---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001477333-25-000054"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NET"
cik: "0001477333"
company_name: "Cloudflare, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-03-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T03:50:52.294476+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cloudflare adds three new board members; Maria Eitel resigns after 7 years

## Summary
- Maria Eitel resigned as Class II director and chair of Nominating Committee, effective March 27, 2025; not due to any disagreement.
- Board expanded to nine members; appointed Stacey Cunningham (ex-NYSE President), Karim Lakhani (Harvard prof.), and John Graham-Cumming (former CTO).
- Cunningham and Lakhani are independent and join Nominating Committee; Graham-Cumming forfeited all unvested equity awards.
- Eitel served since 2018, guiding Cloudflare through IPO and public company transition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001477333-25-000054
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NET
- cik: 0001477333
- company_name: Cloudflare, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-03-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1477333/000147733325000054/0001477333-25-000054-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1477333/000147733325000054/cloud-20250325.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001477333-25-000054.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stacey Cunningham was appointed as Class III Director at Cloudflare, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III Director
  source text: Effective immediately after the effectiveness of Ms. Eitel’s resignation, the Board increased the size of the Board to nine members and appointed Stacey Cunningham, Karim Lakhani, and John Graham-Cumming to serve as members of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1477333/000147733325000054/0001477333-25-000054-index.htm
- Executive change
  Maria Eitel resigned as Class II Director and Chair of the Nominating Committee at Cloudflare, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Class II Director and Chair of the Nominating Committee
  source text: On March 25, 2025, Maria Eitel, a Class II director of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Cloudflare, Inc. (the “Company”) and chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board (the “Nominating Committee”), notified the Company of her resignation from the Board, effective as of March 27, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1477333/000147733325000054/0001477333-25-000054-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Graham-Cumming was appointed as Class II Director at Cloudflare, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class II Director
  source text: Effective immediately after the effectiveness of Ms. Eitel’s resignation, the Board increased the size of the Board to nine members and appointed Stacey Cunningham, Karim Lakhani, and John Graham-Cumming to serve as members of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1477333/000147733325000054/0001477333-25-000054-index.htm
- Executive change
  Karim Lakhani was appointed as Class I Director at Cloudflare, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class I Director
  source text: Effective immediately after the effectiveness of Ms. Eitel’s resignation, the Board increased the size of the Board to nine members and appointed Stacey Cunningham, Karim Lakhani, and John Graham-Cumming to serve as members of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1477333/000147733325000054/0001477333-25-000054-index.htm

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