Flash FinanceUS
Market closed · weekend S&P 5007,376.86+0.31% Nasdaq24,579.42+1.09% Dow 3051,285.73-0.46% Russell 20002,754.11+0.89% Nasdaq-10026,989.99+1.35% MidCap 4003,602.50+0.56% SmallCap 6001,673.98+0.05% VIX25.64-9.01% 10Y Yield4.86+0.45% Close of Nov 06, 2026
AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · SLM (SLM)

SLM Corp names CFO Peter Graham and COO Kerri Palmer as Co-Presidents

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 leadership Written later

SLM Corporation, the parent of Sallie Mae, appointed its Chief Financial Officer Peter Graham and Chief Operational Officer Kerri Palmer as Co-Presidents, effective April 22, 2026, with both reporting to CEO Jon Witter. The company said the appointments follow the recent retirement of its Chief Commercial Officer and that the two will collectively oversee its commercial businesses.

Key points

  • Peter M. Graham is Co-President and Chief Financial Officer; he will also oversee strategic partnerships and emerging lines of business.
  • Kerri A. Palmer is Co-President and Head of Financial Services; she will lead the core private education loan business as well as credit and operations.
  • The Board made the appointments on April 22, 2026; the company announced them in a press release on April 27, 2026.
  • Biographical and compensation details are in the Definitive Proxy Statement filed April 27, 2026.

The filing

CompanySLM (SLM)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECApr 27, 2026, 4:46 PM ET
Accession number0001032033-26-000028

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:49 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on April 27, 2026.

Briefs are written by AI from the filing text (each brief's own page names the model) and can contain mistakes — open the filing before acting on anything. Impact (1-5) and tone are the model's reading of the filing for shareholders, not a price forecast. Not investment advice.