---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-031423"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PRKS"
cik: "0001564902"
company_name: "United Parks & Resorts Inc."
filed_at: "2023-07-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T13:16:14.890751+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SeaWorld Chief Transformation Officer Chelle Adams to retire effective August 4, 2023

## Summary
- Michelle Adams, Chief Transformation Officer, notified SeaWorld of her retirement effective Aug 4, 2023 to pursue personal opportunities.
- No successor named; Adams will assist with transition over the coming months.
- CEO Marc Swanson thanked Adams for her contributions and wished her well.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-031423
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PRKS
- cik: 0001564902
- company_name: United Parks & Resorts Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-07-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000095017023031423/0000950170-23-031423-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000095017023031423/seas-20230628.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-031423
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-031423.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-031423.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Chelle Adams departed as Chief Transformation Officer at United Parks & Resorts Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Transformation Officer
  source text: On June 28, 2023, Michelle (“Chelle”) Adams, Chief Transformation Officer of SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (the “Company” or “SeaWorld”), notified the Company of her intention to retire from her current position at SeaWorld in order to pursue personal opportunities effective August 4, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000095017023031423/0000950170-23-031423-index.htm

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