---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-271662"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCHW"
cik: "0000316709"
company_name: "SCHWAB CHARLES CORP"
filed_at: "2022-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T22:57:42.912060+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Charles Schwab appoints Carolyn 'Carrie' Schwab-Pomerantz to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Board expanded from 17 to 18 directors; Schwab-Pomerantz elected effective Oct 26, 2022.
- She is daughter of founder Chuck Schwab, 39-year employee, currently Managing Director of Consumer Education.
- 2021 total compensation ~$915k including 3,451 RSUs; no extra board pay while management.
- Will serve on Risk Committee; term expires at 2023 annual meeting.
- Plans to retire from executive role and foundation chair by mid-2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-271662
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCHW
- cik: 0000316709
- company_name: SCHWAB CHARLES CORP
- filed_at: 2022-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/316709/000119312522271662/0001193125-22-271662-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/316709/000119312522271662/d159542d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-271662
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-271662.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-271662.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Carolyn (Carrie) Schwab-Pomerantz was elected as Director at SCHWAB CHARLES CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 26, 2022, at a meeting of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Charles Schwab Corporation (the “Company”), the Board approved an increase in the size of the Board from 17 to 18 directors and elected Carolyn (Carrie) Schwab-Pomerantz to fill the resulting vacancy, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/316709/000119312522271662/0001193125-22-271662-index.htm

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