---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-247448"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SYY"
cik: "0000096021"
company_name: "SYSCO CORP"
filed_at: "2022-09-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T08:42:03.517321+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sysco appoints interim CAO; director Cassaday to retire at Nov. 2022 meeting

## Summary
- Anita Zielinski moves from CAO to SVP, CFO – US Foodservice Operations effective Sept. 26, 2022.
- Scott Stone appointed interim CAO; he was VP, Financial Reporting since July 2011.
- Director John Cassaday, Chair of Compensation Committee, will retire at the 2022 Annual Meeting on Nov. 18, 2022.
- Company has commenced a search for a permanent CAO successor.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-247448
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SYY
- cik: 0000096021
- company_name: SYSCO CORP
- filed_at: 2022-09-20T23:59:59+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/96021/000119312522247448/0001193125-22-247448-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96021/000119312522247448/d400273d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-247448.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John M. Cassaday departed as Director at SYSCO CORP.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. John M. Cassaday, a member of the Board and the Chair of the Compensation and Leadership Development Committee of the Board, will retire from his service as a director at the time of Sysco’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, currently scheduled for November 18, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96021/000119312522247448/0001193125-22-247448-index.htm
- Executive change
  Anita A. Zielinski was appointed as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer – US Foodservice Operations at SYSCO CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer – US Foodservice Operations
  source text: appointed Ms. Anita A. Zielinski, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, to her new role as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer – US Foodservice Operations of the Company, effective September 26, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96021/000119312522247448/0001193125-22-247448-index.htm
- Executive change
  Scott B. Stone was appointed as interim Chief Accounting Officer at SYSCO CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Mr. Scott B. Stone, the Company’s Vice President, Financial Reporting, has been appointed by the Board to serve as interim Chief Accounting Officer from the Effective Date until the appointment of Ms. Zielinski’s successor.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96021/000119312522247448/0001193125-22-247448-index.htm

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