HUNTSVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
DEVYN S. KEITH
Huntsville City Council member Devyn S. Keith has represented District 1 of Huntsville since 2016. This district covers much of Northern Huntsville, including Alabama A&M University, and stretches into the downtown core.
Devyn was born & raised in Huntsville. He got his undergrad degree from Samford University in Birmingham, playing on the football team for a scholarship. In Birmingham he took concern for youth who aged out of state support services, and started a nonprofit to educate, empower and advocate for such people.
He received his Master's in Public Administration at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, and in the process developed working relationships with federal, state, and local leaders, learning innovative ways to effect change with tangible impact. He passed on opportunities in Boston and D.C. in favor of returning to North Huntsville and building his hometown.
Two consecutive years in the past, he has been elected by fellow council members as president of the council. He is the youngest to serve as legislator or president of the legislation of the city of Huntsville. He has moved around within his district, so that he can honestly say he represents every corner of it.
His main goals are to reduce crime, increase property values, invest in infrastructure, and to enhance a vibrant quality of life for all of District 1 by increasing civic management and moving common sense, progressive policies forward. He believes in transparent, citizen-accessible, and diverse government. He works every day to create viable solutions to the issues impacting his community.
Reference: huntsvilleal.gov
JENNIE ROBINSON
Jennie Robinson, currently the President Pro Tempore, has represented District 3 since 2014. Before that, she served three terms on the Board of Education for Huntsville City Schools. She has twice been elected to serve as President of the Council, and is the second woman to serve in that role.
She got her doctorate from Purdue University. She has over 20 years of leadership and governance consulting experience, as the owner of a consulting company and as executive director of The ELM Foundation. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Alabama Association of School Boards, the Alabama Association of Non Profits, VOICES for Alabama's Children, United Way of Madison County, the Rotary Club of Greater Huntsville, and Leadership Greater Huntsville.
She has served five times as a PTA president, and is an honorary lifetime member of the Alabama PTA. She received the Distinguished Leadership Award from Leadership Greater Huntsville and the Women Honoring Women Award from the WEDC Foundation.
She is married to Dr. Michael Robinson and they are the parents of five children. They are active members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Reference: huntsvilleal.gov
JENNIE ROBINSON
Jennie Robinson, currently the President Pro Tempore, has represented District 3 since 2014. Before that, she served three terms on the Board of Education for Huntsville City Schools. She has twice been elected to serve as President of the Council, and is the second woman to serve in that role.
She got her doctorate from Purdue University. She has over 20 years of leadership and governance consulting experience, as the owner of a consulting company and as executive director of The ELM Foundation. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Alabama Association of School Boards, the Alabama Association of Non Profits, VOICES for Alabama's Children, United Way of Madison County, the Rotary Club of Greater Huntsville, and Leadership Greater Huntsville.
She has served five times as a PTA president, and is an honorary lifetime member of the Alabama PTA. She received the Distinguished Leadership Award from Leadership Greater Huntsville and the Women Honoring Women Award from the WEDC Foundation.
She is married to Dr. Michael Robinson and they are the parents of five children. They are active members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Reference: huntsvilleal.gov
JOHN MEREDITH
Huntsville City Council President John Meredith is the son of civil rights icon James H. Meredith, the first African American to enroll and graduate from the previously segregated University of Mississippi.
John’s first career was as a laboratory technologist. While managing a hospital-based clinical lab in Kansas, John participated in a Washington fly-in as a member of the clinical lab manager’s association to lobby against a bill that would eventually have a profound negative impact on the delivery of services to patients. He found the process fascinating and, after securing a master’s degree a year later, rededicated his professional efforts to government.
DAVID LITTLE
David Little was born & raised in the heart of District 2, which he represents now. He attended Blossomwood Elementary, Huntsville Middle and Huntsville High School, and graduated in 1991.
He then spent four years in the US Marine Corps before earning degrees from Calhoun Community College and Athens State University. He worked in aerial photography, owned his own small business, and did sales management with a local tech company before joining the investment industry in 2005. He now works with a local wealth management & financial planning firm.
Some things that he has regarded as good community service are serving on the boards of several local nonprofit organizations, including Heals, the Huntsville Rotary Club, and Leadership Greater Huntsville, graduating from three programs at the third.
In 2010 he was appointed to the newly created Huntsville Police Citizens Advisory Council by then District 2 Council Member Mark Russell.
He and his wife Mimi, also a native of Huntsville, have three children. Some things he does in his spare time include cooking barbecue, kayaking with his family on local rivers, and taking pictures of trains.
Reference: huntsvilleal.gov
DAVID LITTLE
David Little was born & raised in the heart of District 2, which he represents now. He attended Blossomwood Elementary, Huntsville Middle and Huntsville High School, and graduated in 1991.
He then spent four years in the US Marine Corps before earning degrees from Calhoun Community College and Athens State University. He worked in aerial photography, owned his own small business, and did sales management with a local tech company before joining the investment industry in 2005. He now works with a local wealth management & financial planning firm.
Some things that he has regarded as good community service are serving on the boards of several local nonprofit organizations, including Heals, the Huntsville Rotary Club, and Leadership Greater Huntsville, graduating from three programs at the third.
In 2010 he was appointed to the newly created Huntsville Police Citizens Advisory Council by then District 2 Council Member Mark Russell.
He and his wife Mimi, also a native of Huntsville, have three children. Some things he does in his spare time include cooking barbecue, kayaking with his family on local rivers, and taking pictures of trains.
Reference: huntsvilleal.gov
BILL KING
Bill Kling, currently the Third Presiding Officer, has served on the Huntsville City Council ever since 1988. He has twice been elected the president of the council.
He earned a B.S. degree in Mass Media Communications and Public Administration from the University of Alabama, and a M.S. in Urban Studies from Alabama A&M University.
He has held many positions in the broadcast and public relations fields including public relations director, radio announcer and newscaster for a public radio station, and broadcast instructor and public relations specialist for John C. Calhoun Junior College.
Reference: huntsvilleal.gov
