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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001217234-25-000051"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CDNA"
cik: "0001217234"
company_name: "CareDx, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-10-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T02:18:46.208235+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CareDx appoints Suresh Gunasekaran to board of directors effective Oct 22, 2025

## Summary
- Appointed Suresh Gunasekaran as Class II director; he is CEO and President of UCSF Health.
- Prior roles include CEO of University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics and leadership at UT Southwestern.
- Receives $50k annual cash retainer (electable in cash or stock) plus initial RSU grant of $400k vesting over 3 years.
- Standard annual RSU grant of $225k on day after each annual meeting, vesting in one year or before next meeting.
- No family relationships or arrangements with any person; standard indemnification agreement executed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001217234-25-000051
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CDNA
- cik: 0001217234
- company_name: CareDx, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-10-24T23:59:59+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/1217234/000121723425000051/0001217234-25-000051-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1217234/000121723425000051/cdna-20251022.htm

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