District 4
District Four Council Member
Kent Back is serving in his first term on the City Council. He chairs the Administration Committee, is Vice Chair of the Education Committee, and is a member of the Finance Committee.
Personal
Married to Kimberly Back, kindergarten teacher in the Gadsden City School system.
Two children: Allen, his wife Celeste, and granddaughter Meredith live in Harlem in New York City; Kirkland Back and her husband Morgan Cunningham live in Gadsden.
Sister, Shenley Inglis, of Jacksonville, AL, and brother, Keith Back, of Gadsden.
- President of Bowman and Back, Inc. 2012 – present
- President of National Tax Credit, Inc. 2011 - 2012
- Vice President, TaxBreak, LLC 2000 – 2012
- President, Health Claims Consulting, Inc. 1997 – 2000
- Insurance Agent, Weaver Insurance, 1992-1997
- Sales and Marketing, Corporate Pharmacy Services, Inc. 1990 – 1992
- Account Representative, National Consensus, Inc. 1990 – 1992
- Owner, Yogurt & Co. of Boaz and Albertville, 1988 – 1991
- Finance & Insurance Manager, Pierson Chevrolet, 1985 - 1990
- Sales & Marketing, Mountain View Hospital, 1984 - 1985
- Account Representative, Creative Display, 1983 – 1984
- Gadsden High School 1977
- Auburn University, B.A. Mass Communications 1983
Affiliations
- The Salvation Army Advisory Board
- Etowah County Community Development Board
- Darden Rehabilitation Board
- First Baptist Church Gadsden
- Young Life Gadsden
- Mentor at Striplin Elementary and Disque Middle School
- Back Pack program at Striplin Elementary
- Theatre of Gadsden Advisory Board
- Etowah County Sports Hall of Fame Board
- Eura Brown Elementary PTA
- Disque Middle School PTSO
- Gadsden High School PTSO
- Gadsden High School Basketball Booster Club
- Gadsden Middle School PTSO
- Gadsden City High School PTSO
- Gadsden City High School Band Booster Club
- Kappa Sigma fraternity
- Kiwanis Club
- Gadsden Quarterback Club
- THIRST (inner city youth outreach program)