---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-000368"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVA"
cik: "0000104918"
company_name: "AVISTA CORP"
filed_at: "2023-01-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T17:27:10.052707+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avista Corp. Lead Director Kristianne Blake not standing for re-election, retiring May 11, 2023

## Summary
- Kristianne Blake, Lead Director and Chair of Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee, to retire effective May 11, 2023.
- Blake decided not to stand for re-election, citing personal reasons; no disagreements with the company.
- Blake also serves on the Audit and Executive Committees of the board.
- Company has not yet announced a successor for her roles.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-000368
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVA
- cik: 0000104918
- company_name: AVISTA CORP
- filed_at: 2023-01-09T23:59:59+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/104918/000095017023000368/0000950170-23-000368-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104918/000095017023000368/ava-20230104.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-000368.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kristianne Blake departed as Lead Director at AVISTA CORP.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Lead Director
  source text: On January 4, 2023, Kristianne Blake, a member of the Board of Directors of Avista Corporation (Avista Corp. or the Company), notified the Company that she has decided not to stand for re-election in 2023, and will retire from the Board effective May 11, 2023, the end of her term.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104918/000095017023000368/0000950170-23-000368-index.htm

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