---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001019056-22-000041"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SHOO"
cik: "0000913241"
company_name: "STEVEN MADDEN, LTD."
filed_at: "2022-01-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T19:44:48.398970+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Steve Madden expands board from 9 to 11; appoints Arian Simone and Peter A. Davis

## Summary
- Board expanded to 11 directors from 9, effective January 7, 2022.
- Arian Simone, CEO of Fearless Fund, appointed to board and Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee.
- Peter A. Davis, footwear/apparel veteran with Skechers, Fila, Reebok, appointed to board and Compensation Committee.
- Nine of eleven directors are now independent, per the press release.
- CEO Edward Rosenfeld highlighted new directors' marketing expertise and industry knowledge.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001019056-22-000041
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SHOO
- cik: 0000913241
- company_name: STEVEN MADDEN, LTD.
- filed_at: 2022-01-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913241/000101905622000041/0001019056-22-000041-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913241/000101905622000041/smadden_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001019056-22-000041
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001019056-22-000041.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001019056-22-000041.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Arian Simone was appointed as Director at STEVEN MADDEN, LTD..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 7, 2022, by unanimous action of the Board, also upon the recommendation of the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee, the Board appointed Ms. Arian Simone and Mr. Peter A. Davis to fill the newly-created directorships resulting from the expansion in the size of the Board from nine members to eleven members, such appointment to be effective as of January 7, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913241/000101905622000041/0001019056-22-000041-index.htm
- Executive change
  Peter A. Davis was appointed as Director at STEVEN MADDEN, LTD..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 7, 2022, by unanimous action of the Board, also upon the recommendation of the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee, the Board appointed Ms. Arian Simone and Mr. Peter A. Davis to fill the newly-created directorships resulting from the expansion in the size of the Board from nine members to eleven members, such appointment to be effective as of January 7, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913241/000101905622000041/0001019056-22-000041-index.htm

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