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10-K
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
Information regarding our current executive officers as of March 15, 2016 is set forth below. Each
of our executive officers serves at the discretion of our Board of Directors and is elected annually by
the Board to serve until a successor is duly elected. There are no familial relationships between any of
our directors or executive officers.
Name Age Position
Todd J. Vasos .................... 54 Chief Executive Officer and Director
John W. Garratt .................. 47 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
John W. Flanigan ................. 64 Executive Vice President, Global Supply Chain
Jeffery C. Owen .................. 46 Executive Vice President, Store Operations
Robert D. Ravener ................ 57 Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer
Rhonda M. Taylor ................. 48 Executive Vice President and General Counsel
James W. Thorpe ................. 57 Executive Vice President, Chief Merchandising Officer
Anita C. Elliott ................... 51 Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
Mr. Vasos has served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board since June 3, 2015.
He joined Dollar General in December 2008 as Executive Vice President, Division President and Chief
Merchandising Officer. He was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in November 2013. 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 Corporation.
Mr. Garratt has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since December 2,
2015. He joined Dollar General in October 2014 as Senior Vice President, Finance & Strategy and
subsequently served as Interim Chief Financial Officer from July 2015 to December 2015. Prior to
joining Dollar General, Mr. Garratt held various positions of increasing responsibility with Yum!
Brands, Inc., one of the world’s largest restaurant companies, between May 2004 and October 2014,
holding leadership positions in corporate strategy and financial planning. He served as Vice President,
Finance and Division Controller for the KFC division and earlier for the Pizza Hut division and for
Yum Restaurants International between October 2013 and October 2014. He also served as the Senior
Director, Yum Corporate Strategy, from March 2010 to October 2013, reporting directly to the
corporate Chief Financial Officer and leading corporate strategy as well as driving key cross-divisional
initiatives. Mr. Garratt served in various other financial positions at Yum from May 2004 to March
2010. He served as Plant Controller for Alcoa Inc. between April 2002 and May 2004, and held various
financial management positions at General Electric from March 1999 to April 2002. He began his
career in May 1990 at Alcoa, where he served for approximately nine years.
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. Mr. Flanigan plans to retire from Dollar
General effective April 29, 2016. 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
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