Chan Kemper, right, will serve as a senior advisor on law and public policy to Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg, left.(Roberto Roldan / LPM )Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg announced two new hires who will help his administration address homelessness and public safety.Misty Wright is the city’s new executive director of community safety. Wright is a Louisville native and Harvard Law School graduate who most recently worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. She prosecuted gangs and violent crimes, as well as money laundering and public corruption cases. In October, she helped prosecute a Chicago lab owner who pleaded guilty to a $14 million COVID-19 testing fraud scheme.In Louisville, Wright will focus on coordinating the city’s response to its gun violence crisis, in coordination with its partners, Greenberg said.“There’s not one solution to improving public safety and reducing violent crime,” he said. “We need to work with partners inside and outside government, in local government, state government, federal government, all levels and all branches.”One of Wright’s primary responsibilities, Greenberg said, will be to look at ways to bolster the city’s Group Violence Intervention program.Misty Wright, Louisville's new executive director of community safety, speaking at a press conference at Metro Hall on Jan. 14, 2024.(Roberto Roldan / LPM )The GVI program began under former Mayor Greg Fischer. It tries to disrupt gang violence through a carrot-and-stick approach. City officials, as well as local and state prosecutors, meet with people suspected of being involved in gun violence. They offer support services and a path out of gang life, but if they refuse, they promise to investigate and prosecute them.Speaking at Metro Hall Tuesday morning, Wright said she has an understanding of how organized crime works and she’ll bring that knowledge to her new role.“I hope to give the residents of Louisville what we deserve: A safe place to work, a safe place to raise our children and a safe place to call home,” she said.University of Cincinnati Law School graduate Chan Kemper is Greenberg’s new senior advisor on law and public policy. Kemper worked for six years as a legislative committee analyst at the Legislative Research Commission, a state agency that provides legal support to members of the General Assembly as they craft proposed legislation.In her new role, Kemper will advise Greenberg on policies related to opioid addiction and homelessness. She will take over as executive director of the city’s Equity in Contracting and Procurement Task Force, which creates programs to support minority- and women-owned businesses and ensures equal opportunities for city contracts.“Genuinely and truly, my ultimate goal is to help implement strategies that make Louisville a city where everyone feels safe, secure and supported,” she said.Kemper is taking over the task force role from former Deputy Mayor Keisha Dorsey. Greenberg fired Dorsey last August, accusing her of falsifying time sheets. Dorsey alleged she was fired for speaking out against unequal treatment and planning to file ethics complaints against city leaders.