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the retail industry. Ms. Cochran is a director of Cracker Barrel. She served as a director of
Books-A-Million from 2006 to 2009.
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, a retail drugstore chain on the
West Coast and in 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. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Retail Industry Leaders Association
(RILA). Mr. Dreiling is a director of Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
Ms. Fili-Krushel has served as Chairman of NBCUniversal News Group, a division of
NBCUniversal Media, LLC, composed of NBC News, CNBC, MSNBC and the Weather Channel, since
July 2012. She previously served as Executive Vice President of NBCUniversal (January 2011—July
2012) with a broad portfolio of functions reporting to her, including operations and technical services,
business strategy, human resources and legal. Prior to NBCUniversal, Ms. Fili-Krushel was Executive
Vice President of Administration at Time Warner Inc. (July 2001—December 2010) where her
responsibilities included oversight of philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, human resources,
worldwide recruitment, employee development and growth, compensation and benefits, and security.
Before joining Time Warner in July 2001, Ms. Fili-Krushel had been Chief Executive Officer of
WebMD Health Corp. since April 2000. From July 1998 to April 2000, Ms. Fili-Krushel was President
of the ABC Television Network, and from 1993 to 1998 she served as President of ABC Daytime.
Before joining ABC, she had been with Lifetime Television since 1988. Prior to Lifetime,
Ms. Fili-Krushel held several positions with Home Box Office. Before joining HBO, Ms. Fili-Krushel
worked for ABC Sports in various positions.
Mr. Rhodes was elected Chairman of AutoZone, Inc., a specialty retailer and distributor of
automotive replacement parts and accessories, in June 2007. He has served as President and Chief
Executive Officer and as a director of AutoZone since 2005. Prior to his appointment as President and
Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Rhodes was Executive Vice President—Store Operations and Commercial.
Prior to 2004, he had been Senior Vice President—Supply Chain and Information Technology since
2002, and prior thereto had been Senior Vice President—Supply Chain since 2001. Prior to that time,
he served in various capacities with AutoZone, including Vice President—Stores in 2000, Senior Vice
President—Finance and Vice President—Finance in 1999, and Vice President—Operations Analysis and
Support from 1997 to 1999. Prior to 1994, Mr. Rhodes was a manager with Ernst & Young, LLP.
Mr. Rickard served as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief
Administrative Officer of CVS Caremark Corporation, a retail pharmacy chain and provider of
healthcare services and pharmacy benefits management, from September 1999 until his retirement in
December 2009. Prior to joining CVS Caremark, Mr. Rickard was the Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of RJR Nabisco Holdings Corporation from March 1997 to August 1999. Previously,
he was Executive Vice President of International Distillers and Vintners Americas. Mr. Rickard is a
director of Harris Corporation and Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated.
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