Dollar General EVP Susan Lanigan to Retire


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Mon. March 25th, 2013

<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:130%"> Oodletsville, TN</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By Eric Anderson<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">3.26.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacySmallCroppedImages/Susan-Lanigan-headshot.jpg" alt="March 26 2013 - IMAGES" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Dollar General Corporation has announced that Susan Lanigan, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, has decided to retire later after an 11 year stint at the company.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">“Susan’s career has been nothing short of remarkable at Dollar General. Her knowledge of complex legal and regulatory issues has contributed to our success as a company and made her a trusted business advisor to me. She leaves a great legacy through her work at the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the exceptional teams she leaves behind,” said Rick Dreiling, Dollar General’s chairman and CEO. “I am grateful for Susan’s business partnership and her friendship over the last five years, and I wish her the very best in the future.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">“Dollar General is a great company, with exceptional leaders on our board and in management,” said Lanigan. “I am incredibly lucky to have worked with Rick for the past five years and to have witnessed so many dramatic improvements to the business during that time.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Lanigan has served as Dollar General’s EVP and general counsel since 2005. In 2002, she joined the company as VP and general counsel. She was promoted to SVP in 2003.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The company has begun to search for a successor and will consider both internal and external candidates for the job.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.dollargeneral.com/home/index.jsp" target="_new"> Dollar General</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">