Selflessly serving residents in Gainesville and Alachua County has been the mission and joy of Rodney Long for decades.
“Everyone can be great because anyone can serve” is the motto he lives by. The quote comes from the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Long said.
“I stumbled into public and civic service,” Long said. “My start at the radio station led me to get involved and then it evolved while I was serving on boards and in the NAACP.”
He has two brothers and three sisters. One of his brothers is deceased.
Long is married to Carole Martin of Hawthorne, and they have four children (Neki, Steven, Dakari, and Julius) and one godchild, Arnelle, as well as nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Long in 1984 founded and has served as president of the Martin Luther King Jr. Commission of Florida Inc., and is also the co-owner of Rodney Long Realty LLC, Rodney Long Bail Bonds Agency LLC, president and CEO of The Long Foundation Inc. and president and CEO of Long & Associates Consulting LLC.