---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-24-010109"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BSRR"
cik: "0001130144"
company_name: "SIERRA BANCORP"
filed_at: "2024-07-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T16:10:57.802650+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sierra Bancorp EVP & Chief Admin Officer Jennifer Johnson to retire effective Aug 22

## Summary
- Jennifer A. Johnson, Executive Vice President & Chief Administration Officer, announced retirement.
- Retirement effective August 22, 2024; employment agreement mutually terminated.
- Severance includes one year of base compensation and 12 months health insurance premium reimbursement.
- Severance conditioned on signing a release and waiver agreement in favor of the company and Bank of the Sierra.
- No successor or replacement officer disclosed in the filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-24-010109
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BSRR
- cik: 0001130144
- company_name: SIERRA BANCORP
- filed_at: 2024-07-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130144/000155837024010109/0001558370-24-010109-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130144/000155837024010109/bsrr-20240723x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-010109
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-010109.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-010109.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jennifer A. Johnson departed as Executive Vice President & Chief Administration Officer at SIERRA BANCORP.
  - Action: announced her retirement
  - Role: Executive Vice President & Chief Administration Officer
  source text: On July 23, 2024, Jennifer A. Johnson, Executive Vice President & Chief Administration Officer, announced her retirement from the Registrant and its wholly owned subsidiary, Bank of the Sierra (“Bank”) to be effective on August 22, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130144/000155837024010109/0001558370-24-010109-index.htm

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