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Rite Aid's recent acquisition of 2,000 Brooks and Eckerd drugstores puts it in striking distance of rivals Walgreens and CVS. Kai Ryssdal sat down with CEO Mary Sammons to discuss the challenges of integrating all those stores.

Executive Snapshot

Who: Mary Sammons, president, chairman, and chief executive officer of Rite Aid Corporation.

Education: Earned a bachelor’s degree in French from Marylhurst College in Oregon.

What you may not know: She had a brief career as a teacher before she joined Portland-based retailer Fred Meyer.

Personal: Sammons lives with her husband Nickolas in Pennsylvania near Camp Hill. They have one son.

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