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• LAID OUT SHORT-TERM STRATEGY
• LEFT FRED MEYER AFTER KROGER ACQUISITION
• HELPED TO CREATE NEW CORPORATE CULTURE
• REVIVED RITE AID
• WORKED TO BUILD UP PHARMACY BUSINESS
• SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

President and chief executive officer, Rite Aid Corporation

Nationality: American.

Born: October 12, 1946, in Portland, Oregon.

Education: Marylhurst College, BS, 1970.

Family: Daughter of Lee W. and Ann (Cherry) Jackson; married Nickolas F. Sammons, September 12, 1967; children: one.

Career: Fred Meyer, 1973–1975, management trainee; 1975–1980, buyer; 1980–1986, vice...