---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-184427"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VSAT"
cik: "0000797721"
company_name: "VIASAT INC"
filed_at: "2022-06-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T22:30:22.670477+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Viasat appoints Mark Dankberg as Chairman and CEO, Baldridge as Vice Chairman

## Summary
- Dankberg resumes Chairman and CEO roles effective July 1, 2022; was Executive Chairman since Nov 2020.
- Rick Baldridge becomes Vice Chairman, focusing on closing Inmarsat acquisition and integration planning.
- Role changes follow overwhelming shareholder approval for Inmarsat acquisition.
- Kevin Harkenrider, promoted to COO in 2021, will support Dankberg in overseeing day-to-day operations.
- Compensation arrangements for Dankberg and Baldridge remain unchanged.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-184427
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VSAT
- cik: 0000797721
- company_name: VIASAT INC
- filed_at: 2022-06-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/797721/000119312522184427/0001193125-22-184427-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/797721/000119312522184427/d293867d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-184427.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mark Dankberg was appointed as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer at VIASAT INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On June 29, 2022, Viasat, Inc. (“Viasat”) announced the appointment of Mark Dankberg as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, effective July 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/797721/000119312522184427/0001193125-22-184427-index.htm
- Executive change
  Richard Baldridge was appointed as Vice Chairman at VIASAT INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice Chairman
  source text: In addition, Richard Baldridge was appointed to serve as Viasat’s Vice Chairman, effective July 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/797721/000119312522184427/0001193125-22-184427-index.htm

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