---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000893847-22-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HWBK"
cik: "0000893847"
company_name: "HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC."
filed_at: "2022-10-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T05:47:06.612432+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hawthorn Bancshares elects Shawna Hettinger and John States as independent directors effective Sept 28, 2022

## Summary
- Hettinger is president and majority owner of Streetwise, Inc., a pavement marking firm in Grandview, MO.
- States is member/owner of Little Dixie Construction, a commercial general contractor in Columbia, MO.
- Both join the boards of Hawthorn Bancshares and Hawthorn Bank as non-executive directors.
- Board now includes nine directors plus two advisory directors; no director departures announced.
- Appointments align with the bank's growth in Kansas City and Columbia markets per CEO David Turner.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000893847-22-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HWBK
- cik: 0000893847
- company_name: HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-10-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893847/000089384722000023/0000893847-22-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893847/000089384722000023/hwbk-20220928.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000893847-22-000023
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000893847-22-000023.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000893847-22-000023.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jonathan L. States was elected as Director at HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 4, 2022 Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. announced that Shawna M. Hettinger and Jonathan L. States have been elected to serve on its Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893847/000089384722000023/0000893847-22-000023-index.htm
- Executive change
  Shawna M. Hettinger was elected as Director at HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 4, 2022 Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. announced that Shawna M. Hettinger and Jonathan L. States have been elected to serve on its Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893847/000089384722000023/0000893847-22-000023-index.htm

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