---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-001991"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CDW"
cik: "0001402057"
company_name: "CDW Corp"
filed_at: "2023-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T19:29:24.979155+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CDW appoints CEO Christine Leahy as Board Chair; Marc Jones joins board

## Summary
- CEO Christine Leahy unanimously appointed Board Chair; David Nelms becomes Lead Independent Director.
- Marc E. Jones elected to Board; serves as Chairman, President & CEO of Aeris Communications, expanding board to 11.
- Under Leahy's CEO tenure, net sales grew from ~$16B to ~$24B (TTM Sep 30, 2022).
- Jones will initially serve on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee; stands for re-election at 2023 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-001991
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CDW
- cik: 0001402057
- company_name: CDW Corp
- filed_at: 2023-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- 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/1402057/000119312523001991/0001193125-23-001991-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402057/000119312523001991/d413175d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-001991
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-001991.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-001991.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Marc E. Jones was elected as Director at CDW Corp.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 4, 2023, the board of directors (the “Board”) of CDW Corporation (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from ten directors to eleven directors and elected Marc E. Jones to fill the newly-created directorship.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402057/000119312523001991/0001193125-23-001991-index.htm

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