Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio- AT OAK HAMMOCK
Straightforward: Becoming an Effective Leader
Former Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio will be speaking about her public service experience and on being an effective leader on February 29th at 3:00pm at Oak Hammock in Gainesville. The event is sponsored by the Askew Institute and cosponsored with the Bob Graham Center. The event is free and open to the public.
Pam Iorio was the 57th Mayor of Tampa, leaving office in March 2011. Sworn into office on April 1, 2003, Mayor Iorio established five strategic goals to guide Tampa throughout the decade. These areas included neighborhood investment, economic development, and efficient government. As mayor, Pam Iorio served on the Aviation Authority, the Port Authority, Tampa Bay Water, and the Board of Trustees of the University of Tampa.
Iorio began her political career at age 26, when she became the youngest person ever elected to the Hillsborough County Commission (1985-1992). A year later her fellow commissioners elected her chairman. After serving two terms on the County Commission, Iorio was elected three times to the office of Supervisor of Elections for Hillsborough County (1993-2003). In 2000, she was elected President of the Florida State Association of Supervisors of Elections, becoming the spokesperson for the supervisors during the 2000 presidential election. Pam Iorio ushered in the electronic age of voting, managing the highly successful transition from punch card to touch-screen voting technology in 2002. Also in 2002, for her work in the area of election reform, she was presented the Leadership Florida Distinguished Alumnus Award, which recognizes statewide leadership in bettering the lives of Floridians.
Iorio attended Hillsborough County public schools and graduated from American University in Washington D.C. with a BS Degree in Political Science. Iorio also earned a Master’s Degree in History from the University of South Florida in Tampa in 2001. She has published several articles on Tampa’s civil rights and political history.
