A Career of Public Service

Connie Hudson was first elected to the Mobile City Council in 2001 on a mission to improve city services and public safety and restore the focus of the city to her residents. She served nine years as the District 6 representative on the Mobile City Council and now fourteen as the current Mobile County Commissioner for District 2.  During her time in office, she has directed hundreds of millions in quality-of-life improvements for the citizens of Mobile, including community centers, sports facilities, senior centers, recycling, and major road expansions. Connie has been a leader in forming major economic development initiatives such as the Mobile area's site selection for the ThyssenKrupp Steel Plant (now AM/NS Calvert), Austal USA, the Airbus U.S. Final Assembly Line at Brookley Aeroplex, the Airbus A220 Expansion, the Walmart Distribution and Amazon Sortation Centers, and the South Alabama Logistics Park.

 

In addition to the thousands of jobs she helped recruit, Hudson has focused on capital projects directly improving our citizen's quality of life. During her time on the city council, Councilwoman Hudson led the initiative to build the 20,000 sq. ft. senior recreation center in Mobile, which opened in 2007 and was named in her honor by the Mobile City Council in May of 2013 after she retired from the City Council. She currently serves as President Emeritus of the all-volunteer non-profit MRSCC Foundation, which was incorporated to provide resources for the Connie Hudson Mobile Regional Senior Community Center. 

 

Other quality-of-life enhancements led by Hudson include the Mobile County Bicentennial Pavilion in Medal of Honor Park. The purchase and renovation of property off of Moffett Road to establish the Semmes Senior Center in 2013 and the Center’s later expansion in June of 2021. The Mobile County Recycling Drop-Off Center which was completed in November 2014, parks and recreational improvements, such as the Semmes Community Center and Semmes Fire Training Tower, Tanner Williams Community Park and Medal of Honor Park upgrades, construction of a 10-field soccer complex and newly announced indoor aquatic center near I-10 and I-65, as well as the purchase and renovation of the Escatawpa Hollow Park and Campground. She has directed over $200 million in Pay-As-You-Go Program funding benefiting District 2.

 

Commissioner Hudson's educational background includes a B. S. degree in Biological Sciences from Troy University. She completed an Internship in Medical Technology at the Mobile Infirmary Medical Center where she served as a Staff Technologist, Hematology Specialist, MT (ASCP) SH, and Pathology Instructor for the Mobile Infirmary School of Radiation Therapy Technology. Commissioner Hudson is also an Academy of Real Estate graduate and received licensure by the Alabama Real Estate Commission.