---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001589526-23-000107"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BLBD"
cik: "0001589526"
company_name: "Blue Bird Corp"
filed_at: "2023-10-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T16:42:57.482589+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Blue Bird appoints Julie Fream to board, replacing Adam Gray of Coliseum Capital

## Summary
- Adam Gray resigned as Class II director after Coliseum Capital sold its Blue Bird holdings via secondary offering.
- Julie Fream elected as Class II director and appointed to the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.
- Fream is President/CEO of MEMA Original Equipment Suppliers, a 500+ member trade association.
- She also serves on the board of Corewell Health, a $14B healthcare system, and chaired Michigan Tech's board.
- Gray's resignation was not due to any disagreement with Blue Bird's operations or policies.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001589526-23-000107
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BLBD
- cik: 0001589526
- company_name: Blue Bird Corp
- filed_at: 2023-10-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589526/000158952623000107/0001589526-23-000107-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589526/000158952623000107/blbd-20231019.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001589526-23-000107
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001589526-23-000107.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001589526-23-000107.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Julie A. Fream was elected as Class II director at Blue Bird Corp.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Class II director
  source text: On October 19, 2023, the Board elected Ms. Julie A. Fream as a Class II director of the Company, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. Gray.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589526/000158952623000107/0001589526-23-000107-index.htm
- Executive change
  Adam Gray resigned as Class II director at Blue Bird Corp.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Class II director
  source text: On October 19, 2023, Mr. Adam Gray, a Class II director of Blue Bird Corporation (the “Company”), tendered his resignation from our Board of Directors, effective October 19, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589526/000158952623000107/0001589526-23-000107-index.htm

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