---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001258602-22-000027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NNI"
cik: "0001258602"
company_name: "NELNET INC"
filed_at: "2022-03-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T21:55:10.927161+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nelnet board expands to 10 with three new members; Jim Abel retires after 19 years

## Summary
- Board increased from nine to ten members; appointed Adam Peterson, Jona Van Deun, and Matthew Dunlap.
- Matthew Dunlap also named Chief Business Development Officer; he is son of Executive Chairman Mike Dunlap.
- Longest-serving director Jim Abel retired effective March 17, 2022, after serving since August 2003.
- Peterson and Van Deun deemed independent under NYSE standards; Dunlap not independent due to employment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001258602-22-000027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NNI
- cik: 0001258602
- company_name: NELNET INC
- filed_at: 2022-03-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1258602/000125860222000027/0001258602-22-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1258602/000125860222000027/nni-20220317.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001258602-22-000027
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001258602-22-000027.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001258602-22-000027.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Adam K. Peterson was appointed as Director at NELNET INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed Adam K. Peterson as a Class II member of the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1258602/000125860222000027/0001258602-22-000027-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jona M. Van Deun was appointed as Director at NELNET INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Jona M. Van Deun, as a Class I member of the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1258602/000125860222000027/0001258602-22-000027-index.htm
- Executive change
  James P. Abel retired as Director at NELNET INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: James P. Abel notified the Company of his retirement from the Board effective March 17, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1258602/000125860222000027/0001258602-22-000027-index.htm
- Executive change
  Matthew W. Dunlap was appointed as Director at NELNET INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Matthew W. Dunlap (“Matthew Dunlap”) as a Class III member of the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1258602/000125860222000027/0001258602-22-000027-index.htm

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