---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-002777"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GOGO"
cik: "0001537054"
company_name: "Gogo Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T13:41:25.307131+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gogo promotes Jessica Betjemann to CFO, Leigh Goldfine to CAO as Barry Rowan retires

## Summary
- Jessica Betjemann appointed EVP and CFO effective March 11, 2023; base salary $400,000, target bonus 70%.
- Leigh Goldfine named VP, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer effective same date.
- Current CFO Barry Rowan to retire March 10 after nearly six years in the role.
- Both appointments are internal promotions; Betjemann previously SVP Finance and CAO, Goldfine re-joined as VP Controller in Oct 2022.
- Betjemann's employment agreement includes severance: 12 months base salary on termination without cause, 18 months upon change in control.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-002777
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GOGO
- cik: 0001537054
- company_name: Gogo Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1537054/000095017023002777/0000950170-23-002777-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1537054/000095017023002777/gogo-20230214.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-002777.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Barry Rowan departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Gogo Inc..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On the Effective Date, Barry Rowan will step down from his positions as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1537054/000095017023002777/0000950170-23-002777-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jessica Betjemann was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Gogo Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On February 8, 2023, Gogo Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Jessica Betjemann, age 51, to serve as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective March 11, 2023 (the “Effective Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1537054/000095017023002777/0000950170-23-002777-index.htm

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