---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-023042"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IPDN"
cik: "0001546296"
company_name: "Professional Diversity Network, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T19:02:24.956620+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Professional Diversity Network board change: Shea resigns, Lauderdale appointed

## Summary
- Courtney Shea resigned from board effective Aug 1, 2024; no disagreement with company.
- Katherine Lauderdale appointed director effective Aug 1, 2024; she is Chief Legal Officer at PBS.
- Lauderdale will chair Compensation Committee and serve on Nominating and Governance Committee.
- No family relationships or reportable transactions with Lauderdale.
- Compensation pro-rated per 2024 outside director terms as in prior proxy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-023042
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IPDN
- cik: 0001546296
- company_name: Professional Diversity Network, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-19T23:59:59+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/1546296/000143774924023042/0001437749-24-023042-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546296/000143774924023042/ipdn20240719_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-023042
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-023042.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-023042.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Katherine Lauderdale was appointed as Director at Professional Diversity Network, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 18, 2024, upon the recommendation of the Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Board of Directors appointed Ms. Katherine Lauderdale to fill the vacancy created by Ms. Shea’s resignation, effective August 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546296/000143774924023042/0001437749-24-023042-index.htm
- Executive change
  Courtney C. Shea resigned as Director at Professional Diversity Network, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 15, 2024, Courtney C. Shea notified the Board of Directors of Professional Diversity Network, Inc. (the “Company”) of her decision to resign from the Company’s Board of Directors effective August 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546296/000143774924023042/0001437749-24-023042-index.htm

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