---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-015934"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCL"
cik: "0000094049"
company_name: "STEPAN CO"
filed_at: "2024-02-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T01:54:03.643071+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stepan Company appoints Susan M. Lewis to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Board expanded from 7 to 8 directors; Lewis elected to Class II, term at 2024 annual meeting.
- Lewis spent over 30 years at Dow and was SVP Global Operations at Corteva until 2021 retirement.
- Will serve on Audit, Compliance, Human Capital & Compensation, and Nominating & Corporate Governance committees.
- Chairman highlights her supply chain and agricultural industry expertise as key additions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-015934
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCL
- cik: 0000094049
- company_name: STEPAN CO
- filed_at: 2024-02-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000095017024015934/0000950170-24-015934-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000095017024015934/scl-20240215.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-015934
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-015934.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-015934.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Susan M. Lewis was elected as Director at STEPAN CO.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 15, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Stepan Company (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board by one to a total of eight Directors and elected Susan M. Lewis as a Director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000095017024015934/0000950170-24-015934-index.htm

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