Dixie Minatra

Dixie is serving her first term on the City Council.   She chairs the Public Works Committee, is Vice Chair of the General Administration Committee, and is a member of the Finance Committee.

EDUCATION

Attended and graduated from Elliott Grammar School, General Forrest Junior High School, and Emma Sansom High School

Jacksonville State University – B.S. in Marketing & Economics

• Marching Ballerina, Group Captain; Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity founding pledge class

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Began retail career with Rich’s Department Store in Atlanta, GA, in 1973

Positions included: 

• Training Specialist for new store openings
• College Recruiter
• Assistant Store Manager, HR & Operations for Southlake
• Corporate Customer Service Manager, reporting to Vice President of Stores (20 stores)
• Assistant Store Manager, Merchandising for Lenox
• Store Manager, Century Plaza, Birmingham
• Merchandise Coordinator for Goldsmith’s in Memphis, TN (6 stores)
• Store Manager, Hickory Ridge, Memphis, TN
• Store Manager, Brookwood, Birmingham
• Store Manager, Lazarus, Oxmoor, and Louisville, KY

Joined Belk Department Stores in Florida in 1998

Positions included:

• Vice President, HR & Store Operations (30 stores)
• Vice President, Regional Store Manager for Jacksonville, FL (6 stores)
• Vice President, Regional Store Manager for Central Alabama (5 stores)
• Vice President, Regional Manager for East Tennessee in Knoxville (17 stores)

 Retired in 2014, and joined Southern Living Stores

• HR & Operations for 5 stores in Destin, FL, Myrtle Beach, SC, and Charleston, SC

 CURRENT AFFILIATIONS

• President, The Woman’s Club of Gadsden
• President, Emma Sansom High School Museum

 PAST AFFILIATIONS

• Board of Directors, Alabama Retail Association
• Board of Directors, University of Alabama & Tennessee Retail Advisory
• Board of Directors, YMCA, Knoxville, TN