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Martha Cutright Sarra is Vice President & Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer for The Kroger Co. Martha is responsible for identifying areas of most significant compliance risk, for developing compliance programs and for assuring execution of the Company’s ethics and compliance programs. Her compliance responsibilities range from food and general merchandise retail sales to the Company’s pharmacies and health care clinics, fuel centers, credit card and money services, and international procurement.
Prior to being promoted to her current position in 2011, Martha served as Vice President, Chief Litigation Counsel and Assistant Secretary for Kroger. In addition to overseeing all litigation and claims, she also had primary responsibility for intellectual property, food and drug law and general regulatory legal issues. From 2002 -2010 she was Senior Counsel & Assistant Secretary, where she oversaw the general corporate and business law services for the Company.
Martha joined Kroger in 1998, after working nine years as an in-house attorney for LEXIS/NEXIS in Dayton, Ohio.
Martha has a BS/BA in Finance from The Ohio State University and earned her law degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1988. She is a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional and member of the Ohio and Federal Bar.
Martha received “Progressive Grocer’s 2013 Top Women in Grocery” award in the Senior-Level Executive category. She currently serves on Xavier University’s Cintas Institute for Business Ethics Advisory Board.
Kroger, one of the world’s largest retailers, employs 375,000 associates who serve customers in 2,631 supermarkets and multi-department stores in 34 states under two dozen local banner names including Kroger, City Market, Dillons, Food 4 Less, Fred Meyer, Fry’s, Harris Teeter, King Soopers, QFC, Ralphs and Smith’s. The company also operates 783 convenience stores, 325 fine jewelry stores, 1,293 supermarket fuel centers and 37 food processing plants in the U.S.
