---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-008817"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PRKS"
cik: "0001564902"
company_name: "United Parks & Resorts Inc."
filed_at: "2022-03-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T01:34:56.804204+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chief Accounting Officer Yarris resigns; CFO Gulacsy named Interim CAO

## Summary
- Christopher Yarris resigned as CAO effective March 4, 2022, to pursue other opportunity; no disagreement with company.
- CFO & Treasurer Elizabeth Castro Gulacsy appointed Interim CAO effective March 5, 2022.
- Gulacsy previously served as CAO from Aug 2017 to Apr 2021; will hold both roles temporarily.
- Company will begin a search to find a permanent Chief Accounting Officer.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-008817
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PRKS
- cik: 0001564902
- company_name: United Parks & Resorts Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-03-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000156459022008817/0001564590-22-008817-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000156459022008817/seas-8k_20220301.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-008817
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-008817.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-008817.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christopher Yarris resigned as Chief Accounting Officer at United Parks & Resorts Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On March 1, 2022, Christopher Yarris, Chief Accounting Officer of SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of his decision to resign to pursue a different career opportunity, effective March 4, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000156459022008817/0001564590-22-008817-index.htm
- Executive change
  Elizabeth Castro Gulacsy was appointed as Interim Chief Accounting Officer at United Parks & Resorts Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Effective March 5, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company elected Elizabeth Castro Gulacsy, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, to also serve as Interim Chief Accounting Officer temporarily until a permanent or another Interim Chief Accounting Officer is appointed.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564902/000156459022008817/0001564590-22-008817-index.htm

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