---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-099723"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MFA"
cik: "0001055160"
company_name: "MFA FINANCIAL, INC."
filed_at: "2023-09-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T21:35:32.583106+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CFO Stephen Yarad resigns; Michael Roper named CFO effective Sept. 15, 2023

## Summary
- CFO Stephen Yarad resigns effective Sept. 15, 2023; departure unrelated to accounting disagreements.
- Michael C. Roper, 36, promoted from CAO and SVP; will retain those roles.
- Roper joined MFA in 2014, previously at Apollo Residential Mortgage and Ernst & Young.
- CEO Craig Knutson praises Roper's experience; thanks Yarad for 13 years of service.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-099723
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MFA
- cik: 0001055160
- company_name: MFA FINANCIAL, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-09-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055160/000110465923099723/0001104659-23-099723-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055160/000110465923099723/tm2325812d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-099723.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael C. Roper was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at MFA FINANCIAL, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 8, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Michael C. Roper as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective at the close of business on September 15, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055160/000110465923099723/0001104659-23-099723-index.htm
- Executive change
  Stephen D. Yarad resigned as Chief Financial Officer at MFA FINANCIAL, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 8, 2023, Stephen D. Yarad, Chief Financial Officer of MFA Financial, Inc. (the “Company”), submitted his resignation of employment with the Company effective at the close of business on September 15, 2023, in connection with his acceptance of an offer of employment with another company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055160/000110465923099723/0001104659-23-099723-index.htm

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