---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000092380-25-000075"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LUV"
cik: "0000092380"
company_name: "SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO"
filed_at: "2025-03-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T02:47:25.217292+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Southwest Airlines appoints J. Ryan Martinez as principal accounting officer effective April 1

## Summary
- J. Ryan Martinez named principal accounting officer effective April 1, 2025, succeeding Tammy Romo who steps down from that role.
- Martinez is currently SVP Finance & Controller; previously VP Investor Relations (2021-2023) and Managing Director IR (2017-2021).
- No material plan, contract, or award entered into with Martinez in connection with the appointment.
- Martinez has no reportable relationships or transactions under Regulation S-K Items 401(d) or 404.
- Appointment approved unanimously by the Board on March 28, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000092380-25-000075
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LUV
- cik: 0000092380
- company_name: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO
- filed_at: 2025-03-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92380/000009238025000075/0000092380-25-000075-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92380/000009238025000075/luv-20250328.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000092380-25-000075
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000092380-25-000075.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000092380-25-000075.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Tammy Romo changed role as Principal Accounting Officer at SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: at which time Tammy Romo will step down from that role
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92380/000009238025000075/0000092380-25-000075-index.htm
- Executive change
  J. Ryan Martinez was appointed as Principal Accounting Officer at SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Southwest Airlines Co. (the “Company”) unanimously appointed J. Ryan Martinez to assume the responsibilities of the Company’s principal accounting officer, effective April 1, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92380/000009238025000075/0000092380-25-000075-index.htm

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