---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001808220-21-000074"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GOCO"
cik: "0001808220"
company_name: "GoHealth, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-12-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T02:09:02.221964+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GoHealth appoints Vance Johnston as CFO effective Dec 7; Matthiesen becomes CTO

## Summary
- Vance Johnston named CFO, succeeding Travis Matthiesen who moves to Chief Transformation Officer.
- Johnston's base salary set at $450,000 with annual cash bonus target of 90% of base salary.
- Initial equity grant of $2,000,000 (half RSUs, half options) vesting over three years.
- Severance: 18 months base salary for termination without cause or good reason; 2 years base plus 2x pro-rata bonus if within 12 months of change of control.
- Johnston previously served as EVP and CFO of IAA, Inc., a publicly traded global technology and auto services company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001808220-21-000074
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GOCO
- cik: 0001808220
- company_name: GoHealth, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-12-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1808220/000180822021000074/0001808220-21-000074-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1808220/000180822021000074/goco-20211206.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Vance Johnston was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at GoHealth, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On December 6, 2021, GoHealth, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Vance Johnston to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective December 7, 2021
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1808220/000180822021000074/0001808220-21-000074-index.htm
- Executive change
  Travis Matthiesen changed role as Chief Transformation Officer at GoHealth, Inc..
  - Action: moved
  - Role: Chief Transformation Officer
  source text: As previously announced, Travis Matthiesen, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, will move into the role of Chief Transformation Officer upon the CFO Effective Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1808220/000180822021000074/0001808220-21-000074-index.htm

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