This Gainesville resident was named to senior position within the GBI
Jun. 1—A Gainesville resident has been appointed to a senior position within the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's crime information division. Meli...

Jun. 1—A Gainesville resident has been appointed to a senior position within the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's crime information division. Melissa Casto-Mefferd has been named assistant deputy director of the GBI's Georgia Crime Information Center, the agency announced Thursday. Casto-Mefferd's law enforcement career spans 26 years, including 15 years at the FBI. She has been working for the GBI since 2011. She has a bachelor's degree in business administration from Wesleyan College and a master's in public safety administration from Columbus State University.