---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-21-029130"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PRKA"
cik: "0001297937"
company_name: "PARKS AMERICA, INC"
filed_at: "2021-11-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T07:18:19.255667+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Parks! America appoints Lisa Brady and Rick Ruffolo to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Lisa Brady, former Cedar Fair director of business development, appointed effective Nov 12, 2021.
- Rick Ruffolo, former CEO of PE-backed consumer companies, also appointed to fill board vacancy.
- Both directors considered independent under NASDAQ definition; stock not listed on exchange.
- No specific compensation disclosed; directors historically receive annual discretionary stock grants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-21-029130
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PRKA
- cik: 0001297937
- company_name: PARKS AMERICA, INC
- filed_at: 2021-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- 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/1297937/000149315221029130/0001493152-21-029130-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297937/000149315221029130/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-21-029130
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-21-029130.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-21-029130.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Rick Ruffolo was appointed as Director at PARKS AMERICA, INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 12, 2021, the Board of Directors of Parks! America, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Lisa Brady and Rick Ruffolo, to fill vacancies on the Company’s Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297937/000149315221029130/0001493152-21-029130-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lisa Brady was appointed as Director at PARKS AMERICA, INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 12, 2021, the Board of Directors of Parks! America, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Lisa Brady and Rick Ruffolo, to fill vacancies on the Company’s Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297937/000149315221029130/0001493152-21-029130-index.htm

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