---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000077543-21-000094"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TPC"
cik: "0000077543"
company_name: "TUTOR PERINI CORP"
filed_at: "2021-12-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T00:19:33.048605+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tutor Perini director James Frost resigns; Jigisha Desai elected to board

## Summary
- James A. Frost resigned from the Board effective Dec 16, 2021; remains President and COO.
- Resignation not due to any disagreement with the Company.
- Jigisha Desai elected independent director, effective Dec 16, 2021, to fill vacancy.
- Desai appointed to Audit Committee; formerly EVP & Chief Strategy Officer at Granite Construction.
- Desai's term expires at 2022 Annual Meeting; compensation same as other non-employee directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000077543-21-000094
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TPC
- cik: 0000077543
- company_name: TUTOR PERINI CORP
- filed_at: 2021-12-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/77543/000007754321000094/0000077543-21-000094-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/77543/000007754321000094/tpc-20211216.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000077543-21-000094
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000077543-21-000094.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000077543-21-000094.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James A. Frost resigned as Director at TUTOR PERINI CORP.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 16, 2021, James A. Frost, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Tutor Perini Corporation (the “Company”), notified the Company that he was resigning from the Board effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/77543/000007754321000094/0000077543-21-000094-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jigisha Desai was elected as Director at TUTOR PERINI CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 16, 2021, at the recommendation of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, the Board elected Jigisha Desai as an independent director of the Company, effective immediately, to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Frost’s resignation, with a term expiring at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/77543/000007754321000094/0000077543-21-000094-index.htm

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