---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-028050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKH"
cik: "0001130464"
company_name: "BLACK HILLS CORP /SD/"
filed_at: "2023-06-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T23:42:15.107326+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Black Hills names Jones SVP Utilities, Jacobs SVP Growth, Stevens VP Treasurer

## Summary
- Marne Jones promoted to SVP Utilities effective June 15; base salary $420K, STI target 55%, LTI target $350K.
- Todd Jacobs appointed SVP Growth & Strategy, overseeing growth, strategy, regulatory, sustainability, and government affairs.
- Tom Stevens appointed VP and Treasurer, reporting to CFO; brings 15 years of utility industry experience.
- All three appointments are effective June 15, 2023; Jacobs and Jones report directly to CEO Linn Evans.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-028050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKH
- cik: 0001130464
- company_name: BLACK HILLS CORP /SD/
- filed_at: 2023-06-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130464/000095017023028050/0000950170-23-028050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130464/000095017023028050/bkh-20230614.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-028050
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-028050.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-028050.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Marne M. Jones was appointed as Senior Vice President - Utilities at BLACK HILLS CORP /SD/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President - Utilities
  source text: On June 14, 2023, the Company announced that the Board of Directors appointed Marne M. Jones as the Senior Vice President - Utilities effective June 15, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130464/000095017023028050/0000950170-23-028050-index.htm

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