---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-22-004928"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GIII"
cik: "0000821002"
company_name: "G III APPAREL GROUP LTD /DE/"
filed_at: "2022-03-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T12:50:03.119436+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# G-III Apparel elects Lisa Wardell and Patti Ongman to board; two directors not standing for reelection

## Summary
- Lisa Wardell (Executive Chairman of Adtalem) and Patti Ongman (former Macy's Chief Merchandising Officer) elected to Board.
- Each director receives $75,000 cash retainer plus $130,000 in restricted stock units vesting over three years.
- Willem van Bokhorst and Jeanette Nostra-Katz will not stand for reelection at June 2022 Annual Meeting; Nostra-Katz to remain as Senior Advisor.
- After changes, Board expands to 12 members, 75% independent (up from 67%), including 4 women and 3 diverse backgrounds.
- Wardell brings technology focus; Ongman adds omni-channel retail expertise to support management's brand strategy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-22-004928
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GIII
- cik: 0000821002
- company_name: G III APPAREL GROUP LTD /DE/
- filed_at: 2022-03-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/821002/000155837022004928/0001558370-22-004928-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/821002/000155837022004928/giii-20220331x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Willem van Bokhorst departed as director at G III APPAREL GROUP LTD /DE/.
  - Action: will not stand for reelection
  - Role: director
  source text: Willem van Bokhorst and Jeanette Nostra-Katz, directors of the Company, have notified the Company that they will not stand for reelection at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in June, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/821002/000155837022004928/0001558370-22-004928-index.htm
- Executive change
  Patti H. Ongman was elected as director at G III APPAREL GROUP LTD /DE/.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: On March 31, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. (the “Company”) elected Lisa Warner Wardell and Patti H. Ongman as directors to the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/821002/000155837022004928/0001558370-22-004928-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lisa Warner Wardell was elected as director at G III APPAREL GROUP LTD /DE/.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: On March 31, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. (the “Company”) elected Lisa Warner Wardell and Patti H. Ongman as directors to the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/821002/000155837022004928/0001558370-22-004928-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeanette Nostra-Katz departed as director at G III APPAREL GROUP LTD /DE/.
  - Action: will not stand for reelection
  - Role: director
  source text: Willem van Bokhorst and Jeanette Nostra-Katz, directors of the Company, have notified the Company that they will not stand for reelection at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in June, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/821002/000155837022004928/0001558370-22-004928-index.htm

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