PHOENIX - PetSmart has named Emily Dickinson to the position of senior vice president, general counsel and secretary. Dickinson succeeds Scott Crozier, who retired from the post in April.

"Emily is a smart, visionary leader with the perfect blend of retail experience and broad legal expertise," said Bob Moran, PetSmart's president and CEO. "She has proven results in managing strategy, corporate governance and corporate filings, litigation, government relations and regulatory compliance."

Dickinson spent 18 years with Hannaford Bros. Co., eight of which were also with Delhaize Group, a Belgian-based food retailer with more than 2,600 stores and approximately 136,000 employees. In the United States, Delhaize primarily operates the Hannaford Bros., Food Lion and Sweetbay stores. While there, she had dual responsibility as vice president - Legal on a global basis for Delhaize and senior vice president, general counsel and secretary for Hannaford Bros. Prior to that, she was an attorney in Boston and with two Portland, Maine law firms. Dickinson is a pet parent to a yellow lab named Maggie, a cat named Pumpkin, and Greenback, a red-eared slider turtle.

About PetSmart:

PetSmart, Inc. is the largest specialty pet retailer of services and solutions for the lifetime needs of pets. The company operates more than 1,137 pet stores in the United States and Canada, 152 in-store PetSmart PetsHotel® cat and dog boarding facilities, and is a leading online provider of pet supplies and pet care information (www.petsmart.com). PetSmart provides a broad range of competitively priced pet food and pet products; and offers complete pet training, pet grooming, pet boarding, Doggie Day Camp(SM) pet day care services and pet adoption services. Since 1994, PetSmart Charities, Inc., an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit animal welfare organization, has funded more than $87 million in grants and programs benefiting animal welfare organizations and, through its in-store pet adoption programs, has helped save the lives of more than 3.6 million pets.