People: Family Dollar Stores Inc (FDO.N)

Mr. Mark R. Bernstein is Lead Independent Director of Family Dollar Stores Inc. He has served as a director since 1980. He is Of Counsel with the law firm of Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein L.L.P. Prior to his January 2002 retirement, he was Chairman of the law firm, Chairman of the Corporate Group and a partner in the firm. Mr. Bernstein previously served as a director of Rauch Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of Christmas ornaments, for more than a decade until its sale in 1996 and as a director of National Welders Supply Company, Inc., a welding gas distributor, for more than three decades until its sale in 2008. Mr. Bernstein also served as chairman of the North Carolina Economic Development Board from 1998 to 2000. Mr. Bernstein was elected as the Lead Director of the Board of Directors in August 2004.