Candidate: Ann Hill

Ann Hill has owned a home in Belmont-DeVilliers since 1991. 

She has served on the boards of the Vince C. Whibbs Sr. Community Maritime Park Associates and the Belmont-DeVilliers Neighborhood Association.

She is a retired journalist, having received Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the University of Michigan. 

Her professional credits include writing/editing of many tourism publications while at Tom Jackson Advertising in Nashville and Compass Marketing in Gulf Shores.

Hill has also worked on the news desk for the San Francisco Chronicle and The Cleveland Plain Dealer and written numerous features for the Pensacola News Journal, including a weekly restaurant column.

As one of the first editors of The Downtown Crowd, she regularly attended Downtown Improvement Board meetings and frequently met with business owners in the DIB district.

Active in community issues, she has attended many City Council and city board meetings and hearings. As a City Council member, she will encourage and support much more citizen engagement into City Hall.