Elisa D. Garcia

Elisa D. Garcia is an accomplished corporate executive and attorney with over 30 years of experience  advising management and boards of directors on strategy, legal, business, structuring, activism, capital markets and government relations matters. Until October 2023, Ms. Garcia served as the Chief Legal  Officer and Corporate Secretary of Macy’s, Inc. and as a member of Macy’s Enterprise Committee, which  sets the overall strategic direction for the company. Ms. Garcia led the legal, government relations,  compliance, internal audit, information security, enterprise risk management, business resiliency and  data privacy functions. From 2007 to 2016, Ms. Garcia served as the Chief Legal Officer and Corporate  Secretary of Office Depot, Inc. 

Ms. Garcia served as the first general counsel for Domino’s Pizza and prepared the company for its IPO.  She also led Philip Morris International’s Andean Pact, Mexico, Central America and Caribbean legal  operations. She has worked as counsel to GAF Corp., a chemical and roofing manufacturer, and began  her legal career with the law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher in New York City. Prior to her career as an  attorney, Ms. Garcia was an Energy Analyst working in-country with developing country governments  and the U.S. Agency for International Development.  

Ms. Garcia serves on the Board of Directors of Dollarama, Inc. (DOL:TSX), a leading Canadian value  retailer with sales of over $4 billion and over 1,800 stores in Canada and Latin America. She serves on  Dollarama’s, Human Resources and Compensation and Nominating and Governance Committees. Ms.  Garcia also serves on the Board of the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession, a non-profit  organization supporting research and scholarship to improve the entrance and retention of minorities,  women, and LGBT in the legal profession. Ms. Garcia serves on the Board of DirectWomen, a non-profit  that prepares women lawyers for service on corporate boards of directors. 

ALPFA named Ms. Garcia one of the “50 Most Powerful Latinas in Business” in 2017 and 2019, and she  was named one of “America’s 50 Outstanding General Counsel” by the National Law Journal in 2014.  

Ms. Garcia is a graduate of St. John’s University School of Law, where she was an Editor of the Law  Review. She also received a joint BA/MS in Political Science and Management and Policy Sciences from  the State University of New York at Stony Brook.