---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-21-016151"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CVGW"
cik: "0001133470"
company_name: "CALAVO GROWERS INC"
filed_at: "2021-11-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T07:17:01.081486+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Calavo appoints Adriana Mendizabal to board; director Scott Van Der Kar to retire

## Summary
- Adriana Mendizabal appointed independent director, effective Dec 1, 2021.
- Mendizabal is Group President for Stanley Black & Decker Latin America.
- Scott Van Der Kar to retire Jan 3, 2022, after 27 years on board.
- Board will have 11 directors, seven independent, after changes.
- No committee assignments for Mendizabal at this time.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-21-016151
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CVGW
- cik: 0001133470
- company_name: CALAVO GROWERS INC
- filed_at: 2021-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837021016151/0001558370-21-016151-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837021016151/cvgw-20211111x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-21-016151
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-21-016151.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-21-016151.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Scott Van Der Kar resigned as Director at CALAVO GROWERS INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 11, 2021, director Scott Van Der Kar gave notice of his retirement from the Board of Directors effective January 3, 2022 and that he will not stand for re-election at Calavo’s 2022 annual meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837021016151/0001558370-21-016151-index.htm
- Executive change
  Adriana Mendizabal was appointed as Director at CALAVO GROWERS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 11, 2021, Calavo Growers, Inc. (“Calavo”) appointed Adriana Mendizabal to its Board of Directors, effective December 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133470/000155837021016151/0001558370-21-016151-index.htm

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