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Mr. Bere joined Dollar General in December 2006 as President and Chief Operating
Officer. He also served as our Interim Chief Executive Officer from July 6, 2007 to January 21,
2008. In April 2008, he was named President and Chief Strategy Officer. He served as a
member of our Board of Directors from 2002 until March 2008. Mr. Bere served from
December 2003 until June 2005 as Corporate Vice President of Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. and as the
President and Chief Executive Officer of Bakery Chef, Inc., a leading manufacturer of frozen
bakery products that was acquired by Ralcorp Holdings in December 2003. From 1998 until the
acquisition, Mr. Bere was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Bakery Chef, Inc., and
also served on its board of directors. From 1996 to 1998, he served as President and Chief
Executive Officer of McCain Foods USA, a manufacturer and marketer of frozen foods and a
subsidiary of McCain Foods Limited. From 1978 to 1995, Mr. Bere worked for The Quaker Oats
Company and served as President of the Breakfast Division from 1992 to 1995 and President of
the Golden Grain Division from 1990 to 1992.
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.
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, a convenience store chain operator and wholesale distributor of petroleum products.
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