---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-340409"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVAH"
cik: "0001832332"
company_name: "Aveanna Healthcare Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-07T20:43:53+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-07T20:45:09.542839+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aveanna director Dr. Erica Schwartz resigns to become CDC Director

## Summary
- Dr. Erica Schwartz resigned from Aveanna's Board effective August 5, 2026, after nomination/confirmation as CDC Director.
- Resignation not due to any disagreement with Company on operations, policies, or practices.
- Schwartz was an independent Class III director and Chair of the Clinical Quality Committee.
- No replacement named; board composition changes effective immediately.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-340409
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVAH
- cik: 0001832332
- company_name: Aveanna Healthcare Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-07T20:43:53+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1832332/000119312526340409/0001193125-26-340409-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1832332/000119312526340409/avah-20260805.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-340409
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-340409.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-340409.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dr. Erica Schwartz resigned as Director at Aveanna Healthcare Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 5, 2026, Dr. Erica Schwartz, a Class III director of Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (the "Company"), notified the Company of her decision to resign from the Company's Board of Directors, effective immediately, in connection with her nomination and subsequent confirmation as the Director of the United States Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1832332/000119312526340409/0001193125-26-340409-index.htm

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