---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001133421-23-000013"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NOC"
cik: "0001133421"
company_name: "NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2023-03-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T01:40:32.646326+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Northrop Grumman adds Kimberly Ross and Mary Winston to board of directors

## Summary
- Board expanded from 14 to 15 members; Ross and Winston elected effective March 15, 2023.
- Ross (former CFO of WeWork, Baker Hughes, Avon) appointed to Audit, Risk, and Policy Committees; designated audit committee financial expert.
- Winston (former interim CEO of Bed Bath & Beyond, CFO of Family Dollar) appointed to Compensation and Policy Committees.
- Each director receives annual cash retainer of $140,000 and equity grant of $175,000 in deferred stock units, prorated for 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001133421-23-000013
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NOC
- cik: 0001133421
- company_name: NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2023-03-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133421/000113342123000013/0001133421-23-000013-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133421/000113342123000013/noc-20230315.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001133421-23-000013.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mary A. Winston was elected as Director at NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 15, 2023, the Board of Directors of Northrop Grumman Corporation (the "Company") elected Kimberly A. Ross and Mary A. Winston to the Board of Directors effective March 15, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133421/000113342123000013/0001133421-23-000013-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kimberly A. Ross was elected as Director at NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 15, 2023, the Board of Directors of Northrop Grumman Corporation (the "Company") elected Kimberly A. Ross and Mary A. Winston to the Board of Directors effective March 15, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133421/000113342123000013/0001133421-23-000013-index.htm

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