---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-018327"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTRE"
cik: "0001590717"
company_name: "CareTrust REIT, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-07-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T21:42:19.511592+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CareTrust REIT board changes: Stapley resigns, Sedgwick appointed, Laing named Chair

## Summary
- Greg Stapley resigned as Executive Chairman and from the Board, effective June 28, 2022, to begin missionary service.
- CEO David Sedgwick appointed to the Board effective June 28, 2022; will not receive separate director compensation.
- Diana Laing, formerly Lead Independent Director, appointed independent Chair of the Board effective same date.
- Board size remains five members; Sedgwick is Stapley's brother-in-law, no other related-party transactions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-018327
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTRE
- cik: 0001590717
- company_name: CareTrust REIT, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-07-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590717/000162828022018327/0001628280-22-018327-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590717/000162828022018327/ctre-20220627.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Greg Stapley resigned as Executive Chairman at CareTrust REIT, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: On June 27, 2022, Greg Stapley, former Chief Executive Officer and current Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of CareTrust REIT, Inc. (the “Company”), resigned as a member of the Board, effective June 28, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590717/000162828022018327/0001628280-22-018327-index.htm
- Executive change
  David Sedgwick was appointed as Director at CareTrust REIT, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 28, 2022, the Board appointed David Sedgwick, the Company’s current President and Chief Executive Officer, to the Board, effective immediately following Mr. Stapley’s resignation from the Board on June 28, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590717/000162828022018327/0001628280-22-018327-index.htm
- Executive change
  Diana Laing was appointed as independent Chair of the Board at CareTrust REIT, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: independent Chair of the Board
  source text: Also on June 28, 2022 and in connection with the appointment of Mr. Sedgwick to the Board, Diana Laing, current Lead Independent Director of the Board, was appointed to serve as independent Chair of the Board, effective immediately following Mr. Stapley’s resignation from the Board on June 28, 2022, and ceased serving as Lead Independent Director on that date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590717/000162828022018327/0001628280-22-018327-index.htm

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