---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001759509-23-000086"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LYFT"
cik: "0001759509"
company_name: "Lyft, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T23:12:36.784026+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lyft appoints Janey Whiteside to board effective July 31, 2023

## Summary
- Whiteside appointed as Class II director with term expiring at 2024 annual meeting.
- Also appointed to the Compensation Committee of the board.
- Whiteside is partner at Consello Group and former EVP & Chief Customer Officer at Walmart.
- Previously held senior roles at American Express for over 20 years, including EVP & GM.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001759509-23-000086
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LYFT
- cik: 0001759509
- company_name: Lyft, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-07-28T23:59:59+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/1759509/000175950923000086/0001759509-23-000086-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759509/000175950923000086/lyft-20230724.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001759509-23-000086.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Janey Whiteside was appointed as Class II director at Lyft, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class II director
  source text: On July 24, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Lyft, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Janey Whiteside to serve as a member of the Board, effective July 31, 2023 as a Class II director with a term of office expiring at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759509/000175950923000086/0001759509-23-000086-index.htm

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