---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-068855"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UTI"
cik: "0001261654"
company_name: "UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC"
filed_at: "2025-03-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T01:33:43.001360+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UTI promotes Todd Hitchcock to COO, appoints Adrienne DeTray as CIO; completes exec team

## Summary
- Todd Hitchcock named COO effective March 31, 2025; he was EVP/Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer.
- Hitchcock's base salary raised to $500k; LTI awards increased to $800k for fiscal 2025.
- Adrienne DeTray appointed CIO, effective immediately; previously CIO at Adtalem Global Education.
- North Star strategy phase II targets ~10% revenue CAGR and ~20% Adjusted EBITDA margin by fiscal 2029.
- Q1 fiscal 2025 revenue, Adjusted EBITDA, and new student starts improved YoY; full-year guidance raised.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-068855
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UTI
- cik: 0001261654
- company_name: UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC
- filed_at: 2025-03-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261654/000119312525068855/0001193125-25-068855-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261654/000119312525068855/d925015d8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 6c5af14ba4
  claim: Todd Hitchcock changed role as Chief Operating Officer at UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC.
  evidence_excerpt: On March 31, 2025 (the “ Transition Date ”), Universal Technical Institute, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), announced the transition of Todd Hitchcock to the role of Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately (the “ Transition ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261654/000119312525068855/0001193125-25-068855-index.htm

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