---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000799233-23-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HTLD"
cik: "0000799233"
company_name: "HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC"
filed_at: "2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T01:21:33.224540+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Heartland Express elects Brenda Lantz as director; Larry Gordon retires from board

## Summary
- Brenda Lantz elected to board effective Oct 30, 2023; serves on Nominating/Governance and Compensation committees.
- Lantz is Associate Director of NDSU's Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute and Program Director of Commercial Vehicle Safety Center.
- Larry Gordon retired from board effective Nov 1, 2023; no disagreement with company; served 10 years.
- After Gordon's retirement, majority of board remains independent.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000799233-23-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HTLD
- cik: 0000799233
- company_name: HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC
- filed_at: 2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799233/000079923323000044/0000799233-23-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799233/000079923323000044/htld-20231030.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000799233-23-000044
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000799233-23-000044.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000799233-23-000044.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Larry Gordon retired as Director at HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 1, 2023, Larry Gordon, a member of the Board of Directors of the Company, provided notice to the Company of his retirement as a Board member effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799233/000079923323000044/0000799233-23-000044-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brenda Lantz was elected as Director at HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 30, 2023 the Board of Directors of Heartland Express, Inc. (the "Company") elected Brenda Lantz Ph.D. as a director of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799233/000079923323000044/0000799233-23-000044-index.htm

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