---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000936528-23-000054"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WAFD"
cik: "0000936528"
company_name: "WAFD INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T17:15:43.090034+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Washington Federal CEO Brent Beardall returns from medical leave effective Feb 13

## Summary
- CEO Brent Beardall had been on temporary medical leave since Jan 3, 2023 after plane crash injuries.
- Cathy Cooper, EVP and Chief Consumer Banker, served as interim President and CEO during his absence.
- Effective Feb 13, 2023, Beardall resumes all duties; Cooper returns to her prior role.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000936528-23-000054
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WAFD
- cik: 0000936528
- company_name: WAFD INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936528/000093652823000054/0000936528-23-000054-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936528/000093652823000054/wfsl-20230213.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000936528-23-000054
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000936528-23-000054.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000936528-23-000054.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Cathy Cooper changed role as Executive Vice President and Chief Consumer Banker at WAFD INC.
  - Action: returned to her role
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Consumer Banker
  source text: Ms. Cooper will return to her role as Executive Vice President and Chief Consumer Banker.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936528/000093652823000054/0000936528-23-000054-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brent Beardall was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at WAFD INC.
  - Action: returned from leave of absence and resumed duties
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Effective February 13, 2023, Mr. Beardall will return from his leave of absence and resume his duties and responsibilities as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and WaFd Bank.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936528/000093652823000054/0000936528-23-000054-index.htm

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