Home Depot promotes Ellison to evp of U.S. Stores

ATLANTA The Home Depot announced that Marvin Ellison has been promoted to evp of U.S. Stores, effective immediately.

In this position, Ellison will be responsible for the operations of the nearly 2,000 stores the company operates in the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. Ellison had been serving as president of the company's Northern division since January 2006.

"Marvin is a terrific leader with more than twenty years of retail experience across a variety of functional areas," said Frank Blake, chairman and ceo. "He has achieved a tremendous amount of success in the Northern division during the past two and a half years, and we look forward to him having an impact throughout our entire domestic store base."