---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-236530"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000800240"
company_name: "ODP Corp"
filed_at: "2023-09-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T15:37:17.223823+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ODP Corp CEO Gerry Smith on temporary medical leave; Chair Joseph Vassalluzzo assumes duties

## Summary
- CEO Gerry Smith began a medical leave on Sept 18, 2023 for a procedure requiring several weeks of recovery.
- Non-executive Chair Joseph Vassalluzzo appointed to assume CEO authority and responsibilities until Smith returns.
- Vassalluzzo has been ODP Board Chair since Feb 2017 and a director since Aug 2013; previously VP at Staples.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-236530
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000800240
- company_name: ODP Corp
- filed_at: 2023-09-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/800240/000119312523236530/0001193125-23-236530-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/800240/000119312523236530/d479329d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-236530
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-236530.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-236530.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gerry P. Smith changed role as Chief Executive Officer at ODP Corp.
  - Action: began temporary medical leave
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Gerry P. Smith, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (“CEO”), began a temporary medical leave of absence to undergo a medical procedure that requires several weeks of recovery.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/800240/000119312523236530/0001193125-23-236530-index.htm
- Executive change
  Joseph S. Vassalluzzo was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (interim) at ODP Corp.
  - Action: appointed to assume CEO authority
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer (interim)
  source text: the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has appointed Joseph S. Vassalluzzo, the Company’s non-executive Chair of the Board, to assume Mr. Smith’s authority and responsibilities until Mr. Smith returns from his medical leave.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/800240/000119312523236530/0001193125-23-236530-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.