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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001331465-26-000138"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001331465"
company_name: "Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta"
filed_at: "2026-07-29T14:06:41+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-29T14:08:04.842839+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FHLBank Atlanta appoints Alp Can as COO, announces several executive changes

## Summary
- Alp Can named COO effective Aug 10, 2026; previously Chief Risk Officer since 2017.
- Cristina Cowan appointed Interim Chief Risk Officer; internal and external search underway.
- Erin Martin named Chief Collateral Officer; Dawn Gehring becomes Chief Administrative Officer; Petrina Benton named CHRO.
- CFO Haig Kazazian expands role to include affordable housing, community investment, and vendor management.
- Changes subject to non-objection by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001331465-26-000138
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001331465
- company_name: Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
- filed_at: 2026-07-29T14:06:41+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1331465/000133146526000138/0001331465-26-000138-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1331465/000133146526000138/fhlba-20260729.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001331465-26-000138
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001331465-26-000138.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001331465-26-000138.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Alp E. Can was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On July 29, 2026, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (the "Bank") announced that Mr. Alp E. Can, age 50, was appointed Chief Operating Officer ("COO") of the Bank, effective as of August 10, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1331465/000133146526000138/0001331465-26-000138-index.htm

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