---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001576942-21-000113"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SFIX"
cik: "0001576942"
company_name: "Stitch Fix, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-07-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T01:00:23.424243+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stitch Fix appoints Elizabeth Spaulding to board effective Aug 1, 2021; she becomes CEO same day

## Summary
- Board increased size from 10 to 11; Spaulding fills vacancy as Class III director.
- Her director term expires at 2023 Annual Meeting; no committee assignments.
- Spaulding receives no board compensation while remaining an employee.
- No arrangements or family relationships with other directors or officers.
- Previous announcement already named Spaulding as CEO effective August 1, 2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001576942-21-000113
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SFIX
- cik: 0001576942
- company_name: Stitch Fix, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-07-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576942/000157694221000113/0001576942-21-000113-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576942/000157694221000113/sfix-20210728.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001576942-21-000113
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001576942-21-000113.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001576942-21-000113.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Elizabeth Spaulding was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Stitch Fix, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Ms. Spaulding has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Company, also effective August 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576942/000157694221000113/0001576942-21-000113-index.htm
- Executive change
  Elizabeth Spaulding was appointed as Director at Stitch Fix, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 28, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Stitch Fix, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the authorized number of directors on the Board from ten (10) to eleven (11) and appointed Elizabeth Spaulding to serve as a member of the Board, each effective August 1, 2021, to fill the vacancy.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576942/000157694221000113/0001576942-21-000113-index.htm

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