---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-23-000267"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "USNA"
cik: "0000896264"
company_name: "USANA HEALTH SCIENCES INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T17:10:32.205141+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# USANA announces CEO transition: Jim Brown to succeed Kevin Guest as CEO effective July 1, 2023

## Summary
- Kevin Guest will transition to Executive Chairman; Jim Brown named CEO effective July 1, 2023.
- Jim Brown has served as President since 2019, previously COO and Chief Production Officer.
- Kevin Guest has been CEO since 2015 and Chairman since 2020; will remain involved as Executive Chairman.
- Current compensation for both executives unchanged until July 1; new packages to be set by Compensation Committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-23-000267
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: USNA
- cik: 0000896264
- company_name: USANA HEALTH SCIENCES INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-13T23:59:59+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/896264/000115752323000267/0001157523-23-000267-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/896264/000115752323000267/a53317502.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-000267
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-000267.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-000267.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jim Brown was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at USANA HEALTH SCIENCES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On February 13, 2023, USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (the “Company” or “USANA”) announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) has appointed Jim Brown as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer effective July 1, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/896264/000115752323000267/0001157523-23-000267-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kevin Guest changed role as Executive Chairman at USANA HEALTH SCIENCES INC.
  - Action: transition to
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: Mr. Brown will succeed Kevin Guest, who will transition to Executive Chairman of the Company on the Effective Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/896264/000115752323000267/0001157523-23-000267-index.htm

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