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Sarah Hlavinka

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, The ODP Corporation


Ms. Hlavinka has served on the Board since July 2019. She brings more than 35 years of experience as a senior legal advisor and business executive associated with a variety of enterprises. Ms. Hlavinka is also a director of Telesis Bio Inc. and a member of its audit and compensation committees.

Ms. Hlavinka currently serves as executive vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary of The ODP Corporation (NASDAQ: ODP), where she leads the strategic direction of the legal organization and operations, and manages regulatory and compliance matters. She also served as senior vice president and general counsel at Itron Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI). Prior to Itron, Ms. Hlavinka served as executive vice president, general counsel and secretary at Xerox Corporation. She has also served in various corporate legal roles in companies including Fisher Scientific International, Benchmark Electronics, and Hewlett Packard Company. Ms. Hlavinka served as the acting general counsel for Fisher Scientific when it merged with Thermo Electron Corporation in 2006.

She earned her B.A. from Texas A&M University and received her law degree from the University of Texas School of Law.