---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001819395-25-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001819395"
company_name: "Sonder Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2025-01-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T11:19:25.122225+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sonder appoints Erin Wallace to board; Janice Sears named independent chair

## Summary
- Nabeel Hyatt resigned as Class I director effective Dec 31, 2024, not due to any disagreement.
- Erin Wallace appointed as Class II director effective Jan 1, 2025; she is an independent director.
- Wallace brings 30+ years hospitality experience, including COO at Great Wolf Resorts and senior roles at Disney.
- Janice Sears, previously Lead Independent Director, appointed as independent Board Chairperson.
- Board cites governance enhancement and ongoing refreshment as context for the changes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001819395-25-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001819395
- company_name: Sonder Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-01-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819395/000181939525000003/0001819395-25-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819395/000181939525000003/son-20241231.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Nabeel Hyatt resigned as Class I director at Sonder Holdings Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Class I director
  source text: On December 31, 2024, Nabeel Hyatt resigned from the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Sonder Holdings Inc. (the "Company") as a Class I director of the Board and from the Nominating, Corporate Governance, and Social Responsibility Committee, effective the same date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819395/000181939525000003/0001819395-25-000003-index.htm
- Executive change
  Erin Wallace was appointed as Class II director at Sonder Holdings Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class II director
  source text: Effective January 1, 2025, the Board appointed Erin Wallace to serve as a Class II director of the Board to fill an existing vacancy in such class.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819395/000181939525000003/0001819395-25-000003-index.htm

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