Cherie Wood
Mayor, South Salt Lake
Office held
| Mayor | South Salt Lake | Source |
Background
Cherie Wood is South Salt Lake's mayor and, per the city, its first female mayor. Her city biography says she worked in several city departments and served as deputy mayor under Bob Gray before becoming mayor, lists bachelor's degrees in business management and business administration from the University of Phoenix earned in 2007, and says she launched Promise South Salt Lake, a youth and family initiative. South Salt Lake's biography says Wood went to work for the city at 19 and moved up through several departments to deputy mayor under Mayor Bob Gray. She was first elected mayor in 2010 and is described as the city's first female mayor. The biography names Promise South Salt Lake, an initiative investing in youth and families, among her signature efforts.
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