Sarah Karlgaard serves as senior vice president and chief legal officer at HealthPartners, where she leads the organization’s legal, clinical risk management, integrity and compliance, physical security and sustainability functions. She partners closely with executive and operational leaders to advance strategic priorities while ensuring strong legal and regulatory stewardship across the enterprise.

Sarah brings 20 years of legal experience, including six years as general counsel. Throughout her career, she has provided legal and compliance counsel, and served as a strategic partner on innovation and transformation initiatives across health services, care delivery and medical device organizations. Most recently, she was vice president, general counsel and secretary for FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation, where she led legal and governance activities across 23 subsidiaries spanning consumer, health care and business-to-business markets in the United States, Canada and Latin America.

• B.A., Business, Concordia College, Moorhead
• J.D., Drake University Law School

Sarah lives in the Twin Cities with her husband and two children. Outside of work, she enjoys volleyball, golf, traveling and spending time at the lake, often between youth sports events.