American Tire Distributors

Dan Brown is Senior Vice President of Sales at American Tire Distributors, Inc. During almost 30 years with the Company, he has worked his way through sales, marketing, operations, and procurement functions. Brown became Senior Vice President of Sales in 2006. In this role, he is responsible for all sales and customer development efforts across ATD's coast-to-coast distribution center network. Prior to his current role, Brown was Senior Vice President of Procurement since 2001. Brown started his career with American Tire Distributors (then The J. H. Heafner Co., Inc.) in 1975 and held various field sales assignments, before advancing to Director of Marketing and to Vice President of Marketing during the 1980s. In 1991, Brown became Vice President of Sales and Marketing, assuming responsibility for distribution center operations. In 1997, Brown was promoted to Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Heafner Tire Group, Inc., responsible for vendor relations and program negotiations nationwide. Brown received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Western Carolina University. He and his family live in Cornelius, North Carolina, located north of Charlotte.

Mike Gaither is Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of American Tire Distributors, Inc., and has served in that role since May 1999. He joined the Company in 1991 as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Before joining the Company, Gaither provided legal services in private practice in Catawba County, North Carolina. He has been intimately involved in the Company's evolution from a regional family-owned company to a nationwide enterprise focused on distribution and value-added services for independent tire dealers, helping the Company move through an intense period of acquisition, reorganization and re-emergence. Gaither earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University and his J.D. degree from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. He is a member of the North Carolina State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Gaither and his family make their home in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Phil Marrett is Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at American Tire Distributors, Inc. He joined the Company in 1998 as Regional Vice President of the Southeast Division. As Regional Vice President, he cultivated relationships with independent tire dealers by developing value-added services for them and paying attention to the details that directly impact their businesses. Building on almost 30 years of tire industry experience, Marrett has been instrumental in building programs that add value to dealers beyond the price and delivery components offered by American Tire Distributors. Under his leadership, the Company has introduced marketing programs that offer dealers showroom improvements, shop upgrades, and technological expansion. Marrett continues to lead American Tire Distributors' e-business customer initiatives through the evolution of ATDOnline980s. In 1991, Brown became Vice President of Sales and Marketing, assuming responsibility for distribution center operations. In 1997, Brown was promoted to Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Heafner Tire Group, Inc., responsible for vendor relations and program negotiations nationwide.

Phil Marrett is Senior Vice President of Marketing and Procurement at American Tire Distributors, Inc. He joined the Company in 1998 as Regional Vice President of the Southeast Division. As Regional Vice President, he cultivated relationships with independent tire dealers by developing value-added services for them and paying attention to the details that directly impact their businesses. Building on almost 30 years of tire industry experience, Marrett has been instrumental in building programs that add value to dealers beyond the price and delivery components offered by American Tire Distributors. Prior to joining American Tire Distributors, Marrett served as Regional Vice President for ITCO Tire Company. He also served as Vice President of Sales for Dunlop Tire, where he worked from 1976 until 1996. Prior to 1976, Marrett ran his own independent tire dealership in Guntersville, Florence and Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Marrett is an outdoorsman at heart and enjoys all types of outdoor activities and recreational sports. He and his family reside in Davidson, North Carolina.

Mr. Pippin is the Chairman of the Board of the company, and serves as the chair of the Corporate Governance Committee of our Board of Directors. Mr. Pippin was Vice Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Schwan Food Company, a branded frozen-food company, from November 1999 to February 2008. Prior to joining Schwan's, Mr. Pippin served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Lykes Brothers, Inc., a privately held corporation with operating divisions in the food, agriculture, transportation, energy and insurance industries.

Todd Krasnow is an accomplished entrepreneur, consumer sales & marketing executive and early stage venture investor. He was co-founder and Chairman of Zoots, now the largest chain of dry cleaners in the U.S. Todd was a member of the original management team at Staples and served as Staples' EVP of Sales and Marketing.Staples reached over $7 billion in sales by the time he left to co-found Zoots. Todd won a gold "Clio" award for the best retail advertising in the United States. Todd is a Director of Harvard Business School's Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and several privately-held companies. He holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and an A.B. in Chemistry from Cornell University.