---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-053182"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BWMN"
cik: "0001847590"
company_name: "Bowman Consulting Group Ltd."
filed_at: "2026-02-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T02:31:43.228095+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bowman Consulting founder/CEO Gary Bowman to retire later 2026; board initiates successor search

## Summary
- Gary Bowman, founder & CEO, plans to retire and resign as director later in 2026; will serve as senior advisor post-transition.
- Board has started formal search including internal and external candidates; Bowman to remain CEO until successor appointed.
- CFO Bruce Labovitz gets amended employment agreement with $2M special bonus payable April 1, 2027, subject to continued employment.
- COO Dan Swayze gets one-year extension to Dec 2028 and retention awards: 5,719 time-based RSUs and 5,719 performance-based RSUs.
- Retirement decision not due to disagreement; company highlights growth since IPO (more than tripled size, 35+ acquisitions).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-053182
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BWMN
- cik: 0001847590
- company_name: Bowman Consulting Group Ltd.
- filed_at: 2026-02-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1847590/000119312526053182/0001193125-26-053182-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1847590/000119312526053182/d805620d8k.htm

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