---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-054490"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EXPD"
cik: "0000746515"
company_name: "EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC"
filed_at: "2021-11-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T13:27:47.008731+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Expeditors International elects Olivia D. Polius to Board and Audit Committee

## Summary
- Olivia D. Polius elected to Board and Audit Committee, effective Nov 1, 2021.
- Since 2020, Polius is divisional CFO for three program divisions at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
- Previously CFO of PATH (2013-2019) and finance leadership roles at Attachmate and Arthur Andersen.
- Polius will receive standard non-employee director compensation as described in proxy statement.
- No family relationships or reportable transactions with company or executives.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-054490
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EXPD
- cik: 0000746515
- company_name: EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC
- filed_at: 2021-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746515/000156459021054490/0001564590-21-054490-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746515/000156459021054490/expd-8k_20211101.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-054490.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Olivia D. Polius was elected as Director at EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 1, 2021, the Board of Directors of Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Olivia D. Polius as a Director and member of the Board’s Audit Committee.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746515/000156459021054490/0001564590-21-054490-index.htm

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