---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-063015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CXW"
cik: "0001070985"
company_name: "CoreCivic, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-03-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T00:22:50.143349+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CoreCivic appoints two new independent directors; long-term director plans retirement

## Summary
- Appointed Catherine Hernandez-Blades and Alexander R. Fischer as independent directors, effective March 15, 2024.
- Board expands from 10 to 12 members; ten of 12 will be independent.
- Donna Alvarado, board member since 2003, will retire after 2024 Annual Meeting, reducing board to 11.
- New directors expected to join board committees; no disagreements cited for retirement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-063015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CXW
- cik: 0001070985
- company_name: CoreCivic, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-03-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070985/000119312524063015/0001193125-24-063015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070985/000119312524063015/d779637d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-063015
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-063015.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Alexander R. Fischer was appointed as Director at CoreCivic, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed Catherine Hernandez-Blades (“Ms. Hernandez-Blades”) and Alexander R. Fischer (“Mr. Fischer”) to fill the vacancies created by such expansion, effective March 15, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070985/000119312524063015/0001193125-24-063015-index.htm
- Executive change
  Donna M. Alvarado departed as Director at CoreCivic, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 7, 2024, Donna M. Alvarado (“Ms. Alvarado”), who has been a member of the Board since 2003, announced to the Board that she would retire from the Board, including her position as a member and chair of the Company’s Nominating and Governance Committee, as well as her position as a member of each of the Company’s Audit Committee and the Company’s Risk Committee, effective as of the 2024 Annual Meeting in accordance with the Company’s retirement policy.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070985/000119312524063015/0001193125-24-063015-index.htm
- Executive change
  Catherine Hernandez-Blades was appointed as Director at CoreCivic, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed Catherine Hernandez-Blades (“Ms. Hernandez-Blades”) and Alexander R. Fischer (“Mr. Fischer”) to fill the vacancies created by such expansion, effective March 15, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070985/000119312524063015/0001193125-24-063015-index.htm

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