Greg Ingram, Mayor
David White, Recorder
Roger Landers, Councilman
John M Frisby, Councilman
John is currently an Investigator with the Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorneys office in Charleston, WV. He has held many positions within the City of Montgomery from President of the Board of Parks and Recreation, Chair of the Zoning Variance Board, Parking Committee and is in his second term as a City Councilman where he serves as the chairman of the finance committee as well as the representative for the Montgomery Fire Department.
John started his career with the State of West Virginia in 2002 after serving 3 years as a private insurance agency owner/agent. He left employment with the State of West Virginia after 24 years of service in December of 2025. He began with the Office of the Insurance Commissioner Consumer Division investigating consumer complaints and related issues. His investigator duties expanded into insurance fraud cases as an Investigator III under the direct supervision of the Division’s General Counsel. In 2008 Mr. Frisby became a Senior Investigator for Securities Enforcement with the West Virginia State Auditor’s Office focusing on investment and financial crimes. In 2028 He accepted the Investigator position with the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation where he was initially assigned to Mount Olive Correctional Center.
John is a 2019 graduate of the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Basic Academy and served as an investigator with Corrections Investigation Division. Since joining CID he has conducted numerous internal and multiple division investigations. He handled WVDCR Security Threat Group tracking and is presently assigned to the West Virginia Fusion Center where he provided inmate communications information to law enforcement and prosecutors state-wide. John is an original member of the Governor-appointed COVID Task Force 19 and has served as a special investigator to a DHHR Task Force working COVID-19 related cases.
He has completed numerous schooling with NICB, NAIC, NASAA, FINRA, ARELLO, ARDA, the Bolger Center and currently maintains his Certified Real Estate Investigator (CREI). John is working towards a Board certification as a Fraud Examiner (CFE). He is a 1993 graduate of West Virginia Institute of Technology with degrees in Printing Technology, Printing Management, and Business Management. In 2013 he completed the Fraud Certificate program from West Virginia University Institute of Technology. As an investigator, he has also completed the Reid Technique for Interviewing and Interrogation as well as the Law Enforcement Leadership Certificate program through the University of Charleston in 2024.
Mr. Frisby is an active member of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, a Fusion Liaison Officer (FLO) with the West Virginia Fusion Center AS well as a Varsity Assistant Girls Basketball Coach at George Washington High School.
Jill Smith, Councilwoman
Lisa Tignor, Councilwoman