---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-064020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PRKS"
cik: "0001564902"
company_name: "United Parks & Resorts Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T09:10:42.917459+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# United Parks & Resorts: CAO resigns, Co-Chief Parks Ops officer takes medical leave

## Summary
- Chief Accounting Officer Shekufeh Shirazi Boyle resigns effective May 17, 2024 to pursue another opportunity; will consult during transition.
- Co-Chief Parks Operations Officer Kyle Miller will take personal medical leave starting June 1, 2024.
- Interim CFO Jim Forrester appointed principal accounting officer effective May 30, 2024.
- No family relationships or reportable transactions between Forrester and any director or executive officer.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-064020
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PRKS
- cik: 0001564902
- company_name: United Parks & Resorts Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000095017024064020/0000950170-24-064020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000095017024064020/prks-20240517.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-064020.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jim Forrester was appointed as Principal Accounting Officer at United Parks & Resorts Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: Jim Forrester, the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will serve as the Company’s principal accounting officer effective May 30, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000095017024064020/0000950170-24-064020-index.htm
- Executive change
  Shekufeh Shirazi Boyle resigned as Chief Accounting Officer at United Parks & Resorts Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On May 17, 2024, Shekufeh Shirazi Boyle, Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, notified the Company of her decision to resign from her position with the Company in order to pursue another opportunity.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000095017024064020/0000950170-24-064020-index.htm

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