---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-014178"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DASH"
cik: "0001792789"
company_name: "DoorDash, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T06:39:28.853106+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DoorDash director Stan Meresman to retire at 2023 annual meeting; Elinor Mertz named audit chair

## Summary
- Stan Meresman will not stand for re-election at the 2023 annual meeting; will serve until term ends.
- Meresman's retirement is not due to any disagreement with management on operations, policies, or practices.
- Elinor Mertz appointed as Chair of the audit committee, effective at the 2023 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-014178
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DASH
- cik: 0001792789
- company_name: DoorDash, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1792789/000162828023014178/0001628280-23-014178-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1792789/000162828023014178/dash-20230425.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-014178
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-014178.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-014178.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Elinor Mertz was appointed as Chair of the audit committee at DoorDash, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chair of the audit committee
  source text: the Board appointed Elinor Mertz, a current member of the audit committee, as Chair of the audit committee effective as of the 2023 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1792789/000162828023014178/0001628280-23-014178-index.htm
- Executive change
  Stan Meresman departed as member of the board of directors at DoorDash, Inc..
  - Action: retire and not stand for re-election
  - Role: member of the board of directors
  source text: On April 25, 2023, Stan Meresman informed DoorDash, Inc. (the “ Company ”) that he will retire and not stand for re-election as a member of the Company’s board of directors (the “ Board ”) at the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders (the “ 2023 Annual Meeting ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1792789/000162828023014178/0001628280-23-014178-index.htm

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