---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001130310-25-000008"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "CNP"
cik: "0001130310"
company_name: "CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC"
filed_at: "2025-01-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T07:48:34.297229+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CenterPoint Energy EVP/CHRO Lynne Harkel-Rumford to retire Feb 3; becomes Senior Advisor Jan 1

## Summary
- Lynne Harkel-Rumford, EVP and Chief Human Resources Officer, notified retirement on Dec 12, 2024, effective Feb 3, 2025.
- She transitioned from EVP/CHRO to Senior Advisor to the CEO on Jan 1, 2025, remaining until retirement.
- No successor has been announced for the EVP/CHRO role as of this filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001130310-25-000008
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: CNP
- cik: 0001130310
- company_name: CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC
- filed_at: 2025-01-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000113031025000008/0001130310-25-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000113031025000008/cnp-20241212.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001130310-25-000008
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001130310-25-000008.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001130310-25-000008.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lynne Harkel-Rumford was appointed as Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer at CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Ms. Harkel-Rumford transitioned from Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer to Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company on January 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000113031025000008/0001130310-25-000008-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lynne Harkel-Rumford retired as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
  source text: Lynne Harkel-Rumford, formerly the Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (the "Company"), notified the Company on December 12, 2024 of her intent to retire on February 3, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000113031025000008/0001130310-25-000008-index.htm

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