---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001726978-25-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GSHD"
cik: "0001726978"
company_name: "Goosehead Insurance, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-04-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T12:02:03.264006+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Goosehead Insurance appoints Bill Wade to Board; AI and digital transformation expertise cited

## Summary
- Bill Wade appointed to the Board effective April 16, 2025; determined independent under Nasdaq rules.
- Wade brings over 25 years at Bain & Company as senior partner; expertise in AI and digital transformation.
- CEO Mark Miller calls appointment 'pivotal' for tech-driven growth and client experience.
- Executive Chairman Mark Jones says Wade will help extend tech lead in personal lines insurance.
- Wade holds MBA from Harvard Business School (Baker Scholar) and degrees from Brigham Young University.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001726978-25-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GSHD
- cik: 0001726978
- company_name: Goosehead Insurance, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-04-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1726978/000172697825000050/0001726978-25-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1726978/000172697825000050/gshd-20250416.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001726978-25-000050
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001726978-25-000050.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001726978-25-000050.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Bill Wade was appointed as Director at Goosehead Insurance, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 16, 2025, Bill Wade was appointed to Goosehead Insurance, Inc.’s (the “Company”) Board of Directors (the “Board”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1726978/000172697825000050/0001726978-25-000050-index.htm

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