---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000857855-24-000080"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UCB"
cik: "0000857855"
company_name: "UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC"
filed_at: "2024-09-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T06:31:55.248376+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# United Community Banks appoints former Goldman Sachs MD Sally Pope Davis to board

## Summary
- Board expanded from 12 to 13 directors; Davis fills new vacancy effective Sept 4, 2024.
- Davis retired Apr 2024 after 35 years at Goldman Sachs, most recently co-leading small/mid cap value funds.
- She also serves on boards of First Financial Bankshares (FFIN) and Core Specialty Holdings.
- Committee assignments not yet determined; she will receive standard non-employee director compensation.
- No related-party transactions or arrangements with other parties in selection.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000857855-24-000080
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UCB
- cik: 0000857855
- company_name: UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC
- filed_at: 2024-09-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/000085785524000080/0000857855-24-000080-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/000085785524000080/ucbi-20240904.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000857855-24-000080
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000857855-24-000080.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000857855-24-000080.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sally Pope Davis was appointed as Director at UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective September 4, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of United Community Banks, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Sally Pope Davis to serve as a Board member
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/000085785524000080/0000857855-24-000080-index.htm

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