---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001392380-23-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GEVO"
cik: "0001392380"
company_name: "Gevo, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T19:29:05.302041+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gevo appoints Carol Battershell to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Appointment effective January 5, 2023; Battershell is a Class III director with term expiring at 2025 annual meeting.
- Annual cash retainer of $85,000 plus equity grant valued at $52,000 under the company's non-employee director compensation policy.
- Battershell brings nearly 40 years in energy, including roles as Principal Deputy Director at DOE and 25 years at BP.
- Board determined Battershell is independent under Nasdaq listing standards.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001392380-23-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GEVO
- cik: 0001392380
- company_name: Gevo, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392380/000139238023000003/0001392380-23-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392380/000139238023000003/noticker-20230103.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001392380-23-000003
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001392380-23-000003.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001392380-23-000003.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Carol J. Battershell was appointed as Director at Gevo, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective as of January 5, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Gevo, Inc. (“Gevo” or the “Company”) approved the appointment of Carol J. Battershell to the Board as a Class III director
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392380/000139238023000003/0001392380-23-000003-index.htm

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