---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001280058-22-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BLKB"
cik: "0001280058"
company_name: "BLACKBAUD INC"
filed_at: "2022-07-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T08:35:48.025002+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Blackbaud appoints Deneen DeFiore to board; adds cybersecurity expertise

## Summary
- Deneen DeFiore, VP and Global CISO of United Airlines, joined Blackbaud's board on July 25, 2022.
- Board expanded from seven to eight directors; DeFiore appointed to Risk Oversight Committee.
- DeFiore brings over 20 years of tech/cybersecurity experience, including 19 years at General Electric.
- Appointment as Class B director with term expiring at 2024 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001280058-22-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BLKB
- cik: 0001280058
- company_name: BLACKBAUD INC
- filed_at: 2022-07-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1280058/000128005822000036/0001280058-22-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1280058/000128005822000036/blkb-20220725.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001280058-22-000036
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001280058-22-000036.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001280058-22-000036.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Deneen DeFiore was appointed as Director at BLACKBAUD INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 26, 2022, Blackbaud, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment on July 25, 2022 of Deneen DeFiore as a new member of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Company and its Risk Oversight Committee.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1280058/000128005822000036/0001280058-22-000036-index.htm

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