---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000102752-23-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VSEC"
cik: "0000102752"
company_name: "VSE CORP"
filed_at: "2023-03-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T05:12:10.636170+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director James F. Lafond to retire from VSE Board at May 2023 meeting

## Summary
- James F. Lafond will retire from the Board at the 2023 Annual Meeting on May 3, 2023, and will not stand for re-election.
- Board size reduced from 10 to 9 directors effective May 3, 2023, and Bylaws amended accordingly.
- Anita D. Britt appointed as Audit Committee Chair, effective May 3, 2023, replacing Lafond.
- Lafond's retirement not due to any disagreement with the Company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000102752-23-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VSEC
- cik: 0000102752
- company_name: VSE CORP
- filed_at: 2023-03-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102752/000010275223000018/0000102752-23-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102752/000010275223000018/vsec-20230310.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000102752-23-000018
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000102752-23-000018.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000102752-23-000018.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James F. Lafond retired as Director at VSE CORP.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 8, 2023, James F. Lafond, a director of VSE Corporation (the “Company”), notified the Company of his intention to retire from the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) and not to stand for re-election to the Board, effective at the conclusion of his term at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 3, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102752/000010275223000018/0000102752-23-000018-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  VSE CORP: Amended bylaws to decrease maximum number of directors from ten to nine, effective upon conclusion of director's term on May 3, 2023 (effective 2023-05-03).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-05-03
  source text: the Board approved an amendment to the Company’s Bylaws to decrease the maximum number of directors to serve on the Board from ten directors to nine directors (the “Bylaw Amendment”), effective at the conclusion of Mr. Lafond’s term at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 3, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102752/000010275223000018/0000102752-23-000018-index.htm

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