SR 54 — Commending Bob Sasser.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 22107337DSENATE IRESOLUTION SENATOfferedNO. March 7, 2022 N Commending Bob Sasser.

––––––––––54 TE Patrons––Cosgrove,Commending DeSteph, Dunnavant, Kiggans, Lewis, Lucas, Norment and Spruill R –––––––––– O WHEREAS, for more than 20 years, Bob SasserSasser. has held numerous executive leadership positions in the discount retail chain Dollar Tree, Inc., which is headquartered in Chesapeake;

andN DR remainedAgreed ato loyalby alumnusthe ofSenate, theMarch institution,9, serving2022 onWHEREAS, thefor Boardmore ofthan Trustees20 sinceyears, 2015Bob andSasser oftenhas sharingheld hisnumerous wisdomexecutive withleadership studentspositions andin faculty;O the discount retail chain Dollar Tree, Inc., which is headquartered in Chesapeake;

and L WHEREAS, Bob Sasser begangrew hisup career in retailFlorida in 1975 with Roses Discount Stores, where he C became vice president of merchandising and latergraduated servedfrom asFlorida seniorState viceUniversity; president of merchandiseEand marketing;

he alsohas workedL forsharing Michaelshis Stores,wisdom Inc.,with asstudents vice president and generalfaculty; merchandising manager;

andanding Don chiefthe executiveBoard officer,of Trustees since 2015 and executiveoften chairmanE overWHEREAS, theBob courseSasser ofbegan his distinguishedcareer tenurein retail in 1975 with theRoses company;Discount Stores, where he became vice president of merchandising and later served as senior vice president of merchandise and D manager;

ande also worked for Michaels Stores, Inc., as vice president and general merchandising WHEREAS, Bob Sasser joined Dollar Tree in 1999 and served as chief operating officer, president, chief executive officer, and executive chairman over the course of his distinguished tenure with the comWHEREAS, Bob Sasser oversaw numerous transformational changes to Dollar Tree, driving growth and improving practices at all levels of the business to help withstand the pressures of market downturnsdowntuSns and industry changes;

and 5 WHEREAS, under Bob Sasser's leadership, Dollar Tree grew from a regional company with fewer E company with 16,000 stores, 200,000 employees, and more than $26 billion in annual sales;

andneR111andne 111 R WHEREAS, Bob Sasser oversaw the growth of the Dollar Tree brand through six acquisitions, 4 including the purchase of Family Dollar Stores, Inc., which turned the business into the largest discount retailerretWHEREAS, byoutside storeof counthis career, Bob Sasser has been an active community leader in the UnitedCommonwealth States;as a past trustee of the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges and a current trustee of the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk;

and WHEREAS, outside of his career, Bob Sasser has been an active community leader in the Commonwealth as a past trustee of the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges and a current truWHEREAS, after his retirement, Bob Sasser looks forward to spending more time with his wife, Pam;

as well as seeking newnewe, opportunities for community leadership;

now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the Senate of Virginia, That Bob Sasser hereby be commended on the occasion of 34hisRESOLVED hisFURTHER, retirementThat the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Bob Sasser as executivean chairmanexpression of Dollarthe TreeSenate inof 2022;Virginia's admiration for his contributions to the economic vitality of the Commonwealth and best wishes on his well-earned retirement.

and, be it 35 RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for 37 to the economic vitality of the Commonwealth and best wishes on his well-earned retirement.contributions 7