s City Council.
Rev. Keith Patterson
Term ends June 30, 2026 The Rev. Patterson was appointed by the Police Accountability Board Alliance. He has served as the Rector (pastor) of St. Luke and St. Simon Cyrene Episcopal Church, a position from which he recently retired. He has served on numerous committees of the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester. Before coming to Rochester, Rev. Patterson served congregations in Vermont and New Hampshire. He is a 2008 graduate of the Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, MA.
Larry Knox
Term ends June 30, 2026 Larry Knox is a seasoned political coordinator at 1199 SEIU. He organized daycare providers with CSEA and worked on Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. Knox holds a degree in criminal justice from Monroe Community College, studied political science at the University of Rochester, and contributes to boards like Reach Advocacy and Metro Justice.
Drorah Setel
Term ends June 30, 2025 Rabbi Drorah Setel, the Northwest City Council Appointee to the PAB, is a Buffalo native. She holds degrees from Swarthmore College, Harvard Divinity School, and SUNY Buffalo Law School. Her studies also include time at the London School of Economics, Yale University’s Religious Studies doctoral program, and the Rabbinic program at the Leo Baeck College in London, UK. Presently, she serves as the rabbi to the Temple Emanu-El congregation at the Jewish Community Center in Brighton, a suburb of Rochester, New York. Rabbi Setel was appointed by the Police Accountability Board Alliance.
William G. Clark
Term ends June 30, 2026 Previously serving as the President and CEO of the Urban League of Rochester, Mr. Clark, Chair of the PAB, comes to the PAB with more than twenty-five years of executive experience. Since retiring from the League in 2019, Clark was the Minett Professor at RIT until June 2020. He also served on the RCSD Board from November 2020 until December of 2021. Mr. Clark is also a veteran, serving as a staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Mayor Malik Evans nominated Clark to the role.
Lwam Tecleab
Term ends June 30, 2027 Lwam Tecleab, East District City Council Appointee to the PAB and Vice-Chair of PAB, is a Rochester native who believes in the power of people to make positive change in their community. After receiving a bachelor’s from SUNY Geneseo and a master’s from the University at Buffalo, Tecleab moved to Nashville where she worked with an educational nonprofit to drive systemic change and volunteered with grassroots organizers to establish the Community Oversight Board (a counterpart to the Rochester PAB). Now, happily back in Rochester, Tecleab began her first term on the PAB in September 2024.
Arlene Brown
Term ends June 30, 2025 Arlene Brown was a member of the Monroe County Democratic Committee for over 10 years. As a longtime resident of the City’s 19th Ward, she’s an ordained Elder actively serving at the Love Fellowship Workshop Center for over 40 years. Her public service has been acknowledged by the U.S. Postal Service, Monroe County Legislature, Channel 8 News Golden Apple Award, NANBPWC at Rochester Genesee Valley Club, and several churches.
Yvonne Wilson
Term ends June 30, 2025 Yvonne Wilson is a former member of the Community Coalition Safety Board and a Rochester Businesses Institute graduate. She previously served as a counselor to Monroe County inmates, focusing on rehabilitating them back into society. Wilson was appointed to the PAB by Rochester’s City Council.
OUR STAFF
The Police Accountability Board’s members is to set the vision for the Board’s work, the job of the Board’s staff is to execute that vision.
We are responsible for managing the day-to-day work of the agency. As the Board’s staff we have to undergo extensive training to understand all parts of policing, public safety, and Rochester’s communities.
We are working to make positive changes in our communities every single day, both inside and outside of the workplace.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the Board strongly encourages people of color, people with disabilities, veterans, women, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, and gender non-conforming persons to apply.
Dr. Lesli C. Myers-Small
Executive Director
Brittaney Wells
Director of Public Affairs and Community Engagement
De’Jon J. Hall
Director of Policy and Oversight
Delores Ivey-Paige
Director of Operations
Kannan Tyagarajan
Director of Accountability and Transparency
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