---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-22-001415"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARLP"
cik: "0001086600"
company_name: "ALLIANCE RESOURCE PARTNERS LP"
filed_at: "2022-02-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T06:28:26.882418+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ARLP appoints Megan Cordle CAO; CFO Cantrell to retire Q1 2023

## Summary
- Megan Cordle named VP, Controller & Chief Accounting Officer, effective March 1, 2022.
- Cordle succeeds Robert Fouch, who is retiring after over 40 years at the company.
- Mindy Kerber promoted to VP and Assistant Controller, replacing Cordle.
- CFO Brian Cantrell plans to retire during Q1 2023; succession search initiated in 2022.
- Cordle and Kerber are CPAs with prior Deloitte experience.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-22-001415
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARLP
- cik: 0001086600
- company_name: ALLIANCE RESOURCE PARTNERS LP
- filed_at: 2022-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086600/000155837022001415/0001558370-22-001415-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086600/000155837022001415/arlp-20220214x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-001415
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-001415.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-001415.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Megan J. Cordle was appointed as Vice President, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer at ALLIANCE RESOURCE PARTNERS LP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Megan J. Cordle, age 49, has been named the Vice President, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer of the Partnership.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086600/000155837022001415/0001558370-22-001415-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert J. Fouch retired as Vice President, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer at ALLIANCE RESOURCE PARTNERS LP.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Vice President, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Mrs. Cordle succeeds Robert J. Fouch effective with his retirement on March 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086600/000155837022001415/0001558370-22-001415-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brian L. Cantrell departed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at ALLIANCE RESOURCE PARTNERS LP.
  - Action: will retire
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Brian L. Cantrell will retire from the Parternship sometime during the first quarter of 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086600/000155837022001415/0001558370-22-001415-index.htm

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