---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001488139-21-000096"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMRC"
cik: "0001488139"
company_name: "Ameresco, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-07-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T03:17:28.812421+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ameresco appoints Stripe exec Claire Hughes Johnson to board; co-founder David Anderson resigns, remains advisor

## Summary
- Claire Hughes Johnson elected independent director effective July 21, 2021, term expiring at 2023 annual meeting.
- David J. Anderson resigned as director effective July 19, 2021; not due to any disagreement; will stay as strategic advisor.
- Johnson will join Compensation Committee and receive standard non-employee director compensation.
- Johnson brings over 20 years scaling tech firms (Stripe, Google), expertise in product innovation and operational strategy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001488139-21-000096
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMRC
- cik: 0001488139
- company_name: Ameresco, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-07-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1488139/000148813921000096/0001488139-21-000096-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1488139/000148813921000096/amrc-20210719.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001488139-21-000096
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001488139-21-000096.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001488139-21-000096.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David J. Anderson resigned as director at Ameresco, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: director
  source text: On July 19, 2021, David J. Anderson tendered his resignation to Ameresco, Inc. stating that he resigned, effective immediately, from his position as director of Ameresco and its subsidiaries.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1488139/000148813921000096/0001488139-21-000096-index.htm
- Executive change
  Claire Hughes Johnson was elected as independent director at Ameresco, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: independent director
  source text: On July 21, 2021, the Board of Directors of Ameresco elected Claire Hughes Johnson to serve as an independent director of the Ameresco in the class of directors whose terms expire at Ameresco’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and as a member of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1488139/000148813921000096/0001488139-21-000096-index.htm

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