---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-019989"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SLM"
cik: "0001032033"
company_name: "SLM Corp"
filed_at: "2025-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T05:37:31.549493+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SLM Corp appoints two new directors; director Strong to retire in June

## Summary
- Dr. Daniel Greenstein and Gary Millerchip appointed as directors effective April 23, 2025.
- Board size increased from 12 to 14, then to 13 after Strong's retirement.
- Greenstein brings higher-ed strategy experience; currently Managing Director at Baker Tilly.
- Millerchip is EVP and CFO of Costco; previously SVP and CFO of Kroger.
- Robert Strong will retire as director on June 17, 2025, at the annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-019989
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SLM
- cik: 0001032033
- company_name: SLM Corp
- filed_at: 2025-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032033/000162828025019989/0001628280-25-019989-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032033/000162828025019989/slm-20250421.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-019989.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert S. Strong departed as Director at SLM Corp.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 21, 2025, Robert S. Strong, a director of the Company and the Bank, notified the Company he will retire from the Company’s Board on June 17, 2025, the date of the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032033/000162828025019989/0001628280-25-019989-index.htm
- Executive change
  Daniel Greenstein was appointed as Director at SLM Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 23, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of SLM Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Dr. Daniel Greenstein and Mr. Gary Millerchip as directors of the Company, effective April 23, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032033/000162828025019989/0001628280-25-019989-index.htm
- Executive change
  Gary Millerchip was appointed as Director at SLM Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 23, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of SLM Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Dr. Daniel Greenstein and Mr. Gary Millerchip as directors of the Company, effective April 23, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032033/000162828025019989/0001628280-25-019989-index.htm

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