Glenda Hood may not have held elected office for more than six years, but she can still draw a crowd -- a gratifying 104 RSVPs for her talk to the Seminole Chamber's Professional Women's Quarterly Luncheon earlier this week. Organizers said the lunch crowd was the biggest they had seen for a long time -- possibly the largest ever.
The former secretary of state and mayor of Orlando -- shown above with Lake Mary Health & Wellness Magazine publisher Judith Topper -- shared her story of how she made history in her 10 years in the top job at City Hall and in Tallahassee.
A fourth-generation Central Floridian and graduate of Rollins College, Hood was first elected to the Orlando City Commission in 1982, a post she held until being elected mayor in 1992. With her focus on city neighborhoods and parks, she enjoyed strong community support and usually won re-election in a landslide. In 2003, then-Gov. Jeb Bush appointed her secretary of state.
Check out more photos of this event at the Lake Mary Health & Wellness website.
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