Office Depot names new legal head

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. On July 16, Office Depot Inc. appointed Elisa Garcia as its new evp, general counsel and corporate secretary. Garcia succeeds David Fannin, who has served as general counsel and corporate secretary at the company since 1998. Fannin will fully retire from the company at the end of 2008. Until then, he will continue to serve as an evp of Office Depot, with overall responsibility for global compliance matters, governmental relations and certain other ongoing projects.

Previously, Garcia has served as general counsel and corporate secretary of Domino’s Pizza Inc. from April 2000 until joining Office Depot this July. Prior to joining Domino’s Pizza, Garcia served as Latin American Regional Counsel for Philip Morris International and Corporate Counsel for GAF Corp., one of the largest building products companies in North America. She began her legal career as a corporate associate with Willkie, Farr & Gallagher in New York.