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RESUME
Alan Glenn Cloninger
509 West Wilkins Street
Post Office Box 406
Dallas, North Carolina 28034
(704) 922-3476
Date of Birth: January 19, 1958; (47) years of age;
Life long resident of Gaston County, Dallas, North Carolina
Parents: Mary Jo & Polie Cloninger, Jr. of Dallas, North Carolina
Marital Status: Married to Cathy Mabry Cloninger
Children: (1) child Margaret Anne Cloninger
(1) step-child Shawna Victoria Barrett
Education
Carr Elementary - 1st grade through 5th grade
Dallas, North Carolina
Gaston Day School - 6th grade through 12th grade
Gastonia, North Carolina Graduated: May 1976
Emory at Oxford - Attended from August 1976
Oxford, Georgia until December 1976
Gaston College - Graduated May 24, 1981
Dallas, North Carolina Associate in Applied Science of Police Science
University of North Carolina
at Charlotte - Graduated December 19, 1983
Charlotte, North Carolina Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice
Campbell University School of Law - Graduated May 9, 1988
Buies Creek, North Carolina Received a Juris Doctor Degree.
CERTIFICATIONS
- August 19, 1988 License to Practice Law in the State of North Carolina as an Attorney and Counsel of Law in the State of North Carolina
- License to Practice Law in Federal Court in the Western District of North Carolina
- License to Practice before the Supreme Court of the United States
- Advanced Law Enforcement Certificate from the North Carolina Sheriff's Education Training Standards Commission issued May 22, 1990
- Advanced Law Enforcement Certificate issued May 17, 1985 from the North Carolina State Criminal Justice of Education Standards Commission
- Received various other certificates while a police officer with the Gaston County Police Department (furnished upon request)
- Formerly certified as an Emergency Medical Technician
- Certified Law Enforcement Officer in North Carolina
- Certified Detention Officer in North Carolina
ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Former Gaston County Law Enforcement Association, Attorney
- Former Fraternal Order of Police, Attorney
- Former Gaston County Chapter of Police Benevolent Association, Attorney
- Charter member of the Dallas Rescue Squad since 1974, serving as Captain, Training officer, First Lieutenant and Squad Attorney
- Past Member of Dallas Volunteer Fire Department
- Past President of Gaston County Ambulance Association
- Member of Dallas Optimist Club (former President)
- Member of the Gaston County Bar Association (former President)
- Member of the East Gastonia Rotary Club
- Board of Directors of the Alternative Community Penalties (former President)
- Past member of the Board of Directors of Cardiac Rehab
- Past member of the Dallas Jaycees
- Board of Directors for the Association of Retarded Citizens of Gaston County (ARC)
- Board of Directors of the Gaston County Cancer Society
- Board of Directors of Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club
- Board of Directors for Gaston County Parks & Recreation
- Gaston Lodge #263
- Board of Directors for Gaston County Museum of Art and History, presently serving as Treasurer
- Board of Trustee for Gaston College
- Board of Directors of Dallas Rescue Squad
- Board of Directors of First Things First of Gaston County
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
- Alan G. Cloninger, Attorney at Law
- Board of Directors of Mary Jo's Cloth Store, Incorporated, serving as Vice-President/Secretary.
- Board of Directors of Dallas Wholesale, Incorporated
- Partner in Funderburk, Gheen & Cloninger, Attorneys at Law
- Partner in various real estate partnerships
- Gaston County Sheriff’s office– Major/Jail Administrator
- Gaston County Sheriff's Office- Sheriff
EMPLOYMENT
(1988 - Present)
08/16/04 until Present Gaston County Sheriff's Office
Title: Sheriff
Duties: Primary duty is the operational function of
The Gaston County Jail, Courthouse, Jail Annex,
Road division, and administration.
12/25/2002 until Present Gaston County Sheriff’s Office
Title: Jail Administrator
Duties: Primary duty is the operational function of
the Gaston County Jail. Secondary duty of
supervision and operation of the Gaston County
Sheriff’s Office
1/1994 until 12/25/02 Alan G. Cloninger, Attorney at Law
Title: Attorney
Opened own practice in 1994
General Practice of Law
Dallas, North Carolina 28034
4/1991 until 12/1993 Funderburk, Gheen & Cloninger
Attorneys at Law
Title: Attorney
Duties: General partner in the above
partnership in the General Practice of
Law.
9/1989 until 3/1991 State of North Carolina
Title: Assistant District Attorney
Duties: Prosecution of criminal
cases for the State of North
Carolina, 27A, Gaston County.
8/1988 until 8/1989 Frank Patton Cooke
Attorney at Law
Title: Associate Attorney
Duties: General representation
and General Practice of Law
During the summer months of
1986-1988 I was employed by
Mr. Cooke as a law clerk.
1979 until 1981 Gaston County Police Department
Title: Patrol Officer and Sergeant
Duties: General Supervision of patrol shift,
enforcement of the laws, rules, and regulations in
the State of North Carolina and the Gaston County
Police Department.
1977 until 1979 Dallas Police Department
Serving as Auxiliary Officer, Dispatcher and Patrol Officer
Dallas, North Carolina
I have had other employments prior to 1979, a list of these employments will be supplied upon request.
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