Inducted: 2011
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Gow Fields was elected Lakeland Mayor in November 2009, the first African-American to be elected to the position. He served on the Lakeland city commission from 1992-2009 before being elected mayor. Mr. Fields has been a prominent member of the local insurance industry since 1988 as both an Allstate representative and operating his own independent agency. He is the President and CEO of Fields & Company, Inc., d/b/a Fields Insurance and Financial Group. He has received distinguished alumnus awards from Kathleen High and Polk State College.