---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-008359"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LIND"
cik: "0001512499"
company_name: "LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-03-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T13:17:14.642283+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lindblad Expeditions appoints Pam Kaufman to board as independent director

## Summary
- Pam Kaufman appointed independent director effective March 12, 2024; board expands from 9 to 10 members.
- Kaufman is President and CEO of International Markets, Global Consumer Products & Experiences at Paramount.
- She oversees over $6 billion in worldwide retail revenue and brands including Nickelodeon and MTV.
- Chairman Mark Ein cites her brand-building and hospitality experience as aligning with company's commercial goals.
- CEO Sven-Olof Lindblad highlights her international expertise and philanthropic passion as beneficial to the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-008359
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LIND
- cik: 0001512499
- company_name: LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-03-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1512499/000143774924008359/0001437749-24-008359-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1512499/000143774924008359/lindb20240318c_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-008359.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Pam Kaufman was appointed as Independent Director at LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Independent Director
  source text: On March 12, 2024, Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), appointed Pam Kaufman, a proven global commercial executive in international consumer products, entertainment, and hospitality experiences, as a new independent director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1512499/000143774924008359/0001437749-24-008359-index.htm

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