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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000857855-21-000086"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UCB"
cik: "0000857855"
company_name: "UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC"
filed_at: "2021-08-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T10:47:05.824484+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# United Community Banks appoints Humana CMO Jennifer Bazante to board

## Summary
- Appointment effective September 1, 2021; board expanded from 11 to 12 members.
- Bazante is Chief Marketing Officer of Humana since 2019, with 25+ years of marketing experience.
- Her expertise in customer experience and digital transformation cited as valuable.
- No related party transactions or arrangements in connection with her selection.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000857855-21-000086
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UCB
- cik: 0000857855
- company_name: UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC
- filed_at: 2021-08-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/000085785521000086/0000857855-21-000086-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/000085785521000086/ucbi-20210812.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000857855-21-000086
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000857855-21-000086.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000857855-21-000086.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jennifer Mumby Bazante was appointed as Board member at UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Board member
  source text: On Au gust 12, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of United Community Banks, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Jennifer Mumby Bazante, effective September 1, 2021, to serve as a Board member until the Company’s next annual meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/000085785521000086/0000857855-21-000086-index.htm

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