---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001108426-25-000038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TXNM"
cik: "0001108426"
company_name: "TXNM ENERGY INC"
filed_at: "2025-05-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T07:51:42.233037+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TXNM Energy names Don Tarry CEO, Pat Collawn to Executive Chair effective July 1, 2025

## Summary
- Patricia K. Collawn transitions from CEO to Executive Chair; Joseph D. Tarry named President and CEO effective July 1, 2025.
- Tarry, current President and COO, joined TXNM in 1996; served as CFO, CIO, Controller, and Treasurer.
- Collawn led TXNM to 100% carbon-free generation goal by 2040; reached 72% carbon-free capacity in 2024.
- Compensation decisions for Collawn and Tarry not yet finalized; will be reported in subsequent 8-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001108426-25-000038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TXNM
- cik: 0001108426
- company_name: TXNM ENERGY INC
- filed_at: 2025-05-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108426/000110842625000038/0001108426-25-000038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108426/000110842625000038/pnm-20250514.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001108426-25-000038
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001108426-25-000038.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001108426-25-000038.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joseph D. Tarry was elected as Chief Executive Officer and President at TXNM ENERGY INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: elected Joseph D. Tarry, President and Chief Operating Officer, effective as of July 1, 2025, as Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108426/000110842625000038/0001108426-25-000038-index.htm
- Executive change
  Patricia K. Collawn was elected as Executive Chairman at TXNM ENERGY INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: elected Patricia K. Collawn, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, as Executive Chairman (an executive officer position), effective as of July 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108426/000110842625000038/0001108426-25-000038-index.htm

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