Vice President Management

Gary T. Fuller, Candidate for North Georgia Conference Lay Delegate to the 2012 General

Conference of the United Methodist Church.

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Office Address: 3079 Crossing Park Road

Norcross, Georgia 30071

Office Telephone: 678-***-****

E-mail ***@*************.***

Personal:

Home Address: 2116 Stephens Walk

Dunwoody, Georgia 30338

Home Telephone: 770-***-****

Mobile Phone 404-***-****

Date of Birth: December 26, 1936Professional Career

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Stephen Fuller, Inc.; Design

Traditions, Inc.; Stephen Fuller Construction Services, LLC; American Home Gallery, Ltd.,

from 1997 to present.

Upon early retirement from his life long career in retailing Fuller, better known as GT,

returned to Atlanta from New York and joined his son Stephen at Stephen Fuller, Inc., an

Architectural Design firm as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

President & Chief Executive Officer, Woolworth Overseas Corporation, New York, N.Y. 1992 -

1997 During his tenure as President & CEO of this International retail product

manufacturing and sourcing organization Fuller traveled extensively, supervising the

company s over 200 production factories and fourteen offices in China, Korea, Taiwan,

Thailand, Indonesia, India, Central America and Mexico. Fuller s organization was

responsible for the importing of Billions of dollars annually in Men s, Women s and

Children s apparel, footwear and assorted hardline products into the United States,

Canada, Europe and Australia.

President & Chief Executive Officer, R/x Place, New York, N.Y. 1989 - 1992

Fuller was given the unique assignment of creating a new retail format that would quickly

capture market share in the highly volatile and fast growth deep discount drug store

business. Fuller put together a team of talented and highly motivated executives to assist

with the development and formation of the new company. His organization became the

standard in the industry. Fuller was the driving force behind the creation of a hugely

successful and award winning 25,000 square foot retail format with accompanying

merchandise mix that became the leader for the industry and dominated every market they

entered. The chain was developed into an ongoing business of over 50 stores at the time it

was sold as part of a strategic restructuring of the parent Corporation.

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Woolworth USA New York, N.Y. 1987-

1989 Responsible for the daily operation of the company s 2000 retail stores through six

Regional Vice Presidents and ten Corporate Vice Presidents. Fuller was the creative force

behind the formation of the company s new prototype store program which featured a new

interior design, customer traffic patterns, customer checkout systems and a repositioning

of the merchandise mix and pricing structure.

Senior Vice President Operations, Woolworth USA New York, N. Y. 1984-1987

Responsible for the supervision of all areas of Real Estate management, New Store design,

Construction and Maintenance, Accounting offices, Information Systems, Warehouse

management, Store s budgeting for expense management and Loss Prevention. Fuller was the

driving force behind the design and layout of the award winning new Woolworth Express

stores developed for high traffic convenience locations.

Vice President Marketing & Visual Merchandising, Woolworth stores USA

New York, N.Y. 1982-1984 Responsible for the national marketing and advertising program

for the company s 2000 stores across the U.S.. During this assignment Fuller organized the

creation of the company s first in-house advertising production department for the

production of print advertising, supported with Television and Radio commercials. Fuller s

creativity led the new department to create the company s first rotogravure tabloid

advertising inserts. This program became a standard in the industry. To improve the market

penetration of the Tabloid program Fuller pioneered the use of direct mail by zip code and

mail carrier routes for the program. Fuller supervised the creation of the company s award

winning private brand product, logos, packaging design program with supporting marketing

campaigns utilizing both company resources and vendor coop funds. Fuller also organized

the company s first venture into Plan-o-Gram planned store displays and merchandise

category management to improve ROI by SKU.

Regional ManagerWoolco Stores, Southeastern Regional Office, Atlanta Ga. 1980 -1982

Responsible for the supervision of 12 District Managers and 90 Woolco Discount department

stores in seven Southeastern states.

Regional Director of Marketing Woolco Stores, Southeastern Regional Office, Atlanta.

19771980. Winner of Presidents Cup Award for outstanding leadership in developing

increased revenue through the use of advertising and marketing programs.

Regional Director of Marketing Woolworth Stores, Southeastern Regional Office, Atlanta.

1972 1977 Winner of the Company s President s Cup Award for outstanding leadership in

developing increased revenue through the use of advertising and marketing programs.

Regional Director of Human ResourcesWoolworth & Woolco Stores, Southeastern Regional

Office, Atlanta. 19691972

District ManagerWoolworth Stores, South Alabama, Mississippi, North Florida, 1966-1969

Store Manager Woolworth, Burlington, N.C., Daytona Beach, and Hollywood, Florida

Education

Alexander Hamilton Institute, Business Management, Philadelphia, PA

Clemson University, Industrial Management, Clemson, South Carolina

District One High School, Inman, South Carolina

Personal

Gary and his wife of over 50 years, Barbara, have three sons and nine grandchildren.

Kingswood United Methodist Church Member Dunwoody, Georgia, AROS District

A pdf copy of Gary's business resume is available at the following link: GTFResume.pdf

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