---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-251611"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IONQ"
cik: "0001824920"
company_name: "IonQ, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-10-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T04:08:33.819859+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Ronald Bernal resigns from IonQ board effective Sept 29, 2023

## Summary
- Ronald Bernal resigned as Board member, Compensation Committee member, and Chair of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
- Resignation effective immediately; not due to any disagreement with the company on operations, policies, or practices.
- Bernal and NEA (venture firm where he is Venture Partner) no longer beneficially own any shares of IonQ.
- Board expressed gratitude for Bernal's service.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-251611
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IONQ
- cik: 0001824920
- company_name: IonQ, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-10-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824920/000119312523251611/0001193125-23-251611-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824920/000119312523251611/d539511d8k.htm

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- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-251611.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-251611.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ronald Bernal resigned as member of the Board, member of the Compensation Committee, Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee at IonQ, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: member of the Board, member of the Compensation Committee, Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
  source text: On September 29, 2023, Ronald Bernal informed the Chair of the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of IonQ, Inc. (the “ Company ”) of his resignation as a member of the Board, a member of the Compensation Committee, and a member and the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824920/000119312523251611/0001193125-23-251611-index.htm

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