Background

Fields, Gow Belton was born on February 1, 1963 in Lakeland, Florida, United States. Son of Robert and Naydene (Stevens) Fields.

Education

Associate of Arts in Business Administration, Polk Community College, 1983. Bachelor in Marketing, University Southern Florida, 1985. Master of Business Administration, Nova University, 1988.

Career

Marketing assistant, Juice Bowl Products (subsidiary Campbell Soup), Lakeland, 1986-1987; sales representative, Campbell Sales Company, Tampa, Florida, 1987-1988; agent, owner, Allstate Insurance Company, Lakeland, 1988-1994; owner, president, Great Britain Fields Company, since 1990.

Politics

All Christians should vote in accordance with biblical values rather than according to party lines, personalities, or candidate rhetoric.

Views

The Bible can be puzzling but it is continually a source of inspiration and direction in lives of people.

Membership

Member Polk County History Commission. Member plan steering committee Lakeland Downtown Development Authority. Vice president Lakeland branch National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1987-1989.

Board directors Florida Center Development Council, since 1991, YMCAchievers, West Center Florida Young Men’s Christian Association, since 1990, Heart of Florida Goodwill Industries, 1990-1992, Leadership Lakeland Alumni Association, 1991. Member judicial nominating committee 10th Judicial Circuit. Graduate Leadership Lakeland VII, 1990.

President Lakeland African-American Council, since 1991. Member Lakeland City Commission, since 1992. Member National Black Master of Business Administration Association, Lakeland Area Chamber of Commerce (board directors since 1991), Polk Creative Commons (trustee 1988-1993, Chairman of the Board 1991-1992), Kathleen Senior BoosterClub, Kathleen Senior Century Club, Alpha Phi Alpha, Mu Zeta Lambda.

Connections

father:

Robert Fields

mother:

Naydene (Stevens) Fields