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accession: "0001193125-25-128739"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BWMN"
cik: "0001847590"
company_name: "Bowman Consulting Group Ltd."
filed_at: "2025-05-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T08:37:37.475040+00:00"
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bowman Consulting splits Chairman and CEO roles; James Laurito elected independent Chair

## Summary
- Board elected James Laurito as independent Chair of the Board; Gary Bowman remains CEO.
- Patricia Mulroy appointed Chair of Compensation Committee; other committee chairs unchanged.
- Gary Bowman and Stephen Riddick re-elected as Class I directors for three-year terms.
- Shareholders ratified Ernst & Young as auditor for FY 2025 with 13.7M votes for.
- Separation of roles aims to strengthen governance as company moves beyond emerging growth stage.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-128739
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BWMN
- cik: 0001847590
- company_name: Bowman Consulting Group Ltd.
- filed_at: 2025-05-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1847590/000119312525128739/0001193125-25-128739-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1847590/000119312525128739/d949588d8k.htm

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