---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001660134-26-000072"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OKTA"
cik: "0001660134"
company_name: "Okta, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-18T20:24:37+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-18T20:26:52.168910+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Okta appoints Helen Riley to board; Emilie Choi resigns effective Sept 14

## Summary
- Emilie Choi resigned from Okta's board Sept 14, 2026; not due to any disagreement with the company.
- Helen Riley appointed as independent Class I director effective Sept 18, 2026, serving until 2027 annual meeting.
- Riley joins Audit Committee; receives $35k annual board retainer, $13k audit committee pay, and 2,907 RSUs vesting over 3 years.
- Riley brings 20 years of financial/operational experience from AI-focused companies, per CEO Todd McKinnon.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001660134-26-000072
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OKTA
- cik: 0001660134
- company_name: Okta, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-18T20:24:37+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1660134/000166013426000072/0001660134-26-000072-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1660134/000166013426000072/okta-20260914.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001660134-26-000072.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Helen Riley was appointed as independent director at Okta, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: independent director
  source text: Additionally, on September 17, 2026, the Board, upon the recommendation of its Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee, appointed Helen Riley as an independent director of the Company, effective September 18, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1660134/000166013426000072/0001660134-26-000072-index.htm
- Executive change
  Emilie Choi resigned as Class I director at Okta, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Class I director
  source text: On September 14, 2026 , Emilie Choi, a Class I director of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Okta, Inc. (the “Company”), provided notice that she would resign from the Board, effective that day.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1660134/000166013426000072/0001660134-26-000072-index.htm

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