---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001046025-21-000167"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HFWA"
cik: "0001046025"
company_name: "HERITAGE FINANCIAL CORP /WA/"
filed_at: "2021-11-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T10:26:20.000034+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Heritage Financial appoints Trevor Dryer and Gail Giacobbe to board effective Jan 1, 2022

## Summary
- Trevor Dryer appointed to Audit and Risk Committees; former CEO of fintech Mirador.
- Gail Giacobbe appointed to Compensation and Risk Committees; GM for Customer Success Engineering at Microsoft.
- Both also appointed to board of subsidiary Heritage Bank; new directors bring fintech and digital expertise.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001046025-21-000167
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HFWA
- cik: 0001046025
- company_name: HERITAGE FINANCIAL CORP /WA/
- filed_at: 2021-11-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046025/000104602521000167/0001046025-21-000167-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046025/000104602521000167/hfwa-20211109.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001046025-21-000167
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001046025-21-000167.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001046025-21-000167.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Trevor Dryer was appointed as Director at HERITAGE FINANCIAL CORP /WA/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the appointment of Trevor Dryer and Gail Giacobbe to the Heritage Board effective January 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046025/000104602521000167/0001046025-21-000167-index.htm
- Executive change
  Gail Giacobbe was appointed as Director at HERITAGE FINANCIAL CORP /WA/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the appointment of Trevor Dryer and Gail Giacobbe to the Heritage Board effective January 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046025/000104602521000167/0001046025-21-000167-index.htm

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