Police Commissioners

Bob Shomaker has served as Commissioner on the Police and Fire Board since 1987. Commissioner Shomaker has been an Independent Insurance Agent for 28 years in Dixon. He graduated from Dixon High School, Georgia Southern University (1972) with a B.S in Criminal Justice. Commissioner Shomaker is married with two children.

Andrea Cook is the newest Commissioner on the Police and Fire Board. Commission Cook is a lifelong resident of Dixon. She graduated from Dixon High School, Sauk Valley Community College, Illinois Central College, and National-Louis University. Andrea has a Paralegal degree and an ABS in Behavioral Science. She has been employed by KSB Hospital for 24 years. Commissioner Cook is married and has one daughter.

Bishop Michael Cole has been in ministry for approximately twenty-eight years; twenty-five of those have been in Pastoral ministry. He came to Dixon to plant a church in 1992 from St. James CME church in Freeport, Il. where he served as a local preacher. In 2002, The Worship Center became an independent ministry. He was officially ordained by World Wide Christian Ministries and The Worship Center Ministries as the Senior Elder and Pastor. On March 20, 2006 he was ordained as a Bishop by Lion of Judah Ministries. He now oversees six churches in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois. Bishop Cole is a member in good standing of the American College of Counselors, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Studies, and a Master’s in Christian Ministry from St. Martin’s College and Seminary. He has been married to wife Geraldine for thirty-nine years. They have four children (one deceased), and ten grandchildren.