Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On March 3, 2023, Laurie A. Sneve, Chief Accounting Officer of Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. (the "Company") notified the Company that she will be retiring and intends to resign, effective May 10, 2023.

In conjunction with Ms. Sneve's retirement, effective May 11, 2023, the Company has appointed Lauren N. Silveira as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company.

Lauren N. Silveira, 41, has served as the Company's Corporate Controller and Director of Financial Reporting since joining the Company in April 2013. In this role, Ms. Silveira has been responsible for overseeing both internal and external SEC financial reporting as well as all corporate accounting functions. In addition, she has worked with multiple departments to perform research and provide guidance on the accounting and reporting implications of potential investment opportunities as well as debt and equity transactions. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Silveira served as SEC Reporting Manager at Nuvasive, Inc., a publicly traded medical device company. Prior to that, she worked at KPMG from 2004 to 2011 where she served clients throughout San Diego. Ms. Silveira received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of San Diego. She is a California-licensed Certified Public Accountant and an active member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(d)  Exhibits.
Exhibit No.           Description
101                   Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded
                      within the Inline XBRL document
104                   The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline
                      XBRL (and contained in Exhibit 101)


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