---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001759655-26-000068"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PRVA"
cik: "0001759655"
company_name: "Privia Health Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-18T13:03:32+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-18T13:05:58.266311+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Privia Health appoints Opella Ernest, M.D. to board effective Sept 1, 2026

## Summary
- Dr. Ernest, President of HCSC Markets at Health Care Service Corp since 2023, elected Class III director.
- She also joins Compliance Committee; board determined her independent per Nasdaq standards.
- Compensation: annual cash retainer plus $200,000 annual RSU grant under 2021 Omnibus Plan, pro-rated initially.
- No arrangements with other persons or material transactions requiring Item 404(a) disclosure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001759655-26-000068
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PRVA
- cik: 0001759655
- company_name: Privia Health Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-18T13:03:32+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/1759655/000175965526000068/0001759655-26-000068-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759655/000175965526000068/prva-20260812.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001759655-26-000068.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Opella Ernest, M.D. was elected as Class III Director at Privia Health Group, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Class III Director
  source text: On August 12, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Privia Health Group, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Opella Ernest, M.D. to the Board as a Class III director, effective September 1, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759655/000175965526000068/0001759655-26-000068-index.htm

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