---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000793074-24-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WERN"
cik: "0000793074"
company_name: "WERNER ENTERPRISES INC"
filed_at: "2024-01-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T01:08:57.141645+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Werner Enterprises appoints Nathan Meisgeier as President, effective Jan 5, 2024

## Summary
- Nathan J. Meisgeier, 50, appointed President; continues as Chief Legal Officer.
- Derek J. Leathers remains Chairman and CEO; Meisgeier recommended by Leathers.
- Meisgeier joined Werner in 2005, served as EVP & Chief Legal Officer since 2018.
- He holds a Harvard Law degree (cum laude) and degrees in Accounting and Economics from Univ. of Nebraska.
- No material plan, contract, or award changes in connection with the appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000793074-24-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WERN
- cik: 0000793074
- company_name: WERNER ENTERPRISES INC
- filed_at: 2024-01-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- 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/793074/000079307424000002/0000793074-24-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793074/000079307424000002/wern-20240105.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000793074-24-000002
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000793074-24-000002.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000793074-24-000002.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Nathan J. Meisgeier was appointed as President at WERNER ENTERPRISES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: On January 5, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Werner Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Nathan J. Meisgeier, 50, to serve as the Company’s President.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793074/000079307424000002/0000793074-24-000002-index.htm

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