---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-027024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRA"
cik: "0001495320"
company_name: "Vera Bradley, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T04:11:39.274639+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vera Bradley director Carrie Tharp will not seek re-election at 2026 meeting

## Summary
- Tharp joined the Board in 2020; served on Talent/Compensation and Audit Committees.
- Departure stems from expanded responsibilities as Go To Market COO & VP Customer Experience at Google Cloud.
- No disagreement with company operations, policies, or practices, per the filing.
- Company will shrink board size and not fill the vacancy; six remaining directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-027024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRA
- cik: 0001495320
- company_name: Vera Bradley, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-24T23:59:59+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/1495320/000162828026027024/0001628280-26-027024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000162828026027024/vra-20260424.htm

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