---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-000824"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GEVO"
cik: "0001392380"
company_name: "Gevo, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-01-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T04:34:56.045274+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gevo appoints Katie Ellet, Air Liquide hydrogen executive, to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Katie Ellet appointed as Class III director effective Jan 2, 2024; term expires at 2025 annual meeting.
- Ellet is President, Hydrogen Energy & Mobility for North America at Air Liquide with 27 years in chemical/energy.
- She will receive $85,000 annual cash retainer and $73,500 equity grant under non-employee director compensation policy.
- Board determined Ellet is independent under Nasdaq listing standards.
- Ellet's expertise in renewable energy and hydrogen expected to aid Gevo's commercialization of bio-based fuels.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-000824
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GEVO
- cik: 0001392380
- company_name: Gevo, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-01-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392380/000110465924000824/0001104659-24-000824-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392380/000110465924000824/tm2333985d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mary Kathryn (Katie) Ellet was appointed as Class III director at Gevo, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III director
  source text: Effective as of January 2, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Gevo, Inc. (“Gevo” or the “Company”) approved the appointment of Mary Kathryn (Katie) Ellet to the Board as a Class III director
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392380/000110465924000824/0001104659-24-000824-index.htm

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