{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Slade Blackwell |state_senate = Alabama |district = 15th |term_start = November 3, 2010 |term_end = November 7, 2018 |predecessor = Steve French |successor = Dan Roberts |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|6|14}} |birth_place = Mississippi, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican |education = University of Montevallo (BS) }} '''Slade Blackwell''' (born June 14, 1968) is an American Republican politician and businessman who served as a member of the Alabama Senate from 2010 to 2018, representing the 15th district.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mark Slade Blackwell Political Profile|url=https://www.bamapolitics.com/alabama/alabama-government-officials/profiles/mark-slade-blackwell/|access-date=2020-06-22|website=Bama Politics|date=November 14, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> He was first elected in 2010 and was re-elected in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kirby |first=Brendan |date=2018-02-10 |title=Alabama candidate qualifying ends with surprise GOP gubernatorial candidate |url=https://yellowhammernews.com/alabama-candidate-qualifying-ends-surprise-gop-gubernatorial-candidate/ |access-date=2026-02-24 |website=Yellowhammer News |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Early life and education == He was born in Mississippi and grew up in Montevallo, Alabama.<ref name="senate">[http://www.legislature.state.al.us/senate/senators/senatebios/sd015.html Senate webpage] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219190610/http://www.legislature.state.al.us/senate/senators/senatebios/sd015.html|date=February 19, 2007}}</ref> He received a Bachelor of Science in Commercial Design and Business from the University of Montevallo on a basketball scholarship.<ref name="official">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sladeblackwell.com/?page_id=2 |title=Official website biography |access-date=April 30, 2011 |archive-date=September 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911145722/http://www.sladeblackwell.com/?page_id=2 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Career == After graduating from college, Blackwell worked in commercial real estate, including Colonial Properties Trust, a Birmingham-based real estate development company based in Alabama. In 1996, he founded Inkana Development, a commercial real estate development company based in Alabama.<ref name="official" /><ref>[http://www.inkana.net/contact/contact.htm Ikana website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113210015/http://www.inkana.net/contact/contact.htm |date=January 13, 2012 }}</ref>
Blackwell is a member of the Birmingham Business Alliance, Mountain Brook and Greater Shelby County Chambers of Commerce, the Alabama Republican Party, and a board member of Birmingham Golf Association.<ref name="official" />
Blackwell attended Enon Baptist Church in Calera, Alabama as a child.<ref name="official"/> He now attends Covenant Presbyterian Church in Homewood, Alabama.<ref name="official"/>He is married to Sally Salter, whom he met in high school. They have three children..<ref name="official"/>
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