---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000947871-24-000133"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHEF"
cik: "0001517175"
company_name: "Chefs' Warehouse, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T02:16:57.877256+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chefs' Warehouse elects Debra Walton-Ruskin to board; board expands to 11 members

## Summary
- Debra Walton-Ruskin elected as director effective Feb 14, 2024, for term until next annual meeting.
- Board increased from 10 to 11 members; Ms. Walton-Ruskin will serve on Audit and Nominating & Governance committees.
- Ms. Walton-Ruskin most recently CRO at London Stock Exchange Group; former C-suite roles at Thomson Reuters and Refinitiv.
- Considered independent under NASDAQ rules; compensated per standard non-employee director plan, prorated for 2024.
- Election part of board succession and refreshment planning; no arrangements or related-party transactions with her.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000947871-24-000133
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHEF
- cik: 0001517175
- company_name: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000094787124000133/0000947871-24-000133-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000094787124000133/ss3020732_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947871-24-000133.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Debra Walton-Ruskin was elected as director at Chefs' Warehouse, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: On February 12, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Debra Walton-Ruskin as a director of the Company, effective as of February 14, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000094787124000133/0000947871-24-000133-index.htm

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