---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-151969"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NRDE"
cik: "0001759546"
company_name: "NU RIDE INC."
filed_at: "2021-12-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T23:23:02.355104+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lordstown Motors appoints Melissa Leonard as General Counsel, replacing Thomas Canepa

## Summary
- Thomas Canepa departs as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary effective Dec 17, 2021, with transitional services through Jan 31, 2022.
- Melissa Leonard appointed EVP, General Counsel and Secretary effective Jan 1, 2022.
- Leonard previously co-led M&A at Baker & Hostetler LLP and served as outside counsel to Lordstown since 2019.
- Leonard brings extensive experience in M&A, financings, and corporate governance from 26 years at Baker & Hostetler.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-151969
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NRDE
- cik: 0001759546
- company_name: NU RIDE INC.
- filed_at: 2021-12-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759546/000110465921151969/0001104659-21-151969-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759546/000110465921151969/tm2135976d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-151969.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Thomas V. Canepa departed as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at NU RIDE INC..
  - Action: will no longer serve
  - Role: General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
  source text: Effective December 17, 2021, pursuant to a mutual agreement with Lordstown Motors Corp. (the “Company”), Thomas V. Canepa will no longer serve as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company and will provide transitional services through January 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759546/000110465921151969/0001104659-21-151969-index.htm
- Executive change
  Melissa A. Leonard was appointed as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at NU RIDE INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
  source text: the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Melissa A. Leonard as the Company’s Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, effective January 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759546/000110465921151969/0001104659-21-151969-index.htm

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