---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-21-015896"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WSM"
cik: "0000719955"
company_name: "WILLIAMS SONOMA INC"
filed_at: "2021-08-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T22:04:18.583097+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Williams-Sonoma appoints Paula Pretlow to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Paula Pretlow appointed effective August 5, 2021, joining Audit and Finance Committee.
- Pretlow is former Senior Vice President at The Capital Group; also serves on boards of Vroom, Ares Dynamic Credit, Bitwise Industries.
- She will receive standard non-employee director compensation on a pro-rated basis for the first year.
- Pretlow holds a BA and MBA from Northwestern University, and is a Stanford DCI fellow.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-21-015896
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WSM
- cik: 0000719955
- company_name: WILLIAMS SONOMA INC
- filed_at: 2021-08-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000162828021015896/0001628280-21-015896-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000162828021015896/wsm-20210805.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-21-015896
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-21-015896.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-21-015896.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Paula Pretlow was appointed as Director at WILLIAMS SONOMA INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Paula Pretlow to serve as a director of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000162828021015896/0001628280-21-015896-index.htm

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