Lafayette E. (Gene) Lacy, a 30 year veteran of law enforcement was selected by Governor Jay Nixon to be the State Supervisor of the Missouri Division of Alcohol & Tobacco Control.  Lacy retired at the rank of Major with the Missouri State Highway Patrol in 2007.  At the time of his retirement he served as commander of the Patrol’s Support Services Bureau, and previously commanded the Patrol’s Administrative Services Bureau.  At the time of his appointment Lacy served as an Industrial Security Specialist for The Boeing Company in St. Louis. 

Lacy is a 1992 graduate of the FBI National Academy at Quantico, VA.  He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Columbia College in 1995 and a Master’s of Business Administration degree from William Woods University in 2004.

Gene and his wife, Donna have three children and have been residents of Jefferson City for 17 years.