---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001039684-22-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OKE"
cik: "0001039684"
company_name: "ONEOK INC /NEW/"
filed_at: "2022-05-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T22:49:35.369175+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ONEOK Board chairman John W. Gibson retires; Julie H. Edwards appointed chair

## Summary
- John W. Gibson, 69, retired as director and Board chairman effective May 4, 2022, after serving since 2006.
- Gibson's retirement was not due to any disagreement with the Company on operations, policies, or practices.
- Board size reduced from 11 to 10 following Gibson's departure.
- Julie H. Edwards, 63, appointed Board chair on May 5, 2022; she joined Board in 2007 and was Lead Independent Director.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001039684-22-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OKE
- cik: 0001039684
- company_name: ONEOK INC /NEW/
- filed_at: 2022-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039684/000103968422000036/0001039684-22-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039684/000103968422000036/oke-20220504.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001039684-22-000036
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001039684-22-000036.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001039684-22-000036.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Julie H. Edwards was appointed as Board chair at ONEOK INC /NEW/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Board chair
  source text: On May 5, 2022, Julie H. Edwards, 63, was appointed by the Board to succeed Mr. Gibson as Board chair.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039684/000103968422000036/0001039684-22-000036-index.htm
- Executive change
  John W. Gibson retired as Chairman of the Board at ONEOK INC /NEW/.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: On May 4, 2022, John W. Gibson, 69, informed ONEOK, Inc. (the “Company”) of his decision to retire as a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) and as chairman of the Board, effectively immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039684/000103968422000036/0001039684-22-000036-index.htm

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