---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001733998-24-000102"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NWN"
cik: "0001733998"
company_name: "Northwest Natural Holding Co"
filed_at: "2024-08-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T08:05:57.238335+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mary E. Ludford appointed to NWN Board as Class III director, effective Aug 19, 2024

## Summary
- Mary E. Ludford elected to NW Holdings Board as Class III director, term expiring at 2025 Annual Meeting.
- Also appointed to Audit Committee and Finance Committee; Board size increased to 12.
- Ms. Ludford served as Deputy Chief Security Officer at Exelon until 2020; currently on Otter Tail Corp board.
- She is independent per NYSE standards; will receive standard non-employee director compensation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001733998-24-000102
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NWN
- cik: 0001733998
- company_name: Northwest Natural Holding Co
- filed_at: 2024-08-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1733998/000173399824000102/0001733998-24-000102-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1733998/000173399824000102/nwn-20240819.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001733998-24-000102
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001733998-24-000102.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001733998-24-000102.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mary E. Ludford was elected as Director at Northwest Natural Holding Co.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 19, 2024, the Board elected Ms. Mary E. Ludford to the Board of Directors of Northwest Natural Holding Company (NW Holdings or the Company), as a Class III director effective as of such date, for a term expiring at the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1733998/000173399824000102/0001733998-24-000102-index.htm

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