---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001384101-22-000015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VCYT"
cik: "0001384101"
company_name: "VERACYTE, INC."
filed_at: "2022-02-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T06:00:02.666161+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Veracyte appoints Jonathan Wygant as CAO; Beverly Alley to depart in June 2022

## Summary
- Jonathan Wygant named VP & Chief Accounting Officer, effective March 1, 2022.
- Wygant receives $350k base salary, 35% bonus target, 24k stock options, 12k RSUs.
- Beverly Alley transitions to VP, Accounting through June 30, 2022, then departs.
- Alley receives 3 months' salary and COBRA continuation upon separation.
- Wygant previously served as corporate controller at Biosplice Therapeutics.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001384101-22-000015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VCYT
- cik: 0001384101
- company_name: VERACYTE, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-02-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1384101/000138410122000015/0001384101-22-000015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1384101/000138410122000015/vcyt-20220219.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jonathan Wygant was appointed as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at VERACYTE, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On February 22, 2022, Veracyte, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Jonathan Wygant, 51, as its Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1384101/000138410122000015/0001384101-22-000015-index.htm
- Executive change
  Beverly Jane Alley was appointed as Vice President, Accounting at VERACYTE, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President, Accounting
  source text: In addition, effective February 22, 2022, Beverly Jane Alley, the Company’s Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, was appointed the Company’s Vice President, Accounting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1384101/000138410122000015/0001384101-22-000015-index.htm
- Executive change
  Beverly Jane Alley departed as Vice President, Accounting at VERACYTE, INC..
  - Action: depart
  - Role: Vice President, Accounting
  source text: Ms. Alley’s service as Vice President, Accounting would continue through June 30, 2022, at which time, in exchange for a standard release of claims, she would depart from the Company and receive three months’ salary and continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1384101/000138410122000015/0001384101-22-000015-index.htm

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