GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. — Dollar General Corp. has promoted company veteran Steve Deckard to the newly created role of executive vice president for growth and emerging markets, in one of a number of recent leadership moves. Deckard, who most recently served as senior vice president of emerging markets and led the company’s international expansion into Mexico, began his DG career in 2006 as a regional director.

“Over the past 17 years, Steve has played an important role in the expansion of our business, helping to further our mission of Serving Others both in the United States and now Mexico,” said Jeff Owen, DG’s chief executive officer. “His proficiency in data science, retail operations and strategic implementation has been critical, and we look forward to extending our reach and progressing key strategic initiatives under Steve’s leadership.”

As executive vice president of growth and emerging markets, Deckard will provide leadership over initiatives including Mi Súper Dollar General in Mexico, pOpshelf and DG Well Being, along with the company’s Real Estate and Decision Science & Analytics teams.

During his tenure at DG, Deckard has held roles of increasing responsibility in store operations, asset protection, corporate process improvement, strategy and financial planning. Prior to joining DG, Deckard spent more than 10 years at Walmart in various leadership roles.

DG has also promoted Chad Fox to senior vice president and chief marketing officer. In this role, Fox will spearhead the newly evolved DG Media Network (DGMN) and will now have DG’s digital team under his purview. Fox joined DG in 2019 as vice president and chief marketing officer. Aaron Carlisle has been promoted to vice president of asset protection for retail, while Amelia Kennedy has been promoted to vice president of asset protection for the store support center. Carlisle will be responsible for the field asset protection operations team, and Kennedy will be responsible for DG and pOpshelf’s asset protection and inventory optimization strategies, and will also lead the compliance team, and the newly created Center of Excellence, which supports monitoring store-level compliance, data gathering and future field enhancement analysis.

Smriti Maheshwari joined DG as vice president of inventory and demand management and will lead the inventory teams for the consumables business. Tim Bartlett has been promoted to division vice president of store operations, responsible for stores from Oklahoma to California. Bartlett joined DG in 2016 as a district manager leading the company’s market stores before being promoted to regional director. Most recently he served in field human resources before transitioning to director of emerging markets, supporting the launch of DG’s first store in Mexico. Julie Martin has been promoted to division vice president, store operations, responsible for regions in Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. Martin joined DG in 2020 as a regional director and most recently served as senior director of sales.

Mark Person has been promoted to division vice president, store operations, responsible for regions in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and New York. Person joined DG in 2016 as a district manager, most recently serving as director of diversity and inclusion, where he was involved with several DEI projects and strategies supporting DG’s retail operations team.