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
Member, Commerce and Small Business Committee
Member, Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Committee
Member, County and Municipal Government Committee
Member, Mobile County Legislation Committee
Member, Rules Committee
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