---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-076827"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASB"
cik: "0000007789"
company_name: "ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP"
filed_at: "2024-07-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T00:19:02.335713+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Associated Banc-Corp CAO Tammy Stadler to retire; Ryan Beld named successor

## Summary
- Tammy C. Stadler, EVP, Corporate Controller and CAO, will retire effective July 15, 2024.
- Ryan Beld, currently Assistant Controller, will succeed Stadler as Corporate Controller and CAO.
- Stadler will remain in a consultative role until September 1, 2024, to ensure a smooth transition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-076827
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASB
- cik: 0000007789
- company_name: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
- filed_at: 2024-07-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7789/000110465924076827/0001104659-24-076827-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7789/000110465924076827/tm2418570d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-076827
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-076827.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-076827.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ryan Beld was appointed as Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Ms. Stadler will be succeeded as Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer by Ryan Beld, 35, who currently serves as Assistant Controller of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7789/000110465924076827/0001104659-24-076827-index.htm
- Executive change
  Tammy C. Stadler departed as Executive Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Tammy C. Stadler, Executive Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, will retire from those positions effective July 15, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7789/000110465924076827/0001104659-24-076827-index.htm

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