---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001261654-22-000069"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UTI"
cik: "0001261654"
company_name: "UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC"
filed_at: "2022-03-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T23:50:41.679142+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UTI appoints Hawaiian Airlines CFO Shannon Okinaka to board; director McWaters retires

## Summary
- Shannon Okinaka, EVP & CFO of Hawaiian Airlines, appointed to UTI board effective March 9, 2022, as Class I director.
- Okinaka will serve on Audit Committee; receives standard director compensation of $50K cash retainer and $75K equity grant.
- Kimberly J. McWaters resigned from board effective same date; no disagreement cited. She was former CEO and served 17 years.
- McWaters had been on board for 17 years and served as CEO for 19 years until 2019; now President/CEO of Fresh Start Women's Foundation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001261654-22-000069
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UTI
- cik: 0001261654
- company_name: UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC
- filed_at: 2022-03-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261654/000126165422000069/0001261654-22-000069-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261654/000126165422000069/uti-20220309.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001261654-22-000069
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001261654-22-000069.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001261654-22-000069.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Shannon Okinaka was appointed as Class I director at UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class I director
  source text: the Board appointed Shannon Okinaka as a Class I director of the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261654/000126165422000069/0001261654-22-000069-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kimberly J. McWaters resigned as member of the Board at UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: member of the Board
  source text: Effective March 9, 2022 , Kimberly J. McWaters resigned from her position as a member of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261654/000126165422000069/0001261654-22-000069-index.htm

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