Pam Iorio

Pam Iorio (born April 27, 1959 in Waterville, Maine) is the 57th and current (as of 2008) mayor of Tampa, Florida. She moved with her family to Temple Terrace as an infant and also attended school in Temple Terrace . She is the second female mayor of Tampa.

Her first term dealt largely with renovating the downtown area, as well as creating economic confidence for poorer citizens of the city. Iorio is also a big supporter of the arts, and she wishes to make Tampa a major arts center in the South. Iorio has also been credited with a sharp drop in drug trafficking in the city limits. In her second term, Iorio will continue to be a supporter for a light rail mass transit system for the city.

In 1985, at the age of 26, she became the youngest person ever elected to the Hillsborough County Commission. For a decade before her successful run for mayor, she served as Supervisor of Elections for Hillsborough County. During the 2000 presidential election recount, she was the president of the State Association of County Elections Supervisors.

She earned her bachelor's degree from American University and followed up with her master's at the University of South Florida, while she was Supervisor of Elections.

Family

Iorio has been married to Mark Woodard, assistant county administrator for Pinellas County, since 1987 (she did not take her husband's last name), and they have two children, Caitlin and Graham.

Her father John Iorio, an Italian immigrant who became a university professor, died on February 7, 2007 after a lengthy battle with cancer. [http://www.sptimes.com/2007/02/08/Hillsborough/Iorio_s_dad__a_noted_.shtml]

External links

* [http://www.tampagov.net/dept_Mayor/biography.asp Pam Iorio profile]
* [http://www.tampagov.net/dept_Mayor/ Mayor's website, features a pictorial called "Going Places with Pam!"]