---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000107140-21-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WLY"
cik: "0000107140"
company_name: "JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC."
filed_at: "2021-09-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T02:51:50.767452+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wiley Research head Judy Verses resigns; Jay Flynn named successor

## Summary
- Judy K. Verses, EVP & GM of Research, resigns effective Sept 15, 2021 for personal reasons.
- Jay Flynn succeeds her as EVP & GM of Research, reporting to CEO Brian Napack.
- Flynn previously SVP & Chief Product Officer of Research; joined Wiley in 2010.
- Verses led transformation to open research leader; Flynn to continue open research strategy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000107140-21-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WLY
- cik: 0000107140
- company_name: JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-09-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714021000036/0000107140-21-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714021000036/jverses_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000107140-21-000036
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000107140-21-000036.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000107140-21-000036.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Judy K. Verses resigned as Executive Vice President and General Manager, Research at JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Vice President and General Manager, Research
  source text: On September 15, 2021, Judy K. Verses, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Research, and a named executive officer, notified John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (the “Company”) of her decision to resign from the Company for personal reasons.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714021000036/0000107140-21-000036-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jay Flynn was appointed as Executive Vice President & General Manager of Research at JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President & General Manager of Research
  source text: With this change, Jay Flynn, our Senior Vice President & Chief Product Officer of Research, will succeed her as our Executive Vice President & General Manager of Research.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714021000036/0000107140-21-000036-index.htm

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