---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000860546-22-000041"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CDP"
cik: "0000860546"
company_name: "COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES"
filed_at: "2022-09-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T08:57:19.892246+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# COPT elects Essye B. Miller to Board of Trustees effective Oct 1, 2022

## Summary
- Essye B. Miller, age 59, elected to the Board effective October 1, 2022; term expires at 2023 annual meeting.
- Ms. Miller served as Principal Deputy CIO for DoD (2018-2020) overseeing the $8B Cybersecurity Program.
- She will receive standard non-employee trustee compensation as disclosed in the 2022 proxy statement.
- Ms. Miller serves on advisory boards of Dell, T-Mobile, Leidos, Adobe, and others.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000860546-22-000041
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CDP
- cik: 0000860546
- company_name: COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES
- filed_at: 2022-09-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860546/000086054622000041/0000860546-22-000041-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860546/000086054622000041/ofc-20220914.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000860546-22-000041
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000860546-22-000041.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000860546-22-000041.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Essye B. Miller was elected as Trustee at COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Trustee
  source text: On September 14, 2022, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Corporate Office Properties Trust (the “Company”) elected Essye B. Miller, age 59, to the Board effective October 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860546/000086054622000041/0000860546-22-000041-index.htm

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