Background and Family 

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Commissioner Connie Hudson has been an active member of the Mobile community for 30 years with extensive volunteer and public service experience. She served nine years as the District 6 representative on the Mobile City Council before her election in 2010 as the District 2 representative on the Mobile County Commission.

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Connie'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. Connie is also an Academy of Real Estate graduate and received licensure by the Alabama Real Estate Commission.

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She has been married for 43 years to Dennis Hudson, a

retired Senior Staff Engineer with BASF. The Hudsons have three children: Brian (38), a U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander and F/A-18 Super Hornet aviator, stationed in Virginia with

his two children, Annabel (9) and Gavin (6); and twin

daughters, Julie Nelson, an attorney for the Social Security

Administration, living in Mobile with husband Patrick and daughters Nora (2) and newborn Phoebe, and Dana Ward, a paralegal living in Metairie, LA. The Hudsons are active members of Christ United Methodist Church in west Mobile.

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Staunch Education Proponent 

 

As a passionate education advocate, Connie served in numerous volunteer positions including President of the

Mobile County Council of PTAs, Board member of the

Alabama PTA, Board member of the Mobile Area Education Foundation, Chairwoman of Citizens for Better Education, and E.R. Dickson Elementary School PTA President. She is an Honorary Life Member of the Alabama PTA and raised thousands of dollars through grant writing to supplement learning resources and arts education for the Mobile County Public School System. During her tenure on the Mobile County Commission, Connie has directed over $5 million to District 2 public schools and community-wide educational programs.

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Leadership, Economic Development

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Connie has participated in 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 Lines at Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley, including the Airbus A220 Expansion, the South Alabama Logistics Park, and the Walmart Distribution and Amazon Sortation Centers.

  

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Successful County Initiatives

 

Connie led the initiative to build a 20,000 sq.ft. senior recreation center in west Mobile, which was named in her honor by the Mobile City Council in May 2013. She currently serves as President Emeritus of the all-volunteer non-profit MRSCC Foundation that was incorporated to provide

resources for the Connie Hudson Mobile Regional Senior Community Center. She initiated the project  to build the Mobile County Bicentennial Pavilion in Medal of Honor Park and spearheaded efforts to purchase and renovate property off of Moffett Road to establish the Semmes Senior Center. She has championed other capital projects including a Mobile County Recycling Drop-Off Center, parks and recreational

improvements, including the Semmes Community Center, Tanner Williams Community Park, and Medal of Honor Park

upgrades, construction of the Semmes Fire Training

Tower, and construction of a 10 field soccer complex and an aquatic center near 1-10 and I-65. She has also directed over $195 million in Pay-As-You-Go Transportation Program funding matched with Federal and State funding to District 2 since 2010.