Alvin Gamble

When Alvin Gamble was five years old, his parents moved to the Cook Park area of Colonie, NY. Alvin enjoyed playing baseball at Babe Ruth Park, bowling at Red Wood Bowling Lanes, and playing his favorite sport, basketball, at Colonie Village Community Center. There was no better enjoyment than having a fish fry at L-Kens Fish Fry after a game. Even though some of these establishments have left, his memories will last a lifetime.

Alvin’s first job as a teenager was working for the Parks and Recreation Department of Colonie where he learned many life skills that carried on into his adult life. His hard work and dedication paid off because he retained that job every summer until he graduated from Colonie Central High School in the Class of 1979.

Alvin went to SUNY Brockport where he had a dual-major in Criminal Justice and Sociology. After graduation in 1983, Alvin began his union career at the National Grid energy company, known as Niagara Mohawk at the time. Some time later, Alvin applied to and was accepted as a candidate to the New York State Trooper Academy. He made many friends and connections but ultimately choose to continue pursuing his union career. Alvin has enjoyed a very fulfilling and long career in the natural gas division where he has worked for 41 years helping to develop and replace the gas pipeline infrastructure in the Capital District. Alvin enjoys the work he does and the lifelong friendships he has made with the men and women he works with.

Alvin is a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Engineers Local 97. He feels that his knowledge and expertise, as it relates to infrastructure, can be utilized at the State level during a time of great need for infrastructure restoration, expansion and hardening to safeguard against a changing climate and need for resiliency.

Alvin has been blessed with a loving wife, Abbey, who also works in the public service field, as a Registered Nurse (RN). They have two beautiful children: his daughter Dominique (currently an Occupational Therapist) and Jordan (currently in college).

Lastly, one of Alvin’s most passionate callings is being an Ordained Deacon at his Church in Albany, NY. He believes that ‘loving your neighbor as thyself’ is the core root of a good community.