---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001261654-23-000057"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UTI"
cik: "0001261654"
company_name: "UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T14:22:57.361090+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Universal Technical Institute appoints Michael Slubowski to board of directors

## Summary
- Slubowski appointed as independent Class III director effective March 1, 2023, serving until 2025 annual meeting.
- He will serve on the Compensation Committee and receive standard director compensation ($50K cash retainer, ~$75K equity grant).
- Slubowski is President/CEO of Trinity Health ($21.5B health system) with 45+ years of healthcare leadership experience.
- Appointment supports UTI's healthcare education expansion following the December 2022 acquisition of Concorde Career Colleges.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001261654-23-000057
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UTI
- cik: 0001261654
- company_name: UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261654/000126165423000057/0001261654-23-000057-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261654/000126165423000057/uti-20230301.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001261654-23-000057
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001261654-23-000057.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001261654-23-000057.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael A. Slubowski was appointed as Class III director at UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III director
  source text: On March 1, 2023, on the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Universal Technical Institute, Inc. (the “ Company ”), the Board appointed Michael A. Slubowski as a Class III director of the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261654/000126165423000057/0001261654-23-000057-index.htm

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