Simmons First National Corp. on Friday named Susan Lanigan of Nashville, Tennessee, to its board of directors.
Lanigan has been executive vice president and general counsel of Chico’s FAS Inc. since 2016. She served as general counsel of Dollar General Corp. from 2002-13 and was executive vice president of Dollar General from 2005-13.
Simmons said Lanigan helped guide Dollar General through a $7 billion leveraged buyout, a subsequent initial public offering and its return to public company status. During her time there, the company increased its store count from about 5,000 to more than 10,000 and grew annual revenue from $11 billion to $18 billion.
Before joining Dollar General, Lanigan served as in-house counsel for Turner Broadcasting System Inc. and as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of Zale Corp.
Lanigan has been a director of Kirkland’s Inc. since June 2016 and chairman of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. since 2014.