---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-109384"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVB"
cik: "0000915912"
company_name: "AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-10-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T03:27:40.640747+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AvalonBay appoints Chaz Mueller to board; Alan Buckelew to retire at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Charles 'Chaz' Mueller appointed to board effective Nov 1, 2022; will serve on Investment & Finance and Audit Committees.
- Mueller is former CEO of Progress Residential, President of Irvine Apartment Communities, and CFO/COO of Archstone.
- Alan B. Buckelew to retire from board at May 2023 Annual Meeting; retirement is consistent with governance guidelines, no disagreement.
- Mueller's appointment part of board refreshment process; brings deep multifamily and single-family rental experience.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-109384
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVB
- cik: 0000915912
- company_name: AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-10-17T23:59:59+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/915912/000110465922109384/0001104659-22-109384-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915912/000110465922109384/tm2228366d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-109384
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-109384.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-109384.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Alan B. Buckelew departed as Director at AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES INC.
  - Action: retiring
  - Role: Director
  source text: Alan B. Buckelew, who has served as a Board member since 2011, will be retiring from the Board at the time of the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915912/000110465922109384/0001104659-22-109384-index.htm
- Executive change
  Charles E. Mueller, Jr. was appointed as Director at AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 17, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (the “Company”) voted to appoint Charles (“Chaz”) E. Mueller, Jr. to the Board, effective November 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915912/000110465922109384/0001104659-22-109384-index.htm

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