Frank Farrow dreams of the day when his job no longer exists.

He’s spent more than three years as the executive director of Boston’s Office of Black Male Advancement, a city agency dedicated to ensuring that Black men and boys have the tools they need to succeed and thrive.

On Monday, the city took another step toward that goal as Mayor Michelle Wu appointed the newest members of Boston’s Black Men and Boys Commission , a 21-member panel charged with advising Wu and her lieutenants on the issues key to a community whose life expectancy is shorter and whose academic and financial achievement lags that of white men.

“Our ultimate goal is to make sure that the Office of Black Male Advancement doesn’t need to exist; to make sure whether it’s housing, education [or] economic opportunit

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