---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001866581-21-000017"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BROS"
cik: "0001866581"
company_name: "Dutch Bros Inc."
filed_at: "2021-12-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T01:01:36.115451+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dutch Bros appoints Stephen Gillett to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Appointed to Board and Audit & Risk Committee effective December 11, 2021.
- Gillett is COO at Verily (Alphabet), former EVP at Symantec and Best Buy, and ex-CIO at Starbucks.
- Independent director under NYSE listing rules; compensated per non-employee director policy.
- Brings tech and digital transformation expertise as company expands beyond 500 shops.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001866581-21-000017
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BROS
- cik: 0001866581
- company_name: Dutch Bros Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-12-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1866581/000186658121000017/0001866581-21-000017-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1866581/000186658121000017/bros-20211211.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001866581-21-000017
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001866581-21-000017.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001866581-21-000017.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen Gillett was appointed as Director at Dutch Bros Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 11, 2021 (the “Effective Date”), the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Dutch Bros Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), appointed Mr. Stephen Gillett to fill a vacancy on the Board and to serve on the Board as a director until the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders, and until his successors have been duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1866581/000186658121000017/0001866581-21-000017-index.htm

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