---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-24-002742"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WLDN"
cik: "0001370450"
company_name: "Willdan Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-03-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T01:18:36.631224+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Willdan board member Keith Renken retires effective March 5, 2024; board reduced to seven

## Summary
- Keith Renken resigned from the board, effective immediately; served since 2006 IPO.
- Board size reduced from eight to seven directors upon his departure.
- Wanda K. Reder appointed to Audit Committee; she continues on Compensation and Nominating Committees.
- Resignation not due to any disagreement with Willdan's operations, policies, or practices.
- Renken previously Senior Partner at Deloitte and Touche and Adjunct Professor at USC.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-24-002742
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WLDN
- cik: 0001370450
- company_name: Willdan Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-03-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1370450/000155837024002742/0001558370-24-002742-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1370450/000155837024002742/wldn-20240305x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-002742
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-002742.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-002742.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Keith W. Renken resigned as Member of the Board of Directors at Willdan Group, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Member of the Board of Directors
  source text: On March 5, 2024, Keith W. Renken notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Willdan Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Willdan”) of his intention to retire and resign as a member of the Board effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1370450/000155837024002742/0001558370-24-002742-index.htm

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