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Mobile Government

Reggie Copeland

Council Member, District 5 (view map)

Office: (251) 208-7441

Home: (251) 304-0603

Fax: (251) 208-7482

Attended Murphy High School
Attended Spring Hill College
Attended the University of Alabama-Mobile Center
Korean War Veteran - Served 2 years
Management - Alabama Power Company, 24 Years
National Management Association
Chairman, Gulf Coast Illuminating Engineering Society
General Electric Advanced Lighting School
President of Copeland Agency - a full fledged advertising and public relations firm
Prior employment - Saad's Health Care for 11 1/2 years

Reggie Copeland, Jr. - Attorney, Adams & Reese; father of 2 sons
Randy Copeland - President of RMC & Associates; father of 3 daughters
Gayle Phillips - Third Grade Teacher at Corpus Christi School; married to Dr. Lee Phillips, Veterinarian, mother of 3 children
Riley Copeland - Owner of Silkworm (screenprinting); married to Penny, twin sons
Russ Copeland - Attorney, Hoiles, Dassanger, Hollon & Copeland; married to Leigh, father of two daughters

President, Mobile Jaycees (America's Junior Miss founded during this term)
Vice President of Alabama Jaycees
Key Man of the Year Award of the Mobile Jaycees
President of the TB Health Association of Mobile County
Chairman of the Red Cross Blood Drive, Mobile County
Chairman, United Way Commercial Division (several times)
President of the Southeastern Conference Basketball Officials Association
President of the Port City Basketball Officials Association of Mobile
Member of the Southeastern Conference Basketball Officiating Staff for 25 Years
Selected for NCAA Tournaments for 12 Years (refereed two Final Four Tournaments)
Member of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame Board, 6 years
Member of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame Selection Committee
Member of Springhill College Athletic Hall of Fame Committee
Member of the University of South Alabama Athletic Hall of Fame Committee
Inducted into the Amateur Softball Association Hall of Fame, Mobile
Inducted into the Spring Hill College Hall of Fame - Honorary Member
Selected by the State Department to conduct basketball clinics for the Air Force in Germany, Spain & Turkey
Chairman of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament, 1995-97
Chairman of the Little Sisters of the Poor Golf Tournament, 1995-2001
Inducted into the Mobile Sports Hall of Fame, 1999
Board of Directors-Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce, currently
Member of South Alabama Regional Planning Commission

Elected to the Mobile City Council 1985, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2009
Currently serving as President of the City Council - Second Term
Chairman of Public Works Committee, 1985-89
Chairman of Finance Committee, 1989-93
Vice President of Mobile City
Council, 1993-2001
Chairman of Cablevision Committee, 1985-1989
Member of Mobile County Republican Party
Member of Alabama State Republican Party
Primarily responsible for Magnolia Grove Golf Course
Major improvements at Azalea City Golf Course
Major improvements at the Mobile Tennis Center
Major improvements at many of the City's parks
Major improvements at the Mobile Civic Center
Assisted with the development of Cottage Hill Playground
Assisted with the AA Baseball franchise
Assisted with the Mobile Mysticks Hockey franchise
Currently working to develop a soccer complex in Mobile
Assisted with development of the Riverfront Park, Omnimax, Convention Center, Museums & Libraries
Chairman, Opening Day Ceremonies AA Stadium
Over $16.0 million-Drainage & Resurfacing in District 5, 1998-2003
Sports Commission