---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-369822"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DCO"
cik: "0000030305"
company_name: "DUCOMMUN INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2021-12-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T21:48:29.168588+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ducommun adds Samara Strycker as independent director; audit committee member

## Summary
- Appointed Samara A. Strycker as independent Class II Director effective Dec 29, 2021, expanding board to eight members.
- She will serve on the Audit Committee and receive standard non-employee director compensation plus one-time grant of 1,000 RSUs.
- Ms. Strycker is SVP, corporate controller & treasurer at Navistar; prior GE Healthcare controller and PwC auditor.
- She holds a BS from Syracuse University and is a certified public accountant.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-369822
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DCO
- cik: 0000030305
- company_name: DUCOMMUN INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2021-12-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30305/000119312521369822/0001193125-21-369822-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30305/000119312521369822/d259716d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-369822.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Samara A. Strycker was appointed as Director at DUCOMMUN INC /DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 29, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Ducommun Incorporated (the “Company”) appointed Samara A. Strycker as an independent Class II Director, effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30305/000119312521369822/0001193125-21-369822-index.htm

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