---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-22-031535"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PRKA"
cik: "0001297937"
company_name: "PARKS AMERICA, INC"
filed_at: "2022-11-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T19:39:30.222312+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Parks America appoints Lisa Brady as President and CEO effective Nov 14, 2022

## Summary
- Lisa Brady appointed President and CEO effective November 14, 2022; five-year contract.
- Brady brings over a decade of amusement park and resort experience, formerly at Cedar Fair.
- Interim CEO Dale Van Voorhis steps down; continues as Chairman and special advisor to CEO.
- Brady had been a board member since November 2021; appointment follows an extensive board search.
- Company operates three regional theme parks under the Wild Animal Safari brand.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-22-031535
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PRKA
- cik: 0001297937
- company_name: PARKS AMERICA, INC
- filed_at: 2022-11-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297937/000149315222031535/0001493152-22-031535-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297937/000149315222031535/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-031535
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-031535.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-031535.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dale Van Voorhis changed role as Chairman of the Board of Directors at PARKS AMERICA, INC.
  - Action: stepped down as Interim CEO
  - Role: Chairman of the Board of Directors
  source text: Dale Van Voorhis, acting at Interim CEO since June 1, 2022, will continue as the Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors and as special advisor to the CEO.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297937/000149315222031535/0001493152-22-031535-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lisa Brady was appointed as President and CEO at PARKS AMERICA, INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and CEO
  source text: the appointment of Lisa Brady as its President and CEO effective November, 14, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297937/000149315222031535/0001493152-22-031535-index.htm

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