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Adline Clarke's Biography

Office:

Full Name:

Adline Cecelia Clarke

Gender:

Female

Home City:

Mobile, AL

Religion:

Catholic

BA, Communication Arts, Spring Hill College

Graduate, Leadership Alabama, 1999

Graduate, Leadership Mobile, 1988

Representative, Alabama State House of Representatives, District 97, 2013-present

Minority Whip, Alabama State House of Representatives

Candidate, Alabama State House of Representatives, District 97, 2018, 2022

Former Member, Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee, Alabama State House of Representatives

Instructor, Bishop State Community College Youth Entrepreneurial Academy

Owner and Operator, Black Classics Books & Gifts

Former Senior Vice President of Business and Community Relations, Mobile Development Enterprises

Former Reporter, Business Editor, and City Editor, Mobile Press Register

Member, Mobile International Festival, present

Former Member, Leadership Mobile Board of Directors

Former Member, Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors

Former Member, Mobile Arts Council

Former President and Director, National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Mobile Chapter

Former Member, Senior Citizens Services Board of Directors

Former Member, United Way of Southwest Alabama Board of Directors

Member, Young Womans Christian Orgainization of Mobile Board of Directors

Awards:

Black History Award presented by Stewart Memorial C.M.E. Church for Invaluable Community Service (2013)
Mobile Arts Council Greater Mobile Arts Award for Business -- Black Classics Books & Gifts (2011)
Two-time Eagle Award winner recognizing outstanding minority-owned businesses, Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce (2008 and 1999)
Kappa Alpha Psi Community Service Award (One of two awards presented by the local chapter in 2005)
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 2001 Distinguished Service Award for community service (One of two awards presented by the local chapter in 2001)
2001 Working Smart Customer Service Winner, One of 10 companies cited in Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce's Working Smart column by Judy Marston, Judy Marston & Associates (October, 2001 Issue, The View)
Silver Anniversary Award "in recognition of 25 years of dedicated service", Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Mobile Chapter
Up & Coming Woman-Owned Business of the Year 2000, University of South Alabama Small Business Development Center

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