---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000805676-24-000085"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PRK"
cik: "0000805676"
company_name: "PARK NATIONAL CORP /OH/"
filed_at: "2024-05-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T11:45:49.895124+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Park National expands board to 15; appoints Morrison and Gratz as directors

## Summary
- Board increased from 13 to 15 directors, effective July 1, 2024.
- Karen Morrison appointed; SVP External Affairs at OhioHealth, president of OhioHealth Foundation.
- Kelly Gratz appointed; CEO of G2O, LLC, with 35+ years in tech/healthcare/pharma.
- Both will serve on Risk Committee; Morrison term expires 2026, Gratz term expires 2027.
- Both qualify as independent under NYSE rules; no related-party transactions disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000805676-24-000085
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PRK
- cik: 0000805676
- company_name: PARK NATIONAL CORP /OH/
- filed_at: 2024-05-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/805676/000080567624000085/0000805676-24-000085-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/805676/000080567624000085/prk-20240516.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000805676-24-000085
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000805676-24-000085.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Karen A. Morrison was appointed as Director at PARK NATIONAL CORP /OH/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 16, 2024, upon the unanimous recommendation of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Park National Corporation (“Park”) increased the size of the Board effective July 1, 2024 from thirteen directors to fifteen directors, which will create two vacancies on the Board, and appointed Karen A. Morrison and Kelly K. Gratz to the Board to fill the vacancies effective July 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/805676/000080567624000085/0000805676-24-000085-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kelly K. Gratz was appointed as Director at PARK NATIONAL CORP /OH/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 16, 2024, upon the unanimous recommendation of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Park National Corporation (“Park”) increased the size of the Board effective July 1, 2024 from thirteen directors to fifteen directors, which will create two vacancies on the Board, and appointed Karen A. Morrison and Kelly K. Gratz to the Board to fill the vacancies effective July 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/805676/000080567624000085/0000805676-24-000085-index.htm

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