---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001051470-21-000173"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CCI"
cik: "0001051470"
company_name: "CROWN CASTLE INC."
filed_at: "2021-08-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T09:06:20.443377+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Crown Castle COO-Towers Robert Ackerman to retire; Catherine Piche named successor effective Sept 1, 2021

## Summary
- Robert C. Ackerman, EVP & COO–Towers, retiring after 23 years; advisory role through Feb. 21, 2022.
- Catherine Piche appointed EVP & COO–Towers effective Sept. 1, 2021; previously SVP of Fiber project delivery.
- Piche's base salary increased to $450k; receives RSU grant valued at ~$1M vesting over 3 years.
- Severance agreement includes one-year post-employment non-compete covering towers, fiber, DAS, small cells.
- Piche will prorata participate in 2021 EMT Annual Incentive Plan; no family or related-party transactions disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001051470-21-000173
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CCI
- cik: 0001051470
- company_name: CROWN CASTLE INC.
- filed_at: 2021-08-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147021000173/0001051470-21-000173-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147021000173/cci-20210817.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Catherine Piche was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer–Towers at CROWN CASTLE INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer–Towers
  source text: the Board of Directors ("Board") of the Company appointed Catherine Piche as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer–Towers, effective September 1, 2021
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147021000173/0001051470-21-000173-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert C. Ackerman resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer–Towers at CROWN CASTLE INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer–Towers
  source text: Mr. Ackerman has resigned from his position as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer–Towers, effective September 1, 2021
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147021000173/0001051470-21-000173-index.htm

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