---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000768899-21-000141"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TBI"
cik: "0000768899"
company_name: "TrueBlue, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-09-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T02:09:55.624840+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TrueBlue names Taryn Owen EVP, President of PeopleReady & PeopleScout; CEO compensation raised

## Summary
- Taryn Owen appointed EVP and President of PeopleReady and PeopleScout, effective Oct 4, 2021; base salary $660,000, bonus up to 100%, equity up to 175% of salary (RSUs + PSUs).
- Outgoing PeopleScout President Brannon Lacey steps down to become CEO of a private equity-backed technology company.
- CEO Patrick Beharelle compensation increased: base salary $1,000,000, bonus up to 150%, equity up to 350% of salary (RSUs + PSUs), effective Dec 27, 2021.
- Owen gets 12 months base severance plus prorated bonus and accelerated equity vesting for one year upon qualifying termination.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000768899-21-000141
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TBI
- cik: 0000768899
- company_name: TrueBlue, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-09-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/768899/000076889921000141/0000768899-21-000141-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/768899/000076889921000141/tbi-20210915.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Taryn Owen was appointed as Executive Vice President of the Company and President for PeopleReady and PeopleScout at TrueBlue, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President of the Company and President for PeopleReady and PeopleScout
  source text: On September 21, 2021, TrueBlue, Inc. (the “Company”) announced Taryn Owen will be named Executive Vice President of the Company and President for PeopleReady and PeopleScout, effective October 4, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/768899/000076889921000141/0000768899-21-000141-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brannon Lacey resigned as President of PeopleScout at TrueBlue, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President of PeopleScout
  source text: Mr. Lacey has stepped down to become the CEO of a private equity-backed technology company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/768899/000076889921000141/0000768899-21-000141-index.htm

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