Growth Beyond Limits's Podcast

Cotrenia Hood has over 20 years’ experience in business development. After a successful career in business with fortune 500 companies, Cotrenia transitioned to working with Chambers of Commerce where she led business and economic development in both Louisiana and Naples, Florida.

She felt a deep passion to step out as an entrepreneur and in 2015 founded Steel Bleu, a business and executive consulting firm.

Cotrenia serves on several boards and leadership counsels. She was also honored as Gulfshore Business Magazine Women in Business, an inductee to Florida Weekly’s “Power Women” and a graduate of Leadership Collier and Cornerstone Class 40 of Leadership Florida.

Cotrenia has a passion for helping today’s business leader by providing knowledge, tools, and strategy to scale their businesses and elevate their position in this new economy

Attorney Joe North, the firm’s Managing Partner, specializes in Negligent Security cases, and Automobile Accidents, and Slip and Fall Accidents. Joe North was born in Fort Myers, Florida. Mr. North obtained his college degree, with Honors, from The Citadel Military College in 1987, with the rank of Cadet 2nd Lieutenant. Mr. North then obtained his law degree, with Honors, from the Florida State University College of Law in 1990. For more than 30 years, Mr. North has handled injury and wrongful death cases throughout the entire state of Florida and across America. Mr. North settles cases that can be settled and he goes to trial in those cases that need to proceed to Court.

Currently Mayor Anderson serves as the chair of the Premier Mobile Health Services board of directors, the advisory board of the Horizon Council, the Board of Directors for Valerie’s House, Barbara’s Friends, the United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades Counties, Lee Public Schools Foundation, as well as serving as a mentor for the Foundation's Take Stock in Children program.

Mayor Anderson serves on the Board of Directors for the Florida League of Mayors, the Florida League of Mayors Veteran Affairs Committee, is a member of both the Florida League of Cities and the Southwest Florida Leagues of Cities and is a member of the Hurricane Ian Recovery Task Force.