---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000794367-25-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "M"
cik: "0000794367"
company_name: "Macy's, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-01-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T11:45:47.552841+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Macy's appoints Robert Chavez to board; Sara Levinson to retire at 2025 annual meeting

## Summary
- Robert Chavez, former Hermès Americas CEO (24 years), elected independent director effective April 1, 2025.
- Chavez began career at Bloomingdale's and later worked at Macy's as a Divisional Merchandising manager.
- Sara Levinson will not stand for reelection at 2025 annual meeting due to mandatory retirement age; board member since 2004.
- Levinson served on Compensation & Management Development and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committees.
- Chavez will receive standard non-employee director compensation as described in 2024 proxy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000794367-25-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: M
- cik: 0000794367
- company_name: Macy's, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-01-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/794367/000079436725000008/0000794367-25-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/794367/000079436725000008/n-20250106.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000794367-25-000008
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000794367-25-000008.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert Chavez was elected as Independent Director at Macy's, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Independent Director
  source text: the Board of Directors elected Robert Chavez as an independent director, effective April 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/794367/000079436725000008/0000794367-25-000008-index.htm
- Executive change
  Sara Levinson departed as Director at Macy's, Inc..
  - Action: will not stand for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: Sara Levinson will not stand for reelection at the Company's 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders in accordance with the mandatory retirement age of the Board's Corporate Governance Principles.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/794367/000079436725000008/0000794367-25-000008-index.htm

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