---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000879526-24-000040"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WNC"
cik: "0000879526"
company_name: "WABASH NATIONAL Corp"
filed_at: "2024-08-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T08:36:38.148026+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wabash National appoints new CFO; COO Smith resigns effective Sept 1

## Summary
- CFO Michael Pettit transitions to Chief Growth Officer; Patrick Keslin named CFO effective Sept 1, 2024.
- Keslin's base salary set at $450k/year; MIP target 80% of base; LTI expected $500k for 2025.
- COO Dustin Smith resigns Sept 1; serves as Senior Advisor until Dec 1, then separates.
- Smith enters Transition Agreement, receives severance under Executive Severance Plan; releases claims.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000879526-24-000040
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WNC
- cik: 0000879526
- company_name: WABASH NATIONAL Corp
- filed_at: 2024-08-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/879526/000087952624000040/0000879526-24-000040-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/879526/000087952624000040/wnc-20240815.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000879526-24-000040
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000879526-24-000040.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000879526-24-000040.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael N. Pettit changed role as Chief Growth Officer at WABASH NATIONAL Corp.
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: Chief Growth Officer
  source text: Michael N. Pettit will transition from his role as Chief Financial Officer to Chief Growth Officer, effective on September 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/879526/000087952624000040/0000879526-24-000040-index.htm
- Executive change
  Patrick Keslin was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at WABASH NATIONAL Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Patrick Keslin will transition from his role as Vice President Finance to Chief Financial Officer, effective on September 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/879526/000087952624000040/0000879526-24-000040-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dustin T. Smith resigned as Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer at WABASH NATIONAL Corp.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Dustin T. Smith will resign from his role as Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, effective on September 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/879526/000087952624000040/0000879526-24-000040-index.htm

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