---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001016281-23-000096"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CSV"
cik: "0001016281"
company_name: "CARRIAGE SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2023-07-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T12:25:37.949127+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carriage Services elects Somer Webb as independent director, expands Board to 7

## Summary
- Somer Webb elected effective July 5, 2023; Board increases from six to seven directors.
- Webb appointed Chair of Compensation Committee, also serves on Audit and Governance Committees.
- Webb is CFO of Solo Brands (public company); previously CFO at Worldwide Express, executive roles at DaVita, Southwest Airlines, Amazon.
- Received 769 shares of CSV common stock (~$25,000) under Director Compensation Policy.
- Five of seven directors now independent per NYSE standards.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001016281-23-000096
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CSV
- cik: 0001016281
- company_name: CARRIAGE SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2023-07-05T23:59:59+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/1016281/000101628123000096/0001016281-23-000096-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1016281/000101628123000096/csv-20230705.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001016281-23-000096
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001016281-23-000096.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001016281-23-000096.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Somer Webb was elected as Director at CARRIAGE SERVICES INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 5, 2023, pursuant to the authority granted to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) by the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Carriage Services, Inc. (“Carriage” or the “Company”), the Board increased the size of the Board from six to seven directors, and upon the recommendation of the Corporate Governance Committee, elected Somer Webb to serve as a Class I Director until the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1016281/000101628123000096/0001016281-23-000096-index.htm

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