---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001051470-23-000123"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CCI"
cik: "0001051470"
company_name: "CROWN CASTLE INC."
filed_at: "2023-07-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T03:55:50.024531+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Crown Castle appoints Kevin Kabat and Maria Pope to board, expanding to 12 directors

## Summary
- Kevin T. Kabat, former Fifth Third Bancorp CEO and current chair of Unum, NiSource, AlTi, appointed effective Aug 1, 2023.
- Maria M. Pope, President and CEO of Portland General Electric, appointed effective Sep 1, 2023.
- Board expands to 12 directors, with 10 independent, upon the appointments.
- Kabat provides financial and strategic planning expertise; Pope brings utility and leadership experience.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001051470-23-000123
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CCI
- cik: 0001051470
- company_name: CROWN CASTLE INC.
- filed_at: 2023-07-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147023000123/0001051470-23-000123-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147023000123/cci-20230721.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001051470-23-000123
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001051470-23-000123.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001051470-23-000123.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Maria M. Pope was appointed as Director at CROWN CASTLE INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 21, 2023, the Board of Directors ( " Board " ) of Crown Castle Inc. ("Company") approved expanding the size of the Board and appointing Kevin T. Kabat and Maria M. Pope to fill the newly created vacancies on the Board, effective as of August 1, 2023 and September 1, 2023, respectively.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147023000123/0001051470-23-000123-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kevin T. Kabat was appointed as Director at CROWN CASTLE INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 21, 2023, the Board of Directors ( " Board " ) of Crown Castle Inc. ("Company") approved expanding the size of the Board and appointing Kevin T. Kabat and Maria M. Pope to fill the newly created vacancies on the Board, effective as of August 1, 2023 and September 1, 2023, respectively.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147023000123/0001051470-23-000123-index.htm

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