Education
Bachelor, Rollins College postgraduate, Harvard University postgraduate, Georgia State University.
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Glenda E. Hood
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Commissioner, City of Orlando, Florida, 1982-1992; mayor, City of Orlando, Florida, since 1992. President Glenda E. Hood & Associations, Inc.
Achievements
Membership
Vice chairman municipal planning board City of Orlando, member nominating board, chairman task force board and commission restructure. Past chairman, founding mem.bd. directors Foundation Orange County Public Schools. Co-chairman Orlando Fights Back-Coalition for a Drug-Free Cmty.
Board directors U. Control Florida Foundation, Metropolitan Orlando Urban League. Past president Executive Board Control Florida Council of Boy Scouts. Board overseers Rollins College Crummer Graduate School of Business.
Member of advisory board Valencia Community College, Florida- Costa Rica Institute. Past co-chairman United Negro College Fund. President Junior League Orlando-Winter Park, Volunteer Svc.
Bureau; member Orange County Commision on Children. Member National League of Cities (past president), Florida League of Cities (past president), Florida Chamber of Commerce (past president), Greater Orlando Chamber of Commerce (past vice president).
Connections
M. Charles M. Hood III. 3 children.
Awards
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Named Municipal Leader of Year, American City and County Magazine, 1992, one of TenOutstanding Young Americans, United States Junior Chamber of Commerce, one of Seven Outstanding Youth Floridians, Florida Junior Chamber of Commerce, Woman of Year, Downtown Orlando Inc., one of Ten People to Watch, Florida Trend, one of 100 Young Women of Promise, Good Housekeeping. Recipient Willie J. Bruton award for community service Metropolitan Orlando Urban League, Summit award Women's Resource Center, Svc. to Mankind award Leukemia Society American Control Florida chapter.Named Municipal Leader of Year, American City and County Magazine, 1992, one of TenOutstanding Young Americans, United States Junior Chamber of Commerce, one of Seven Outstanding Youth Floridians, Florida Junior Chamber of Commerce, Woman of Year, Downtown Orlando Inc., one of Ten People to Watch, Florida Trend, one of 100 Young Women of Promise, Good Housekeeping. Recipient Willie J. Bruton award for community service Metropolitan Orlando Urban League, Summit award Women's Resource Center, Svc. to Mankind award Leukemia Society American Control Florida chapter.