GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. — Dollar General Corp. said executive vice president and general counsel Rhonda Taylor will retire following a 26-year career with the retailer, with longtime company attorney Kelly Collier slated to succeed her.
Taylor will remain in her current position through December 6, 2026, before moving into a senior advisory role through at least April 2, 2027. Collier, currently senior vice president and assistant general counsel for business law, will become executive vice president and general counsel effective Dec. 7.
“For years, Rhonda has been far more than our general counsel,” Dollar General chief executive officer Todd Vasos said. “She has served as a trusted advisor, respected leader and strategic business partner who helped play a critical role in shaping Dollar General’s trajectory.”
Vasos credited Taylor’s “integrity, judgment and dedication” with making a lasting impact on the company, its board and its executive leadership team.
Taylor joined Dollar General in 2000 as an employment attorney and subsequently moved through positions of increasing responsibility. She was named executive vice president and general counsel in 2015.
Her responsibilities have expanded well beyond Dollar General’s traditional legal functions. Taylor currently oversees areas including global compliance, internal audit, risk, legal strategy, public policy and government affairs, public relations, and corporate social responsibility and philanthropy.
Through those functions, she has helped strengthen the retailer’s governance and compliance practices, build relationships with policymakers and other stakeholders, manage its corporate reputation, and advance initiatives supporting employees, customers, and communities.
Taylor has also served for many years on the boards of the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and Dollar General Employee Assistance Foundation.
“I will be forever grateful for the opportunities afforded me over the past 26 years at Dollar General,” Taylor said. “Most of all, I am proud of the extraordinary teams I have been fortunate enough to lead and support, and of all they do every day to advance the Company’s mission of Serving Others.”
Taylor added that Vasos has long challenged his team to “leave things better than we found them, and I hope that is what I have done.”
Outside Dollar General, Taylor serves on the boards of the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and the Retail Industry Leaders Association’s Retail Litigation Center. Her industry recognition includes being named one of Mass Market Retailers’ People Who Made a Difference in 2022 and one of MMR’s Women of Influence for three consecutive years from 2017 through 2019.
Her successor also brings extensive experience within Dollar General.
Collier joined the company in 2009 as a senior attorney and has held a succession of leadership roles during her 17-year tenure. As senior vice president and assistant general counsel for business law, she advises leaders overseeing Dollar General’s operations and strategic initiatives.
She also oversees the retailer’s regulatory compliance, commercial contracts, business litigation, customs, intellectual property and global compliance teams.
Before joining Dollar General, Collier practiced at Nashville law firm Bass, Berry & Sims, specializing in commercial litigation. She was named one of MMR’s Women of Influence in 2021.
The transition will give Collier several months to work alongside Taylor before Taylor moves into her advisory role, providing continuity at the top of a function that has grown to encompass a broad range of legal, compliance and corporate governance responsibilities.
