Ms. Hood brings to the Delta Apparel Board of Directors over 40 years of business, organizational and political leadership experience spanning multiple industries and sectors. Ms. Hood concluded her political career in 2005 as the Secretary of State for the State of Florida after serving three terms as Mayor and Chief Executive Officer for the City of Orlando, Florida. Since then Ms. Hood has provided business development and strategic consulting services to companies as well as business, government and civic leaders across the country and also currently serves as a director for SantaFe Healthcare, Axiom Bank, NA, and engineering services firm Baskerville-Donovan, Inc. Ms. Hood previously served as a director for energy services provider Allete (NYSE: ALE) and AvMed Health Plans and also serves in advisory roles for a variety of other civic and community organizations.
Ms. Hood has been a Director at Delta Apparel, Inc. since 2019 and is Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Corporate Governance Committee.