---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000807882-25-000032"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JACK"
cik: "0000807882"
company_name: "JACK IN THE BOX INC"
filed_at: "2025-05-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T09:31:34.841593+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Jack in the Box appoints Dawn Hooper as permanent CFO, effective May 26, 2025

## Summary
- Dawn Hooper, a 25-year company veteran, was named CFO; she served as interim CFO since October 2024 and previously three times.
- Annual base salary set at $620,000; target annual incentive 75% of salary; LTI award value of $750,000.
- Hooper had been SVP, Controller since December 2022; earlier roles included assistant controller and VP of financial reporting.
- Before Jack in the Box, Hooper began her career at KPMG LLP; she holds a bachelor's in accounting from University of San Diego.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000807882-25-000032
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JACK
- cik: 0000807882
- company_name: JACK IN THE BOX INC
- filed_at: 2025-05-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/807882/000080788225000032/0000807882-25-000032-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/807882/000080788225000032/jack-20250523.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000807882-25-000032
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000807882-25-000032.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000807882-25-000032.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dawn Hooper was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at JACK IN THE BOX INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On May 23, 2025, the Board of Directors of Jack in the Box Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Ms. Dawn Hooper, to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective May 26, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/807882/000080788225000032/0000807882-25-000032-index.htm

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