---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-008946"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MAA"
cik: "0000912595"
company_name: "MID AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES INC."
filed_at: "2023-03-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T22:47:01.099867+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MAA appoints Deborah H. Caplan as independent director, effective March 21, 2023

## Summary
- Deborah Caplan appointed to MAA Board as independent director, term expiring at 2023 Annual Meeting.
- Caplan is EVP Human Resources & Corporate Services at NextEra Energy; brings human capital and ESG expertise.
- Appointed to Compensation Committee; fills seat vacated by prior director who left Dec 31, 2022.
- Board size maintained at twelve; Caplan to be director nominee for shareholder approval.
- Will receive standard non-employee director compensation; indemnification agreement executed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-008946
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MAA
- cik: 0000912595
- company_name: MID AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES INC.
- filed_at: 2023-03-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912595/000095017023008946/0000950170-23-008946-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912595/000095017023008946/maa-20230321.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-008946
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-008946.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Deborah H. Caplan was appointed as member of the Board at MID AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: member of the Board
  source text: On March 21, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of the Board's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, appointed Deborah H. Caplan as a member of the Board, effective immediately with a term expiring at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912595/000095017023008946/0000950170-23-008946-index.htm

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