---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-109343"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MAA"
cik: "0000912595"
company_name: "MID AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES INC."
filed_at: "2024-09-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T01:58:22.654221+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MAA appoints Sheila K. McGrath to board; part of 2025 succession plan

## Summary
- McGrath appointed effective Sept 25, 2024; term expires at 2025 Annual Meeting.
- Appointed to Compensation Committee and Real Estate Investment Committee.
- Appointment is part of board's long-term succession plan addressing three planned director retirements in 2025.
- Board temporarily increases to 13 members, with plans to reduce size after retirements.
- McGrath previously Senior Managing Director at Evercore ISI covering REITs (2012-2022).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-109343
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MAA
- cik: 0000912595
- company_name: MID AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES INC.
- filed_at: 2024-09-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912595/000095017024109343/0000950170-24-109343-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912595/000095017024109343/maa-20240924.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-109343
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-109343.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-109343.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sheila K. McGrath was appointed as director at MID AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: 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 Sheila K. McGrath as a member of the Board, effective September 25, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912595/000095017024109343/0000950170-24-109343-index.htm

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