Sam Jones (mayor)

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Samuel L. Jones is serving his first term as Mayor of his hometown, Mobile, Alabama. He is Mobile's first African American mayor.

He ran on a platform of safety, efficient government, historic preservation and bringing employers to the city.

[edit] Previous accomplishments

Before being elected as Mayor, he served four terms as commissioner from the state's second largest county.

He is a graduate of Central High School and attended Florida Junior College and Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, Florida. He attended the Alabama Interdenominational Seminary and was awarded an honorary doctorate. He spent nine years in the United States Navy.

[edit] Affiliations

National Association of Counties Election Reform Steering Committee
Co-Chair of Renewal 90 Educational Initiative
Founder of the Mobile County Community Development Partnership
Founder, Prichard Federal Credit Union
Underage Drinking Task Force
Member, 100 Black Men, Mobile Chapter
Macedonia Baptist Church, Director of Christian Education, Sunday School Superintendent
Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition, a national task force co-chaired by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.