---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-24-015853"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CVSA"
cik: "0000730464"
company_name: "Covista Inc."
filed_at: "2024-11-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T22:49:07.563616+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Adtalem CEO Steve Beard elected Chairman; Q1 enrollment up 11.2% to 90,000+

## Summary
- Steve Beard, President and CEO, unanimously elected Chairman of the Board effective Nov. 13, 2024.
- Michael Malafronte transitions from Chairman to Lead Independent Director, Chair of Compensation Committee.
- Q1 FY2025 total enrollment surpassed 90,000, up 11.2% YoY; ~90% enrolled in healthcare programs.
- Annual meeting results: all 10 directors elected, PwC ratified as auditor, say-on-pay approved.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-24-015853
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CVSA
- cik: 0000730464
- company_name: Covista Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-11-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730464/000155837024015853/0001558370-24-015853-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730464/000155837024015853/atge-20241113x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-015853.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen W. Beard changed role as Chairman of the Board at Covista Inc..
  - Action: elected as Chairman
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: On November 13, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Adtalem Global Education Inc. (“Adtalem” or “the Company”) unanimously elected Stephen W. Beard, Adtalem’s President and Chief Executive Officer, as Chairman of the Board effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730464/000155837024015853/0001558370-24-015853-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael W. Malafronte changed role as Lead Independent Director at Covista Inc..
  - Action: transitioned from Chairman to Lead Independent Director
  - Role: Lead Independent Director
  source text: Mr. Malafronte will continue to serve on the Board as Lead Independent Director, Chair of the Compensation Committee, and a member of the Academic Quality Committee.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730464/000155837024015853/0001558370-24-015853-index.htm

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