Georgette “Gigi” Dixon
Secretary, Trust Board of Directors
Executive Vice President and Head of External Engagement, Public Affairs, Wells Fargo & Company
Georgette “Gigi” Dixon joined Wells Fargo in 1994 and currently is the executive vice president and head of External Engagement. In this role, Gigi is responsible for stakeholder relationships, sponsorship activation, and advocacy and influencer strategies. Her team aims to foster and strengthen strategic relationships with national partner organizations and key stakeholders. They are focused on reaching a wide range of customers and communities – individuals, families, large and small businesses, policy influencers and non-profits – across the country to provide access to great financial products, services, and resources. Gigi is also a member of Wells Fargo’s Management Committee.
Prior to her current role, Gigi was head of External Relations for Wells Fargo Government Relations and Public Policy (GRPP). Her team led national outreach and stakeholder engagement to address social and economic challenges facing our communities and the nation. She provided thought leadership, counsel, and resources by connecting and convening non-government institutions, think tanks, trade associations, advocacy groups, and academic institutions to promote Wells Fargo’s policy priorities.
Gigi has served as marketing manager for Wholesale Banking, Small Business Banking, and Commercial Banking; director of Emerging (multicultural) Markets; and director of Strategic Partnerships for the Wells Fargo Foundation. She also served on the company’s Corporate Inclusion and Impact Council for six years.
In 2005, American Banker recognized Gigi as one of the Most Powerful Women to Watch. In 2023, Executive Woman magazine named her as one their Elite 100: A Tribute to Black Women Executives.
Gigi currently serves as a member of the NAACP National Board of Directors as well as a trustee of the Trust for the National Mall. She is a member of the James Madison Council for the Library of Congress, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition board of directors, the National Urban League corporate advisory board, the Congressional Black Caucus Institute’s 21st Century Council, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Gigi is also a member of the Executive Leadership Council.
Gigi has a Bachelor of Science, with distinction, from Tennessee State University in speech communications and theater as well as certificates in Corporate Community Involvement and Nonprofit Leadership from the Boston College Carroll School of Management. She also has an honorary doctorate degree from Livingstone College. Gigi resides in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her family.