---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-22-010648"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NRDE"
cik: "0001759546"
company_name: "NU RIDE INC."
filed_at: "2022-07-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T16:51:07.235443+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lordstown Motors promotes Hightower to CEO, Ninivaggi to Executive Chairman

## Summary
- Edward T. Hightower elevated from President to CEO and elected to Board; Daniel Ninivaggi becomes Executive Chairman.
- Dr. Donna Bell, former Ford exec with 30 years experience, appointed EVP Product Creation, Engineering and Supply Chain.
- Andrew Reyntjes named SVP Sales, Service and Marketing; Jill Coniglio-Kirk appointed VP People & Culture.
- Jane Ritson-Parsons transitions from CCO to advisor; Hightower's amended contract sets base salary at $675,000.
- Company reiterates Endurance launch this quarter with commercial deliveries expected Q4 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-22-010648
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NRDE
- cik: 0001759546
- company_name: NU RIDE INC.
- filed_at: 2022-07-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759546/000155837022010648/0001558370-22-010648-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759546/000155837022010648/ride-20220711x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-010648
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-010648.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-010648.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dr. Donna Bell was appointed as Executive Vice President – Product Creation, Engineering and Supply Chain at NU RIDE INC..
  - Action: joined
  - Role: Executive Vice President – Product Creation, Engineering and Supply Chain
  source text: In addition, Dr. Donna Bell joined the Company as its Executive Vice President – Product Creation, Engineering and Supply Chain effective as of July 11, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759546/000155837022010648/0001558370-22-010648-index.htm
- Executive change
  Edward T. Hightower was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and President at NU RIDE INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: Effective July 12, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) appointed the Company’s current Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Daniel A. Ninivaggi, to serve as the Executive Chair of the Board, and Edward T. Hightower, the Company’s current President, to serve as Chief Executive Officer and President.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759546/000155837022010648/0001558370-22-010648-index.htm
- Executive change
  Edward T. Hightower was appointed as Class III director at NU RIDE INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III director
  source text: In addition, the Board increased the size of the Board from eight to nine members and appointed Mr. Hightower as a Class III director of the Board, with a term ending at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759546/000155837022010648/0001558370-22-010648-index.htm
- Executive change
  Daniel A. Ninivaggi was appointed as Executive Chair of the Board at NU RIDE INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Chair of the Board
  source text: Effective July 12, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) appointed the Company’s current Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Daniel A. Ninivaggi, to serve as the Executive Chair of the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759546/000155837022010648/0001558370-22-010648-index.htm

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