---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001606366-21-000074"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LOCO"
cik: "0001606366"
company_name: "El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-12-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T01:42:34.162648+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# El Pollo Loco appoints two independent directors, increasing board size to 11

## Summary
- Deborah Gonzalez elected Class I independent director, effective December 9, 2021.
- Nancy Faginas-Cody elected Class II independent director, effective December 9, 2021.
- Board expanded from 9 to 11 directors; both fill newly created vacancies.
- Gonzalez is SVP Global Marketing & Communications at Concentrix; Faginas-Cody is retired SVP IT at Walt Disney.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001606366-21-000074
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LOCO
- cik: 0001606366
- company_name: El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-12-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636621000074/0001606366-21-000074-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636621000074/loco-20211208x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606366-21-000074
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606366-21-000074.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606366-21-000074.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Nancy Faginas-Cody was elected as Independent Director at El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Independent Director
  source text: Nancy Faginas-Cody as a Class II independent director of the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636621000074/0001606366-21-000074-index.htm
- Executive change
  Deborah Gonzalez was elected as Independent Director at El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Independent Director
  source text: elected Deborah Gonzalez as a Class I independent director of the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636621000074/0001606366-21-000074-index.htm

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