---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-006918"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HSTM"
cik: "0001095565"
company_name: "HEALTHSTREAM INC"
filed_at: "2025-03-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T23:11:21.765187+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HealthStream appoints Charles E. Beard, Jr. to board of directors

## Summary
- Charles E. Beard, Jr. appointed to HealthStream board effective March 7, 2025, as Class I director with term expiring at 2028 annual meeting.
- Beard will serve on Audit Committee; eligible for standard non-employee director compensation as described in 2024 proxy statement.
- Beard recently retired as COO of Guidehouse (annual revenues ~$3B, 17,000 employees); prior roles include Partner at PwC and CIO at SAIC/Leidos.
- No arrangements or transactions between Beard and the Company requiring disclosure under Item 404(a).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-006918
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HSTM
- cik: 0001095565
- company_name: HEALTHSTREAM INC
- filed_at: 2025-03-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095565/000143774925006918/0001437749-25-006918-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095565/000143774925006918/hstm20250310_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-006918.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Charles E. Beard, Jr. was appointed as Director at HEALTHSTREAM INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 7, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of HealthStream, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Charles E. Beard, Jr. as a member of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095565/000143774925006918/0001437749-25-006918-index.htm

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