---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000020212-22-000172"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHDN"
cik: "0000020212"
company_name: "Churchill Downs Inc"
filed_at: "2022-12-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T03:43:27.656858+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Churchill Downs appoints Andréa Carter to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Andréa Carter appointed as Class II Director effective December 15, 2022, filling a vacancy from board expansion.
- Carter is Senior EVP and CHRO of Global Payments, with over 20 years HR experience at The Home Depot, Ralph Lauren, and others.
- Appointment increases board size to nine members; term expires at 2025 Annual Meeting.
- Carter meets Nasdaq independence standards; compensation consistent with other non-employee directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000020212-22-000172
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHDN
- cik: 0000020212
- company_name: Churchill Downs Inc
- filed_at: 2022-12-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/20212/000002021222000172/0000020212-22-000172-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/20212/000002021222000172/chdn-20221215.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000020212-22-000172
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000020212-22-000172.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000020212-22-000172.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Andréa Carter was appointed as Class II Director at Churchill Downs Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class II Director
  source text: On December 15, 2022, upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Churchill Downs Incorporated (the “Company”) appointed Andréa Carter as a Class II Director of the Company, effective immediately, to fill a vacancy created by an increase in the size of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/20212/000002021222000172/0000020212-22-000172-index.htm

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