Rite Aid adds former exec to board

CAMP HILL, Pa. Rite Aid has appointed David Jessick to its board of directors. Jessick’s term will expire at the company’s annual meeting in June 2010, at which time he is expected to stand for re-election.

Jessick, currently an independent investor, served Rite Aid as SVP chief administrative officer from December 1999 to July 2002. He then served as a consultant to Rite Aid’s CEO and senior management from July 2002 until February 2005.