---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001402829-23-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ORN"
cik: "0001402829"
company_name: "Orion Group Holdings Inc"
filed_at: "2023-03-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T14:46:04.430165+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Orion Group Executive Chair resigns role, becomes Chairman; Lead Independent Director steps down

## Summary
- Austin J. Shanfelter resigned as Executive Chair effective March 1, 2023, re-elected as Chairman of the Board.
- Shanfelter will serve as an independent member of the Board following the change.
- Richard L. Daerr, Jr. resigned as Lead Independent Director, remains an independent board member.
- Both changes effective March 1, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001402829-23-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ORN
- cik: 0001402829
- company_name: Orion Group Holdings Inc
- filed_at: 2023-03-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402829/000140282923000003/0001402829-23-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402829/000140282923000003/orn-20230301x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001402829-23-000003
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001402829-23-000003.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001402829-23-000003.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Austin J. Shanfelter resigned as Chairman of the Board at Orion Group Holdings Inc.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: Effective March 1, 2023, Austin J. Shanfelter, resigned his role as Executive Chair of Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402829/000140282923000003/0001402829-23-000003-index.htm
- Executive change
  Richard L. Daerr, Jr. resigned as Director at Orion Group Holdings Inc.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective March 1, 2023, Richard L. Daerr, Jr., resigned his role as Lead Independent Director of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402829/000140282923000003/0001402829-23-000003-index.htm

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