---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001788882-22-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROOT"
cik: "0001788882"
company_name: "Root, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-07-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T21:23:57.849560+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Root appoints Julie Szudarek to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Julie Szudarek, CEO of Atida (European online pharmacy), elected as Class I director effective July 1, 2022.
- Term expires at the 2024 Annual Meeting; will serve on Audit, Risk and Finance Committee.
- Will participate in standard non-employee director compensation policy.
- No arrangements or material interests in reportable transactions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001788882-22-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROOT
- cik: 0001788882
- company_name: Root, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-07-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788882/000178888222000023/0001788882-22-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788882/000178888222000023/root-20220701.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001788882-22-000023
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001788882-22-000023.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001788882-22-000023.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Julie Szudarek was elected as Director at Root, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 1, 2022, the Board of Directors of Root, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Julie Szudarek, chief executive officer of Atida, one of the largest online pharmacies in Europe, to join the Board of Directors as a Class I director with a term expiring at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788882/000178888222000023/0001788882-22-000023-index.htm

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