---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000104889-22-000035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GHC"
cik: "0000104889"
company_name: "Graham Holdings Co"
filed_at: "2022-09-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T09:18:03.716726+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Graham Holdings elects former White House Deputy Counsel Danielle Conley to board

## Summary
- Danielle Conley elected to Graham Holdings board effective September 15, 2022.
- She served as Deputy Counsel to the President in the Biden White House and as Associate Deputy AG under Obama.
- The board determined Conley qualifies as an independent director under NYSE listing standards.
- No family relationships or related-party transactions exist between Conley and Graham Holdings.
- Conley's compensation will match standard non-employee director pay: annual retainer with stock election option.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000104889-22-000035
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GHC
- cik: 0000104889
- company_name: Graham Holdings Co
- filed_at: 2022-09-15T23:59:59+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/104889/000010488922000035/0000104889-22-000035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104889/000010488922000035/ghc-20220915.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000104889-22-000035
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000104889-22-000035.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000104889-22-000035.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Danielle Conley was elected as Director at Graham Holdings Co.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 15, 2022, Danielle Conley was elected to the Board of Directors of Graham Holdings Company (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104889/000010488922000035/0000104889-22-000035-index.htm

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