---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-23-007919"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VIASP"
cik: "0001606268"
company_name: "Via Renewables, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T02:57:38.585236+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Via Renewables appoints Stephen Kennedy to board; Nick Evans resigns

## Summary
- A. Stephen Kennedy appointed independent Class II director effective June 7, 2023; joins audit, compensation, and nominating committees.
- Nick W. Evans, Jr. resigned effective June 9, 2023; departure not due to any disagreement with Via.
- Kennedy brings decades of energy and energy banking experience, focusing on profit improvement and cost reduction.
- Kennedy entered Via's standard indemnification agreement as a non-employee director.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-23-007919
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VIASP
- cik: 0001606268
- company_name: Via Renewables, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606268/000165495423007919/0001654954-23-007919-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606268/000165495423007919/via_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-23-007919.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Nick W. Evans, Jr. resigned as member of the Board at Via Renewables, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: member of the Board
  source text: On June 7, 2023 Nick W. Evans, Jr., a member of the Board of the Company, notified the Company of his intention to resign from the Board effective as of June 9, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606268/000165495423007919/0001654954-23-007919-index.htm
- Executive change
  A. Stephen Kennedy was appointed as Class II independent director at Via Renewables, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class II independent director
  source text: appointed A. Stephen Kennedy effective immediately, to serve as a Class II independent director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606268/000165495423007919/0001654954-23-007919-index.htm

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