Tony Mattivi has been named the 13th director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
Attorney General Kris Kobach nominated Mattivi to be KBI director, citing his decades of experience working with law enforcement to put away some of the nation’s most violent and dangerous offenders.
Director Mattivi served as a federal prosecutor for over 20 years, prosecuting drug trafficking, violent crime, racketeering, organized crime, gangs, money laundering, and terrorism cases. He also worked for the Kansas Attorney General’s Office, the Shawnee County District Attorney’s Office, and as legal counsel for Medcor, an international healthcare company.
Mattivi is a graduate of Metropolitan State College of Denver, and Washburn University School of Law. He was the Antiterrorism and National Security Coordinator for the District of Kansas and recently served as president of the Federal Bar Association chapter of Kansas and Western Missouri.
Kobach says Mattivi will be a great asset to the state of Kansas in this new role.
