---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-24-004557"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LOPE"
cik: "0001434588"
company_name: "Grand Canyon Education, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T04:26:31.648394+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grand Canyon Education subsidiary CEO Daniel J. Briggs resigns effective June 30, 2024

## Summary
- Daniel J. Briggs, CEO of Orbis Education Services (wholly owned subsidiary), resigned for good reason.
- Resignation effective June 30, 2024; payments and benefits per good reason provisions of employment agreement.
- Payments conditioned on execution of a general release of claims acceptable to the company.
- No replacement for Briggs has been announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-24-004557
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LOPE
- cik: 0001434588
- company_name: Grand Canyon Education, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434588/000155837024004557/0001558370-24-004557-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434588/000155837024004557/lope-20240326x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-004557
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-004557.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-004557.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Daniel J. Briggs resigned as Chief Executive Officer at Grand Canyon Education, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On March 26, 2024, Daniel J. Briggs, the Chief Executive Officer of Orbis Education Services, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (the “Company”), submitted written notice of his resignation for good reason.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434588/000155837024004557/0001558370-24-004557-index.htm

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