---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-022845"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "T"
cik: "0000732717"
company_name: "AT&T INC."
filed_at: "2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T02:57:57.891502+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AT&T CAO Debra Dial to retire March 31; Sabrina Sanders appointed successor effective April 1

## Summary
- Debra Dial, SVP – Chief Accounting Officer and Controller, to retire effective March 31, 2023.
- Sabrina Sanders, age 44, appointed SVP – CAO effective April 1, 2023; currently SVP – Corporate Strategy.
- Board amended Bylaws to revise advance notice and proxy access requirements and mandate federal forum for Securities Act claims.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-022845
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: T
- cik: 0000732717
- company_name: AT&T INC.
- filed_at: 2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732717/000119312523022845/0001193125-23-022845-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732717/000119312523022845/d457902d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Debra L. Dial departed as Senior Vice President - Chief Accounting Officer and Controller at AT&T INC..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Senior Vice President - Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
  source text: On January 27, 2023, Debra L. Dial announced her intention to retire as Senior Vice President - Chief Accounting Officer and Controller of AT&T Inc. (the “Company”) effective March 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732717/000119312523022845/0001193125-23-022845-index.htm
- Executive change
  Sabrina Sanders was appointed as Senior Vice President – Chief Accounting Officer and Controller at AT&T INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President – Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
  source text: On the same day, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Sabrina Sanders to replace Ms. Dial as the Company’s Senior Vice President – Chief Accounting Officer and Controller effective April 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732717/000119312523022845/0001193125-23-022845-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  AT&T INC.: Amended Bylaws to revise advance notice and proxy access provisions and require Securities Act claims in U.S. District Court (effective 2023-01-27).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-01-27
  source text: the Board of Directors of the Company approved amendments to the Company’s Bylaws (the “Bylaws”). The amendments, among other things, (i) revise the informational and procedural requirements of the advance notice and proxy access provisions, and (ii) require causes of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933 to be brought in a United States District Court.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732717/000119312523022845/0001193125-23-022845-index.htm

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