Mr. Heidemann is president and chief executive officer of True Value Company, a wholesale hardware cooperative, since 2005. He served in various positions with Sears, Roebuck and Co., a retailer of apparel, automotive and home products and services and a predecessor of Sears Holdings Corporation, from 1967 until his retirement at the end of 2003. At Sears, Roebuck and Co., he served as executive vice president of home and off-the-mall stores - hardlines from 1999 to 2003, senior vice president of appliances and electronics from 1998 to 1999, vice president of Sears Brand Central Appliances from 1996 to 1998, and divisional vice president and general manager of lawn & garden and sporting goods from 1992 to 1996. Mr. Heidemann is a director of True Value Company. He has been a director of the company since 2008. His present term will expire in 2011.
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