Dollar General 2006 Annual Report Download - page 101

Mr. Robbins served as Managing Partner of the Columbus, Ohio office of
PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. from 1993 until his retirement in 2001. Mr. Robbins is a director
(and chairman of the audit committee) of Huntington Preferred Capital, Inc. and DSW Inc. Mr.
Robbins, who our Board has determined to be independent as defined in NYSE listing
requirements and in our Corporate Governance Principles, has been designated as an audit
committee financial expert.
Mr. Thornburgh is Vice Chairman of Corsair Capital, a private equity investment
company, and serves on the board and the risk committee of Credit Suisse Group, a diversified
financial services holding company. He began his career at The First Boston Corporation, a
predecessor to Credit Suisse First Boston, and served in a number of Credit Suisse executive
positions over three decades, including, CFO and Chief Risk Officer of Credit Suisse Group,
CFO of Credit Suisse First Boston and, most recently, Executive Vice Chairman of CSFB and
member of the executive board of Credit Suisse Group. Mr. Thornburgh serves as a director of
NewStar Financial, Inc. He also formerly served as Chairman of the Securities Industry
Association.
Mr. Wilds has served as Managing Partner of 1st Avenue Partners, L.P., a private equity
partnership, and as a senior advisor for The Family Office, a limited liability company, since
1998. From 1995 to 1998, he was President of Nelson Capital Partners III, L.P., a merchant
banking company. From 1990 to 1995, he served as Chairman of Cumberland Health Systems,
Inc., an owner and operator of psychiatric hospitals. Mr. Wilds currently serves as a director of
Symbion Inc. Mr. Wilds, who our Board has determined to be independent as defined in NYSE
listing requirements and in our Corporate Governance Principles, has been elected to serve as our
Presiding Director, in which capacity he presides over the executive sessions of the Board’s non-
management and independent directors and performs other duties as set forth in our Corporate
Governance Principles.
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 serves as a director of Jack in the Box, Inc.
Mr. Buley joined Dollar General in December 2005 as Division President,
Merchandising, Marketing and Supply Chain. Prior to joining Dollar General, he served from
April 2005 through November 2005 as Executive Vice President, Retail Operations of Mervyn’s
Department Store, a privately held company operating 265 department stores, where he was
responsible for store operations, supply chain (including 4 distribution centers), real estate,
construction, visual merchandising and interior planning, and loss prevention. From September
2003 to March 2005, Mr. Buley worked for Sears, Roebuck and Company, a multi-line retailer
offering a wide array of merchandise and related services. As Sears’ Executive Vice President
and General Manager of Retail Store Operations, he was responsible for all store-based
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