Dr. Jennie Robinson
District 3
Elected
2002, 2006
Dr. Jennie Robinson was elected to the Huntsville City Schools Board of Education in 2002 and re-elected for a second term in 2006. A five time PTA president, she was made an Honorary Lifetime Member of the Alabama PTA in 1999. She is a graduate of Leadership Huntsville/Madison County and Leadership Alabama and received Leadership Huntsville/Madison County’s Distinguished Leadership Award in 2006. She has served on the state board of VOICES for Alabama’s Children state, as co-chair of the Madison County Coordinating Council for Families’ and Children and as president of the Women’s Economic Development Council Foundation.
She is married to Dr. Michael Robinson and they are the parents of five children, Lexie, Cassie and Christie who all graduated from Grissom High School, Cyndie, a Senior at Grissom, and John, an 8th grader at Mountain Gap Middle School.
Dr. Robinson has over twenty years of experience as a management consultant and trainer. After receiving her PhD. and Masters Degrees in Consumer Behavior from Purdue University, Dr Robinson taught classes in Marketing, Market Research, and Consumer Behavior at Purdue University, Alabama A&M, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Dr Robinson owned her own corporate consulting company and is a Past President of the North Alabama Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development. Dr. Robinson is currently on the staff of the United Way of Madison County as Vice President for Community Engagement.
Community Activities
Five time PTA president
Grissom High School 2001-2002
Mountain Gap Middle School 1998-1999 and 1999-2000
Weatherly Elementary School 1995-1996 and 1996-1997
Member of Huntsville Council of PTAs Board 1996-1998
Chair of Strategy 6 (Marketing) Action Team for HCS Strategic
Plan, 2000-2001
Member of HCS Strategic Plan Steering Committee, 2001-present
Member of Full Service School Steering Committee, 2001-present
Co-Chair with Judge Susan Moquin of the Madison County
Coordinating Council for Families and Children (MC3), 2000-present
Committee Member, Madison County Report Card on Families
and Children, 2001
State Board Member of VOICES for Alabama’s
Children, 2002-present
President of Women’s Economic Development
Foundation Board, 2000-2002
Member of the Board of Directors of Leadership Huntsville
Madison County, 2002-present
Graduate of Leadership Huntsville Madison County Class
13
Professional Background
Doctorate and Master’s Degrees from Purdue University
in Consumer Behavior; Bachelor’s Degree from in Retail Management
from University of Utah
Owner of Personal Best Training, a management consulting
firm creating customized training and development for corporations and small
businesses
Taught marketing, marketing research and consumer
behavior at Purdue, Alabama A&M and UAH
Member of Huntsville Madison County Chamber of Commerce
Past president North Alabama Chapter of the American
Society for Training and Development
