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accession: "0001437749-23-024492"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001220754"
company_name: "ModivCare Inc"
filed_at: "2023-08-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T04:40:07.479161+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ModivCare appoints Barbara Gutierrez as CFO effective Sept 18, 2023

## Summary
- Barbara Gutierrez named CFO; start date September 18, 2023; succeeds interim CFO L. Heath Sampson who remains CEO.
- Gutierrez previously CFO of InnovAge (PACE provider); 30+ years executive finance experience in healthcare.
- Compensation: $500k base salary, short-term incentive target up to 100% of base, long-term equity target up to 150% of base.
- Gutierrez will receive 12 months severance under executive policy and enters restrictive covenants agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-024492
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001220754
- company_name: ModivCare Inc
- filed_at: 2023-08-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1220754/000143774923024492/0001437749-23-024492-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1220754/000143774923024492/modv20230822_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-024492
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-024492.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  L. Heath Sampson changed role as Interim Chief Financial Officer at ModivCare Inc.
  - Action: cease serving
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Upon the effectiveness of her appointment, L. Heath Sampson will cease serving as the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer; he will continue in his current role as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1220754/000143774923024492/0001437749-23-024492-index.htm
- Executive change
  Barbara Gutierrez was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at ModivCare Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the board of directors (the “Board”) of the Company appointed Barbara Gutierrez to be its next Chief Financial Officer with an expected start date of September 18, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1220754/000143774923024492/0001437749-23-024492-index.htm

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