---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001819810-22-000074"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RDW"
cik: "0001819810"
company_name: "Redwire Corp"
filed_at: "2022-06-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T05:34:11.908930+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Redwire names Jonathan Baliff CFO, David Kornblatt to board as independent director

## Summary
- William Read steps down as CFO effective June 1, 2022; receives 12-month base salary severance and continued equity vesting.
- Jonathan Baliff (former board member and Audit Chair) appointed CFO with $380K base salary (rising to $400K after one year) and target bonus of 75%.
- Baliff receives initial grant of 57,000 RSUs and 114,000 options vesting over three years.
- David Kornblatt joins board as independent director and Audit Committee Chair; receives initial RSU grant of ~$125,000.
- Baliff also serves on board of Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI); Kornblatt is former CFO of Triumph Group (TGI).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001819810-22-000074
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RDW
- cik: 0001819810
- company_name: Redwire Corp
- filed_at: 2022-06-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819810/000181981022000074/0001819810-22-000074-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819810/000181981022000074/rdw-20220601.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jonathan E. Baliff was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Redwire Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: The Company also announced that Jonathan E. Baliff, currently a member of the Company’s board of directors (“Board”), will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer of the Company as of the Effective Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819810/000181981022000074/0001819810-22-000074-index.htm
- Executive change
  William Read departed as Chief Financial Officer at Redwire Corp.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On June 1, 2022, Redwire Corporation (the “Company”) announced that William Read, Chief Financial Officer, plans to step down from the position of Chief Financial Officer effective as of June 1, 2022 (the “Effective Date”) and his employment with the Company ended as of the Effective Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819810/000181981022000074/0001819810-22-000074-index.htm

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