---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000099780-24-000038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TRN"
cik: "0000099780"
company_name: "TRINITY INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-04-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T03:15:26.201385+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Trinity Industries announces CAO change: McDowell moves to audit, Maldonado appointed

## Summary
- Steven L. McDowell transitioned from VP and CAO to VP and Chief Audit Executive effective March 29, 2024.
- Christina N. Maldonado, 41, appointed new VP and Chief Accounting Officer; previously Corporate Controller since 2018.
- Maldonado's compensation: annual base salary $280,000, target annual incentive $110,000, target long-term incentive $125,000, and $50,000 one-time RSU grant.
- Maldonado is a CPA with prior roles at Dean Foods, GameStop, and Deloitte.
- No related person transactions reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000099780-24-000038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TRN
- cik: 0000099780
- company_name: TRINITY INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-04-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/99780/000009978024000038/0000099780-24-000038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/99780/000009978024000038/trn-20240329.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000099780-24-000038
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000099780-24-000038.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000099780-24-000038.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Steven L. McDowell changed role as Vice President and Chief Audit Executive at TRINITY INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: Vice President and Chief Audit Executive
  source text: On March 29, 2024, Steven L. McDowell, Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer for Trinity Industries, Inc. (the “Company” or “Trinity”), transitioned from his current position to the position of Vice President and Chief Audit Executive for the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/99780/000009978024000038/0000099780-24-000038-index.htm
- Executive change
  Christina N. Maldonado was appointed as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at TRINITY INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Christina N. Maldonado, 41, has been appointed Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/99780/000009978024000038/0000099780-24-000038-index.htm

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