---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000812011-23-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MTN"
cik: "0000812011"
company_name: "VAIL RESORTS INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T16:38:33.086623+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vail Resorts appoints Bill Rock as Mountain Division President; James O'Donnell departs

## Summary
- James O'Donnell leaves as President, Mountain Division effective March 3, 2023; treated as involuntary separation under severance policy.
- Bill Rock, current EVP and COO, appointed President, Mountain Division effective May 1, 2023.
- Rock's compensation: $500k base salary, 75% target bonus, $1M annual equity (RSUs and SARs), $50k perquisite fund.
- Rock has 27 years in ski industry, led Park City Mountain integration and Rockies region.
- Until May 1, division COOs report directly to CEO Kirsten Lynch.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000812011-23-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MTN
- cik: 0000812011
- company_name: VAIL RESORTS INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/812011/000081201123000008/0000812011-23-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/812011/000081201123000008/mtn-20230302.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000812011-23-000008
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000812011-23-000008.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000812011-23-000008.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James C. O’Donnell departed as President, Mountain Division at VAIL RESORTS INC.
  - Action: departed
  - Role: President, Mountain Division
  source text: the current President of the Company’s Mountain Division, James C. O’Donnell, will no longer be with the Company effective March 3, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/812011/000081201123000008/0000812011-23-000008-index.htm
- Executive change
  Bill Rock was appointed as President – Mountain Division at VAIL RESORTS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President – Mountain Division
  source text: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Bill Rock, is appointed President – Mountain Division, effective as of May 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/812011/000081201123000008/0000812011-23-000008-index.htm

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