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Mr. Dreiling joined Dollar General in January 2008 as Chief Executive Officer and a member of
our Board. He was appointed Chairman of the Board on December 2, 2008. Prior to joining Dollar
General, Mr. Dreiling served as Chief Executive Officer, President and a director of Duane Reade
Holdings, Inc. and Duane Reade Inc., the largest drugstore chain in New York City, from November
2005 until January 2008 and as Chairman of the Board of Duane Reade from March 2007 until
January 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Dreiling, beginning in March 2005, served as Executive Vice
President—Chief Operating Officer of Longs Drug Stores Corporation, an operator of a chain of retail
drug stores on the West Coast and Hawaii, after having joined Longs in July 2003 as Executive Vice
President and Chief Operations Officer. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Dreiling served as Executive Vice
President—Marketing, Manufacturing and Distribution at Safeway, Inc., a food and drug retailer. Prior
to that, Mr. Dreiling served from 1998 to 2000 as President of Vons, a Southern California food and
drug division of Safeway.
Mr. Tehle joined Dollar General in June 2004 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer. He served from 1997 to June 2004 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
Haggar Corporation, a manufacturing, marketing and retail corporation. From 1996 to 1997, he was
Vice President of Finance for a division of The Stanley Works, one of the world’s largest manufacturers
of tools, and from 1993 to 1996, he was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hat Brands, Inc.,
a hat manufacturer. Earlier in his career, Mr. Tehle served in a variety of financial-related roles at
Ryder System, Inc. and Texas Instruments. Mr. Tehle currently serves as a director of Jack in the
Box, Inc.
Ms. Guion joined Dollar General in October 2003 as Executive Vice President, Store Operations.
She was named Executive Vice President, Store Operations and Store Development in February 2005,
and was promoted to Executive Vice President, Division President, Store Operations and Store
Development in November 2005. From 2000 until joining Dollar General, Ms. Guion served as
President and Chief Executive Officer of Duke and Long Distributing Company. Prior to that time, she
served as an operating partner for Devon Partners (1999-2000), where she developed operating plans
and assisted in the identification of acquisition targets in the convenience store industry, and as
President and Chief Operating Officer of E-Z Serve Corporation (1997-1998), an owner/operator of
convenience stores, mini-marts and gas marts. From 1987 to 1997, Ms. Guion served as the Vice
President and General Manager of the largest division (Chesapeake Division) of company-owned stores
at 7-Eleven, Inc., a convenience store chain. Other positions held by Ms. Guion during her tenure at
7-Eleven include District Manager, Zone Manager, Operations Manager, and Division Manager
(Midwest Division).
Mr. Vasos joined Dollar General in December 2008 as Executive Vice President, Division President
and Chief Merchandising Officer. Prior to joining Dollar General, Mr. Vasos served in executive
positions with Longs Drug Stores Corporation for 7 years, including Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer (February 2008 through November 2008) and Senior Vice President and Chief
Merchandising Officer (2001-2008), where he was responsible for all pharmacy and front-end
marketing, merchandising, procurement, supply chain, advertising, store development, store layout and
space allocation, and the operation of three distribution centers. He also previously served in leadership
positions at Phar-Mor Food and Drug Inc. and Eckerd Drug Corp.
Mr. Flanigan joined Dollar General as Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain, in May 2008.
He was promoted to Executive Vice President in March 2010. He has 25 years of management
experience in retail logistics. Prior to joining Dollar General, he was group vice president of logistics
and distribution for Longs Drug Stores Corporation from October 2005 to April 2008. In this role, he
was responsible for overseeing warehousing, inbound and outbound transportation and facility
maintenance to service over 500 retail outlets. From September 2001 to October 2005 he served as the
Vice President of Logistics for Safeway Inc. where he oversaw distribution of food products from
Safeway distribution centers to all retail outlets, inbound traffic and transportation. He also held
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