---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-24-024027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PRKA"
cik: "0001297937"
company_name: "PARKS AMERICA, INC"
filed_at: "2024-06-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T04:03:45.210418+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Lisa Brady steps down; Geoffrey Gannon appointed President after proxy battle

## Summary
- CEO Lisa Brady resigned effective June 14, 2024, and will remain on the Board of Directors.
- Geoffrey Gannon, Portfolio Manager at Focused Compounding Fund since 2020, appointed as President.
- Change follows a comprehensive proxy battle; Board cites strategic realignment for future growth.
- Brady led recovery from March 2023 tornado at Georgia park, reopening in 20 days.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-024027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PRKA
- cik: 0001297937
- company_name: PARKS AMERICA, INC
- filed_at: 2024-06-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297937/000149315224024027/0001493152-24-024027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297937/000149315224024027/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-024027
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-024027.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-024027.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lisa Brady departed as President and CEO at PARKS AMERICA, INC.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: President and CEO
  source text: Lisa Brady its President and CEO stepped down effective June 14, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297937/000149315224024027/0001493152-24-024027-index.htm
- Executive change
  Geoffrey Gannon was appointed as President at PARKS AMERICA, INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: Geoffrey Gannon has been appointed as the President the Company by its Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297937/000149315224024027/0001493152-24-024027-index.htm

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