As executive vice president of supply chain, Don Frieson is responsible for the company’s distribution centers, logistics, transportation and delivery services. He joined Lowe’s in 2018.

Don has more than 30 years of operations and supply chain experience, including 19 years at Walmart Inc. Before joining Lowe’s, he served as chief operating officer at Sam’s Club, a division of Walmart, where he was responsible for all club operations, including supply chain, for more than 650 locations in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Don also served as senior vice president of supply chain at Walmart, where he led more than 30 distribution centers that supplied merchandise to nearly 1,600 stores, Supercenters and neighborhood markets in the eastern U.S.

Don earned a bachelor’s degree in operations management from the University of Tennessee, which named him among their distinguished alumni in 2022. He also serves on the university’s Haslam College of Business Dean’s Advisory Council. He is a graduate of the Global 20/20 Executive Education Program at Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business. A member of the Executive Leadership Council, Don is on the board of Casey’s General Stores and currently serves as a representative on the U.S. Department of Commerce Advisory Committee for Supply Chain Competitiveness. In 2022, Don was named one of Savoy Magazine’s Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America.