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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 ATDOnline®, the industry's first 24-hour online ordering system that provides dealers real-time access to their account records, order tracking capabilities and American Tire Distributors' inventory. The success of ATDOnline® under Marrett's supervision subsequently led to the development of ATDOnline® Rewards, a dealer loyalty program that allows dealers to earn points redeemable for a wide selection of travel and merchandise.

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.

Dan Brown is Senior Vice President for Procurement 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 knows where to look for product and how to move it on time; he knows the industry inside out. He became Senior Vice President of Procurement in 2001 and is responsible for vendor relations and program negotiations for American Tire Distributors.

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.

Bill Berry is President and Chief Operating Officer of American Tire Distributors, Inc. Berry's 18 years of experience managing the finances of tire distributors has been a key ingredient in American Tire Distributors' growth into a successful nationwide distribution business. Berry joined American Tire Distributors in May 1998 when the J.H. Heafner Co. merged with ITCO Tire Company. Since that time, he has served as American Tire Distributors' Senior Vice President of Finance for the Southeast Division, and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, before being named President in May 2003.

Berry joined ITCO as controller in 1984. He also served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Executive Vice President in charge of business development, sales and marketing. Berry also has held financial management positions with a subsidiary of the Dr. Pepper Company and worked in a public accounting firm.

Berry earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Virginia Tech. He is a licensed CPA and a member of NCCPA and AICPA. Berry and his family reside in Davidson, North Carolina.

Dick Johnson is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Tire Distributors, Inc. His business success stems from his ability to balance passionate common sense with expertise in the distribution business. Johnson, who became American Tire Distributors' Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in May 2003, is passionate about many things, including his belief that tire distributors who operate retail chains only deter the success of their own customers and ultimately the tire industry itself. Consequently, he has focused the Company on providing value-added distribution to independent tire dealers.

Johnson has led the Company through a period of divesting retail stores and improving its financial flexibility and strength. Since becoming Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, he has aligned a management team that brings a broad range of expertise to the Company's business of serving tire and wheel retail dealers. Supported by his multi-disciplined management team, Johnson also has begun to shape a common culture at American Tire Distributors, which had grown steadily during the 1990s through a series of acquisitions. Johnson has built a unified team committed to using its essential strengths - distribution and customer service - to help independent tire dealers grow their businesses.

Prior to becoming Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Tire Distributors, Johnson served as the Company's President and CEO since 2001. Before that time Johnson led Heafner Tire Group's Southeast Division as President. He also served as President and Chief Operating Officer of ITCO Tire Company from February 1997 until ITCO merged with Heafner in May 1998.

His management experience includes 30 years in another highly competitive industry: food distribution. From 1971 until 1996, Johnson served as Senior Vice President, then President and Chief Operating Officer, of Albert Fisher Foods, Inc. He also held management positions with Leprino Foods, Sargento Cheese and Kraft Foods.

Johnson holds an AA degree from Palm Beach College. Johnson and his family reside in the Lake Norman area just outside of Charlotte, North Carolina.

After serving in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II, T.O. Haas founded T.O. Haas Tire Company in 1947 with one tire, a tire vulcanizer, and a rented building. Haas Tire grew from these humble beginnings to be a 500 employee industry leader in the Midwest, with 2 warehouses, 4 distribution points, a commercial center, and 29 retail outlets servicing 9 states.

Mr. Haas was progressive with marketing efforts and computerization as he developed new tire dealerships in the Midwest. Mr. Haas has been an active leader in both civic and industry matters for decades. His accomplishments include:
*Co-authoring LB161, initiating the scrap-tire tax law, generating millions of dollars earmarked for solid waste management
*1990: Instrumental in the passage of LB163 in Nebraska, which addressed enviromental concerns of stockpiled tires.
*1997: Tire Business', Tire Dealer Humanitarian of the Year.

He has received numerous awards for his civic interests. His involvement includes:
*President, West O Business and Civic Organization
*Sponsor, K-9 Cards for Kids - Nebraska Law Enforcement Agency
*Nebraska Wildlife Federation Board of Directors
*Consultant, Peoples's City Mission of Lincoln, Nebraska

In 1999 Mr. Haas' donation and other efforts made it possible for the University of Nebraska to install a new turf at it's football stadium with a synthetic, grass-like surface that uses crumb rubber from tires.

Most recently, American Tire Distributors and T.O. Haas Tire made a $350,000 donation to the University of Nebraska in Mr. Haas' name in recognition of his years of service to the University and the Lincoln, NE community.

Mr. Haas died in 2002.

Ann Heafner Gaither joined the Company in 1974 and served in a variety of positions until 1985, when she was named CEO and Executive Vice President. She assumed operating control and overall responsibility for the J.H. Heafner Company, Inc., until 1990 when she transferred operating control to her son, William H. Gaither. During her tenure, her accomplishments included:
*Computerization of the Company
*Company growth at double the industry growth rate under Mrs. Gaither's leadership
*Completion of the Company's largest acquisition, Beach Tire Mart in 1985, which added 5 warehouses and expanded the Company's distribution into three new states.
*Induction into the Tire Industry Hall of Fame as the first female inductee and the first and as of today, the only sibling of a previous inductee to be elected to the Hall of Fame.

Outside her responsibilities with Heafner, Mrs. Gaither was very active in state government and volunteer work within her community. Below are some of the highlights of her involvement:
*1993-1999 Appointed to NC Department of Transportation
*1991-1993 First Female Chair of Trustees - UNC at Greensboro
*1989-1993 Elder - Presbyterian Church
*1986-1992 Western Piedmont Girl Scout Board Member - Catawba County
*1994 Working Woman list of America's Top 50 Women (no. 30 in '94)
*1989 Savvy 60 - List of top Women Business Executives (no. 30)

In 1985, the National Tire Dealers and Retreaders Association established a Tire Industry Hall of Fame. That year the industry honored James Harlan Heafner by inducting him into the Hall of Fame along with Harvey S. Firestone (founder of Firestone Tire and Rubber), and Frank A. Seiberling (founder of The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company).

Mr. Heafner was cited for his pioneering efforts in tire distribution, private branding, and his industry and community support. In 1935 he gave up a career in education to begin a small tire business that developed into one of the most respected and successful independently owned companies within the industry. His legacy endures today through American Tire Distributors.

Mr. Heafner was one of the first to recognize the need for an "non-national" tire brand that would offer the consumer an alternative to the higher priced national brands, would be exclusive to his Company, and would be available to him as he expanded into new markerts.

In the late 1960's Mr. Heafner founded and presided over Global Tire and Rubber Company. From this experience he launched the Company's own private brand, Regul tires, in the mid-1970's. Operating control of Heafner Tire Company, Inc. transitioned to his daughter, Ann Gaither in 1985. Mr. Heafner died in May of 1988.