---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001522540-23-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MQ"
cik: "0001522540"
company_name: "Marqeta, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-04-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T00:42:10.315904+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Marqeta appoints Najuma Atkinson to Board of Directors, expanding board to 10 members

## Summary
- Board size increased from 9 to 10; Najuma Atkinson appointed as Class II director effective April 17, 2023.
- She will serve until the 2023 annual meeting and has been appointed to the Compensation Committee.
- No arrangements or family relationships with other directors or officers; standard compensation and indemnification apply.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001522540-23-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MQ
- cik: 0001522540
- company_name: Marqeta, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-04-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1522540/000152254023000018/0001522540-23-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1522540/000152254023000018/mq-20230417.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001522540-23-000018
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001522540-23-000018.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001522540-23-000018.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Najuma Atkinson was appointed as Director at Marqeta, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 17, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Marqeta, Inc. approved an increase in the number of directors on the Board from nine (9) to ten (10) directors and appointed Najuma Atkinson to serve as a Class II member of the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1522540/000152254023000018/0001522540-23-000018-index.htm

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