---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000930420-23-000183"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KFRC"
cik: "0000930420"
company_name: "KFORCE INC"
filed_at: "2023-09-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T21:58:26.366225+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kforce appoints new COO and CFO; COO Mitchell to depart Sept 22

## Summary
- David M. Kelly, previously CFO, appointed COO and Corporate Secretary effective Sept 7, 2023.
- Jeffrey B. Hackman, previously SVP Finance, appointed CFO and remains Principal Accounting Officer.
- Kye L. Mitchell to depart as COO effective Sept 22, 2023; receives severance per employment agreement.
- No immediate compensation changes or equity grants for Kelly or Hackman in connection with appointments.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000930420-23-000183
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KFRC
- cik: 0000930420
- company_name: KFORCE INC
- filed_at: 2023-09-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/930420/000093042023000183/0000930420-23-000183-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/930420/000093042023000183/kfrc-20230907.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000930420-23-000183
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000930420-23-000183.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000930420-23-000183.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David M. Kelly was appointed as Chief Operating Officer and Corporate Secretary at KFORCE INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer and Corporate Secretary
  source text: Kforce Inc. (“Kforce”) appointed (1) David M. Kelly, Kforce’s current Chief Financial Officer, as its Chief Operating Officer and Corporate Secretary
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/930420/000093042023000183/0000930420-23-000183-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeffrey B. Hackman was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer at KFORCE INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer
  source text: and (2) Jeffrey B. Hackman, Kforce’s current Senior Vice President of Finance and Accounting, as its Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/930420/000093042023000183/0000930420-23-000183-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kye L. Mitchell departed as Chief Operations Officer at KFORCE INC.
  - Action: departing
  - Role: Chief Operations Officer
  source text: Kye L. Mitchell, Kforce’s Chief Operations Officer will no longer be with the Firm effective as of September 22, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/930420/000093042023000183/0000930420-23-000183-index.htm

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