---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-024599"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NTRA"
cik: "0001604821"
company_name: "Natera, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T02:43:00.098736+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Natera appoints Ruth Williams-Brinkley to board, increasing size to 10

## Summary
- Board expanded from 9 to 10 members; Williams-Brinkley appointed effective March 2, 2023.
- Williams-Brinkley will serve as Class I director with term expiring at 2025 annual meeting.
- She qualifies as independent under Nasdaq rules and joins the Compensation Committee.
- Compensation follows standard non-employee director program; indemnification agreement entered.
- No family relationships or material interests with Natera directors or officers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-024599
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NTRA
- cik: 0001604821
- company_name: Natera, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-23T23:59:59+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/1604821/000110465923024599/0001104659-23-024599-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1604821/000110465923024599/tm235197d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-024599.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ruth Williams-Brinkley was appointed as Director at Natera, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed Ruth Williams-Brinkley as a member of the Board, in each case effective as of March 2, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1604821/000110465923024599/0001104659-23-024599-index.htm

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