---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-016228"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SLM"
cik: "0001032033"
company_name: "SLM Corp"
filed_at: "2024-04-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T22:43:45.236338+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SLM Corp appoints CFO Peter Graham as principal accounting officer; Boyles to retire July 1

## Summary
- Jonathan R. Boyles announced retirement effective July 1, 2024.
- Board appointed Peter M. Graham (EVP and CFO) as principal accounting officer, effective April 11, 2024.
- Graham's biographical details incorporated by reference from prior Form 8-K filed August 28, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-016228
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SLM
- cik: 0001032033
- company_name: SLM Corp
- filed_at: 2024-04-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032033/000162828024016228/0001628280-24-016228-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032033/000162828024016228/slm-20240411.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-016228
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-016228.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-016228.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jonathan R. Boyles departed as other_named_officer at SLM Corp.
  - Action: retire
  source text: Jonathan R. Boyles informed the Company that he intends to retire on July 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032033/000162828024016228/0001628280-24-016228-index.htm
- Executive change
  Peter M. Graham was appointed as principal accounting officer at SLM Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: principal accounting officer
  source text: on April 11, 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Peter M. Graham, the Company’s current Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, as the Company’s principal accounting officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032033/000162828024016228/0001628280-24-016228-index.htm

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