---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-027795"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PSNL"
cik: "0001527753"
company_name: "Personalis, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T01:12:01.581631+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Alan Colowick resigns; Kenneth Widder appointed to Personalis board

## Summary
- Alan Colowick resigned as director on June 12, 2023; no disagreement cited.
- Board appointed Kenneth Widder as Class II director effective June 13, 2023.
- Widder qualifies as independent under Nasdaq Rule 5605(a)(2); term expires at 2024 annual meeting.
- Widder to receive standard non-employee director compensation: cash retainers, initial and annual equity grants.
- Company entered standard indemnification agreement with Widder.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-027795
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PSNL
- cik: 0001527753
- company_name: Personalis, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527753/000095017023027795/0000950170-23-027795-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527753/000095017023027795/psnl-20230612.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kenneth Widder was appointed as Director at Personalis, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 13, 2023, upon recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, the Board appointed Kenneth Widder to the Board as a Class II director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527753/000095017023027795/0000950170-23-027795-index.htm
- Executive change
  Alan Colowick resigned as Director at Personalis, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 12, 2023, Alan Colowick, a director of Personalis, Inc. (the “Company”), resigned as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527753/000095017023027795/0000950170-23-027795-index.htm

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