---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-24-004824"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASPN"
cik: "0001145986"
company_name: "ASPEN AEROGELS INC"
filed_at: "2024-08-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T08:57:36.339641+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aspen Aerogels appoints Cari Robinson to Board of Directors, effective Aug 14, 2024

## Summary
- Appointed Cari Robinson as Class I director, effective Aug 14, 2024, until 2027 annual meeting.
- Ms. Robinson joins Audit Committee and Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee.
- She brings experience from Revlon (EVP/GC), IBM (litigation/investigations), and August Strategic Communications.
- Initial compensation includes $45K annual retainer, prorated, plus equity grant of $44,340 RSU and $26,921 stock options.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-24-004824
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASPN
- cik: 0001145986
- company_name: ASPEN AEROGELS INC
- filed_at: 2024-08-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145986/000117184324004824/0001171843-24-004824-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145986/000117184324004824/f8k_081524.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-24-004824
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-24-004824.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-24-004824.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Cari Robinson was appointed as Director at ASPEN AEROGELS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 14, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Cari Robinson to join the Board to serve as a Class I director until the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145986/000117184324004824/0001171843-24-004824-index.htm

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