---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-035296"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROOT"
cik: "0001788882"
company_name: "Root, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-10-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T08:43:51.661475+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Root elects Donna Dorsey of Navistar to Board as Class I director; adopts director compensation policy

## Summary
- Donna Dorsey, EVP and Chief People Officer of Navistar, elected to Root's Board as Class I director, term through 2024 annual meeting.
- Ms. Dorsey will serve on the Board's Compensation Committee.
- Board adopted updated Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy effective August 16, 2023, with annual cash retainers up to $85,000 and equity awards up to $175,000.
- Policy sets committee chair retainers: Audit $20,000, Compensation $15,000, Nominating/Governance and Strategy $10,000 each.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-035296
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROOT
- cik: 0001788882
- company_name: Root, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-10-26T23:59:59+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/1788882/000162828023035296/0001628280-23-035296-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788882/000162828023035296/root-20231026.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-035296.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Donna Dorsey was elected as Class I Director at Root, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Class I Director
  source text: On October 26, 2023, the Board of Directors of Root, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Donna Dorsey, executive vice president and chief people officer of Navistar, Inc., a manufacturing company, to join the Board of Directors as a Class I director with a term expiring at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788882/000162828023035296/0001628280-23-035296-index.htm

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