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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001562762-25-000210"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CALM"
cik: "0000016160"
company_name: "CAL-MAINE FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2025-08-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T15:29:36.845130+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cal-Maine Foods appoints Melanie Boulden to board and Keira Lombardo as first Chief Strategy Officer

## Summary
- Melanie Boulden appointed as independent Class I director; board expands to 8. She receives $45k annual fee and 938 RSAs vesting Jan 2028.
- Keira Lombardo named first Chief Strategy Officer, effective immediately. She was CEO of Dairy MAX and previously senior exec at Smithfield Foods.
- Boulden brings 25+ years experience from Tyson Foods and Coca-Cola. She joins Compensation, Audit, and Nominating committees on Sept 1.
- Lombardo will oversee enterprise strategy, stakeholder engagement, corporate affairs, PR, and digital integration.
- Boulden will serve until 2025 annual meeting, then stand for three-year term as Class I director.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001562762-25-000210
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CALM
- cik: 0000016160
- company_name: CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2025-08-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16160/000156276225000210/0001562762-25-000210-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16160/000156276225000210/20250811-8K.htm

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