Sharon Votaw

Sharon is the senior vice president and chief human resources officer for Lexmark International. Her global organization attracts, develops, and engages Lexmark’s most valuable resource, the employees, through talent development; strategic communications; compensation and benefits; workforce analytics; and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

After joining Lexmark’s human resources department in 2005, Sharon has held a number of roles, including HR director for the company’s former Enterprise Software division. Before assuming her current role in November 2016, Sharon served as vice president of global compensation, benefits, and HRIS. Prior to HR, she spent 13 years in Lexmark’s accounting organization, including serving as U.S. controller. Sharon holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Kentucky and is a certified public accountant. She also serves on the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Board.

Sharon joined the Olsson Board of Directors in an advisory role in 2019 and was voted in as a board member in 2020.