---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-100802"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WLDN"
cik: "0001370450"
company_name: "Willdan Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-08-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T21:25:19.384529+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Willdan appoints Cynthia Downes to Board; COO Daniel Chow resigns, becomes advisor

## Summary
- Cynthia Downes appointed to Board effective Aug 4, 2021, expanding Board to nine members (eight independent). She joins Audit and Compensation Committees.
- Daniel Chow resigns as COO effective Aug 13, 2021; will remain as operational advisor supporting strategic opportunities and special projects.
- Downes brings 38 years of federal contracting experience, previously CFO at Versar and CFO roles at multiple engineering firms.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-100802
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WLDN
- cik: 0001370450
- company_name: Willdan Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-08-05T23:59:59+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/1370450/000110465921100802/0001104659-21-100802-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1370450/000110465921100802/tm2124275d1_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-100802
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-100802.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-100802.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Cynthia Downes was appointed as Director at Willdan Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed Cynthia Downes to the Board, effective August 4, 2021,
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1370450/000110465921100802/0001104659-21-100802-index.htm
- Executive change
  Daniel Chow resigned as Chief Operating Officer at Willdan Group, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: resignation from his position as Chief Operating Officer of the Company and from all other officer positions he holds with the Company and each of its subsidiaries, effective August 13, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1370450/000110465921100802/0001104659-21-100802-index.htm

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