---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001185185-24-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PFHO"
cik: "0001138476"
company_name: "PACIFIC HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION INC"
filed_at: "2024-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T02:55:28.683341+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CFO Kristina Kubota to step down; Lauren Kubota appointed VP and Secretary

## Summary
- Kristina Kubota resigns as CFO and Secretary effective March 5, 2024; remains on Board.
- Outsourced CFO Bret 'BJ' Mendenhall (NOW CFO) appointed at $205/hour; 30-day termination notice.
- Lauren Kubota, sister of Kristina and daughter of CEO Tom Kubota, appointed VP and will become Secretary.
- Lauren Kubota has been with company since 2014 as Risk Manager and on Board since 2018.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001185185-24-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PFHO
- cik: 0001138476
- company_name: PACIFIC HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION INC
- filed_at: 2024-01-05T23:59:59+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/1138476/000118518524000044/0001185185-24-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1138476/000118518524000044/pacifichco20240105_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001185185-24-000044
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001185185-24-000044.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001185185-24-000044.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Bret "BJ" Mendenhall was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at PACIFIC HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Concurrent with the effective date of Ms. Kubota’s resignation as Chief Financial Officer, Bret “BJ” Mendenhall will be appointed as the Company’s outsourced Chief Financial Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1138476/000118518524000044/0001185185-24-000044-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kristina Kubota departed as Chief Financial Officer at PACIFIC HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION INC.
  - Action: stepping down
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On January 3, 2024, Kristina Kubota informed Pacific Health Care Organization, Inc. (the “Company”) that she will be stepping down as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, effective on March 5, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1138476/000118518524000044/0001185185-24-000044-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lauren Kubota was appointed as Secretary at PACIFIC HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Secretary
  source text: upon the effective date of Kristina Kubota’s resignation as the Company’s Secretary, Lauren Kubota will assume the additional role of Secretary.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1138476/000118518524000044/0001185185-24-000044-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kristina Kubota departed as Secretary at PACIFIC HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION INC.
  - Action: stepping down
  - Role: Secretary
  source text: upon the effective date of Kristina Kubota’s resignation as the Company’s Secretary, Lauren Kubota will assume the additional role of Secretary.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1138476/000118518524000044/0001185185-24-000044-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lauren Kubota was appointed as Vice President at PACIFIC HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President
  source text: On January 3, 2024, the Board appointed Lauren Kubota, age 40, as the Company’s Vice President.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1138476/000118518524000044/0001185185-24-000044-index.htm

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