KENNETH E. GULLEY
Mayor, City of Bessemer
The Honorable Mayor Kenneth E. Gulley is a native of Forkland Alabama. Kenneth Gulley is the son of Reverend and Mrs. Willis Gulley. Mayor Gulley is a member and Trustee of the New Salem Baptist Church Mobile Junction. He is a graduate of A&M University with a bachelor degree in Business Management. He is a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. He worked eight years as the Coordinator of Auxiliary Services at Lawson State Community College where he managed over a two million dollar budget.
Mayor Gulley is married to the former Yvonne Whitely and they are the parents of Devon and Kaylyn. Mayor Gulley is a business man and contributor to Bessemer Alabama. In 2003, He was chosen as one of the Top 40 Under 40 business leaders by the Birmingham Business Journal and He has over seven years of experience in Bessemer City Government.
Mayor Gulley served as the first African American Chairman of the board for the Bessemer Area Chamber o f Commerce in 2007. Mayor Gulley is passionate about the Marvel City of Bessemer, Alabama and has served on the following board/organizations:
- Bessemer Area Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the Board
- Bessemer Centennial, Mainstreet Program, President
- Bessemer Tree Commission, President
- City of Bessemer, Board of Adjustments and Appeals, member
- City of Bessemer, Bessemer Airport Advisory Board, member
- City of Bessemer, American Red Cross Board of Directors, member
- City of Bessemer, Commercial Development Authority Board, member
- Represented the city of Bessemer, United Way Visiting Allocations Team
- Supporter of the Ora H. Foster Community Service Scholarship,
- March of Dimes, American Cancer Society
- Veteran Day Program and Bessemer Christmas Parade.
Bessemer City Hall
1800 3rd Ave North
Bessemer, Alabama 35020
Phone: 205-424-4060
Fax: 205-424-4372
mayorsoffice@bessemeral.org