---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-046377"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHH"
cik: "0001046311"
company_name: "CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE"
filed_at: "2026-07-01T14:37:25+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-01T14:38:03.509324+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Choice Hotels appoints CVS Health's Ali Keshavarz to board of directors

## Summary
- Appointment effective June 26, 2026; term expires at 2027 Annual Meeting.
- Keshavarz is President and Chief Data & Analytics Officer of CVS Health, leading AI strategy.
- Board size increases to 12 directors with this appointment.
- He will receive standard non-employee director compensation as disclosed in proxy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-046377
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHH
- cik: 0001046311
- company_name: CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE
- filed_at: 2026-07-01T14:37:25+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046311/000162828026046377/0001628280-26-046377-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046311/000162828026046377/chh-20260626.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-046377
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-046377.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-046377.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ali Keshavarz was appointed as Director at CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Choice Hotels International, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Ali Keshavarz as a director of the Company, effective June 26, 2026, for a term expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046311/000162828026046377/0001628280-26-046377-index.htm

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