---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000100885-25-000162"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UNP"
cik: "0000100885"
company_name: "UNION PACIFIC CORP"
filed_at: "2025-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T01:09:39.587334+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Union Pacific President Beth Whited to step down effective July 1; new Principal Accounting Officer named

## Summary
- Beth Whited transitions from President to Strategic Advisor effective July 1, 2025; will advise through early 2026.
- Whited to receive $300K base salary, eligible for 2025 bonus; no new equity awards during transition period.
- Todd Rynaski moves from Principal Accounting Officer to SVP-Strategy effective immediately.
- Carrie Powers appointed Vice President, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer effective May 8, 2025.
- Powers has 25+ years at Union Pacific, previously AVP Financial Reporting; no permanent President named yet.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000100885-25-000162
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UNP
- cik: 0000100885
- company_name: UNION PACIFIC CORP
- filed_at: 2025-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100885/000010088525000162/0000100885-25-000162-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100885/000010088525000162/unp-20250508.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Carrie J. Powers was appointed as Vice President, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer at UNION PACIFIC CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On May 8, 2025, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the appointment of Carrie J. Powers as Vice President, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer and to serve as principal accounting officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100885/000010088525000162/0000100885-25-000162-index.htm
- Executive change
  Todd M. Rynaski changed role as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting, Risk, and Compliance Officer at UNION PACIFIC CORP.
  - Action: transition
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting, Risk, and Compliance Officer
  source text: On May 8, 2025, the Company also announced that Todd M. Rynaski will transition from Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting, Risk, and Compliance Officer to Senior Vice President-Strategy effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100885/000010088525000162/0000100885-25-000162-index.htm
- Executive change
  Elizabeth F. Whited changed role as President at UNION PACIFIC CORP.
  - Action: transition
  - Role: President
  source text: On May 9, 2025, Union Pacific Corporation (the “Company”) announced that its President, Elizabeth F. Whited, will transition from President to Strategic Advisor, effective July 1, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100885/000010088525000162/0000100885-25-000162-index.htm

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