---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001766400-23-000066"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PNTG"
cik: "0001766400"
company_name: "Pennant Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T18:24:05.807993+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pennant Group appoints Lynette Walbom as CFO; Freeman transitions to SVP role

## Summary
- Walbom appointed CFO effective May 22, 2023; previously VP of Financial Reporting at Raising Cane's.
- Raising Cane's more than doubled its restaurant count and geographic footprint under Walbom's tenure.
- Walbom began her 23-year career at Deloitte as a public company auditor.
- Jennifer Freeman stepped down as Interim CFO and became SVP of Strategic Partnerships effective May 22.
- CEO cites Walbom's character, competence, and culture fit; Freeman's payor experience for new role.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001766400-23-000066
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PNTG
- cik: 0001766400
- company_name: Pennant Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1766400/000176640023000066/0001766400-23-000066-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1766400/000176640023000066/pntg-20230522.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001766400-23-000066
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001766400-23-000066.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lynette B. Walbom was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Pennant Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Effective May 22, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Pennant Group, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Ms. Lynette B. Walbom, age 46, as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1766400/000176640023000066/0001766400-23-000066-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jennifer L. Freeman departed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at Pennant Group, Inc..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Also effective May 22, 2023, Ms. Jennifer L. Freeman stepped down from her role as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1766400/000176640023000066/0001766400-23-000066-index.htm

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