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Mr. D’Arezzo joined Dollar General in November 2013 as Executive Vice President and Chief
Merchandising Officer. Prior to Dollar General, from May 2008 until August 2013, Mr. D’Arezzo
served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Grocers Supply Co., Inc., the largest
independent wholesaler in the southern United States, serving over 800 supermarkets with a full-line of
products for resale. In this role, he was responsible for all functions and the running of the wholesale
business. From 2006 to 2008, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Duane
Reade, Inc., the largest drugstore chain in New York City, and as its Interim Chief Executive Officer
for four months in 2008. Prior to Duane Reade, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Raley’s Family
of Stores, Northern California’s premier supermarket operating 120 stores in three western states, from
2003 to 2005. From 2002 to 2003, he served as Executive Vice President of Merchandising and
Replenishment at Office Depot, Inc., a global supplier of office products and services. From 1994 to
2002, Mr. D’Arezzo held various positions at Wegmans Food Market, a supermarket operator,
including Senior Vice President of Merchandising (1998 - 2002), Division Manager (1997) and Group
Manager (1994 - 1996). He worked as Vice President of Sales at DNA Plant Technology, a
biotechnology start-up company, in 1994. He also held various positions at PepsiCo, Inc. from 1989 to
1993, including Business Development Manager, Area Marketing Manager, Brand Manager—Diet
Pepsi and New Products Assistant Marketing Manager.
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 almost 30 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, an operator of a chain of retail drug stores on the
West Coast and Hawaii, 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., a food and drug retailer, where he oversaw distribution of food products from
Safeway distribution centers to all retail outlets, inbound traffic and transportation. He also has held
distribution and logistics leadership positions at Vons—a Safeway company, Specialized Distribution
Management Inc., and Crum & Crum Logistics.
Mr. Ravener joined Dollar General as Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer in August
2008. He was promoted to Executive Vice President in March 2010. Prior to joining Dollar General, he
served in human resources executive roles with Starbucks Corporation, a roaster, marketer and retailer
of specialty coffee, from September 2005 until August 2008 as the Senior Vice President of U.S.
Partner Resources and, prior to that, as the Vice President, Partner Resources—Eastern Division. As
the Senior Vice President of U.S. Partner Resources at Starbucks, Mr. Ravener oversaw all aspects of
human resources activity for more than 10,000 stores. Prior to serving at Starbucks, Mr. Ravener held
Vice President of Human Resources roles for The Home Depot Inc., a home improvement retailer, at
its Store Support Center and a domestic field division from April 2003 to September 2005.
Mr. Ravener also served in executive roles in both human resources and operations at Footstar, Inc.
and roles of increasing leadership at PepsiCo, Inc.
Mr. Sparks joined Dollar General in March 2012 as Executive Vice President of Store Operations.
Prior to joining Dollar General, Mr. Sparks served as Division President, Seattle Division, for
Safeway Inc., a food and drug retailer, a role he had held since 2001. As Division President of the
Seattle Division, Mr. Sparks was responsible for the supervision of approximately 200 stores and
approximately 23,000 employees in the northwest region and oversaw real estate, finance and
operations of the Seattle Division. Mr. Sparks has 38 years of retail experience including a 34-year
career with Safeway where he held roles of increasing responsibility including merchandising manager
(1987), category manager (1987 - 1990), divisional director of merchandising, grocery and general
merchandise (1990 - 1997) and divisional vice president of marketing (1997 - 2001).
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