---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001008886-24-000138"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CVLG"
cik: "0000928658"
company_name: "COVENANT LOGISTICS GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2024-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T06:07:19.692002+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Covenant Logistics appoints Dustin Koehl as COO effective May 13, 2024

## Summary
- Dustin Koehl appointed COO and principal operating officer; President M. Paul Bunn steps down from that role.
- Annual base salary of $425,000; cash bonus target of 60% of year-end base salary under 2024 Executive Bonus Program.
- Severance: 24-month salary continuation or 300% lump sum on qualifying change-in-control termination, with COBRA and non-compete.
- Koehl has 17+ years transportation experience, including 12 years at Total Transportation of Mississippi and VP roles.
- Previous role: Head of Commercialization at Waabi (AI self-driving truck developer); MIT FreightLab partner.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001008886-24-000138
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CVLG
- cik: 0000928658
- company_name: COVENANT LOGISTICS GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/928658/000100888624000138/0001008886-24-000138-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/928658/000100888624000138/form8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001008886-24-000138
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001008886-24-000138.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dustin Koehl was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at COVENANT LOGISTICS GROUP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) appointed Dustin Koehl as Chief Operating Officer, effective May 13, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/928658/000100888624000138/0001008886-24-000138-index.htm
- Executive change
  M. Paul Bunn changed role as principal operating officer at COVENANT LOGISTICS GROUP, INC..
  - Action: will no longer serve
  - Role: principal operating officer
  source text: M. Paul Bunn, the Company’s President, will no longer serve as principal operating officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/928658/000100888624000138/0001008886-24-000138-index.htm

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