---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-110624"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COR"
cik: "0001140859"
company_name: "Cencora, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-25T12:11:17+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:19:04.588032+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cencora elects Ryder's Robert E. Sanchez to board as independent director, effective Oct 1; board grows to 11

## Summary
- Robert E. Sanchez elected to Cencora's (NYSE: COR) board effective October 1, 2026; Board size increased from ten to eleven members.
- Sanchez is Executive Chair of Ryder System, where he served as Chair and CEO until retiring in March 2026; he became CEO in 2013 after two decades at Ryder.
- At Ryder he also held President and COO, President of Global Fleet Management Solutions, and EVP/CFO roles; he sits on Texas Instruments' board and is a University of Miami trustee.
- Sanchez has not been named to any board committees; he receives standard non-employee director compensation with the annual equity award pro-rated through the 2027 annual meeting.
- Chair Mark Durcan cited Sanchez's logistics and supply-chain expertise; CEO Robert P. Mauch pointed to his operations, finance and technology experience supporting Cencora's growth priorities.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-110624
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COR
- cik: 0001140859
- company_name: Cencora, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-25T12:11:17+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140859/000110465926110624/0001104659-26-110624-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140859/000110465926110624/tm2626030d1_8k.htm

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