Debie Salera joined Gill Properties in November 2010 as an Administrative Assistant. Prior to accepting this position Debie graduated from Halls High School in 1979 and attended Dyersburg State Community College through 1981 in pursuit of a Special Education Degree. In 1981 with a change in majors, she attended State Technical Institute of Memphis and graduated in 1983 with honors, receiving two Associate of Science degrees one in Business Technology Accounting and the other in Computer Operations. In 1984, she then accepted a position with a local accounting firm and in 1985 was employed by Teledyne Total Power.
In 1990, Debie’s husband accepted a position in Saudi Arabia with Saudi Airlines. While living abroad she worked as an Executive Secretary to the International School system in the city of Jeddah. After their daughter was born, she and her husband moved back to Memphis, TN in 1985. She then spent several years as a domestic engineer, raising her daughter and volunteering as a temporary foster care parent. In 1987, she and her husband owned a home-based business, JED Enterprises. Debie then took on a part-time job in the accounting department for a local commercial cleaning company from 1997-2010. She is married to Ernie Salera, employed by Fed-Ex Express. They have one daughter, Jeddah who will be attending the University of Chattanooga in the fall of 2012.