---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001376139-21-000089"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CVI"
cik: "0001376139"
company_name: "CVR ENERGY INC"
filed_at: "2021-08-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T11:10:37.839956+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CVR Energy CFO Tracy Jackson resigns; Dane Neumann appointed Interim CFO

## Summary
- Tracy Jackson resigned as EVP, CFO and principal accounting officer effective Aug 9, 2021; not due to accounting disagreement.
- Dane Neumann (37), VP Finance & Treasurer, appointed Interim CFO and principal financial officer.
- Jeffrey Conaway (46) appointed VP, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller; salary $290k, bonus target 60%.
- Conaway also eligible for long-term incentive awards equal to 60% of base salary under CVR's LTIP.
- No new compensatory arrangements for Neumann; no family relationships or related-party transactions disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001376139-21-000089
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CVI
- cik: 0001376139
- company_name: CVR ENERGY INC
- filed_at: 2021-08-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1376139/000137613921000089/0001376139-21-000089-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1376139/000137613921000089/cvi-20210809.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Tracy D. Jackson resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and principal accounting officer at CVR ENERGY INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and principal accounting officer
  source text: On August 9, 2021, Tracy D. Jackson resigned from her position as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and principal accounting officer of CVR Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) and the general partner of CVR Partners, LP (the “Partnership”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1376139/000137613921000089/0001376139-21-000089-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeffrey D. Conaway was appointed as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller at CVR ENERGY INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller
  source text: appointed Jeffrey D. Conaway, 46, to serve as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller of the Company and the general partner of the Partnership
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1376139/000137613921000089/0001376139-21-000089-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dane J. Neumann was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at CVR ENERGY INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: appointed Dane J. Neumann, 37, to serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1376139/000137613921000089/0001376139-21-000089-index.htm

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