---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001617553-23-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZIP"
cik: "0001617553"
company_name: "ZIPRECRUITER, INC."
filed_at: "2023-04-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T09:00:51.756367+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ZipRecruiter appoints Lora Bartolome as principal accounting officer; Garefis resigns, stays as CPO

## Summary
- Lora Bartolome, 41, appointed principal accounting officer effective April 23, 2023; she was VP Accounting and Controller.
- Amy Garefis resigned as principal accounting officer but continues as Chief People Officer.
- Board adopted amended bylaws to comply with universal proxy rules (Rule 14a-19) and recent DGCL changes.
- Bylaw updates also tighten advance notice provisions, proxy card rules, and add emergency procedures.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001617553-23-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZIP
- cik: 0001617553
- company_name: ZIPRECRUITER, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1617553/000161755323000014/0001617553-23-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1617553/000161755323000014/zip-20230423.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001617553-23-000014.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Amy Garefis resigned as principal accounting officer at ZIPRECRUITER, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: principal accounting officer
  source text: Also on April 23, 2023, in connection with Ms. Bartolome’s appointment as the Company’s principal accounting officer, Amy Garefis resigned from her position as the Company’s principal accounting officer, effective as of April 23, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1617553/000161755323000014/0001617553-23-000014-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lora Bartolome was appointed as principal accounting officer at ZIPRECRUITER, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: principal accounting officer
  source text: On April 23, 2023, ZipRecruiter, Inc. (the “Company”), appointed Lora Bartolome, age 41, as its principal accounting officer, effective as of April 23, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1617553/000161755323000014/0001617553-23-000014-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  ZIPRECRUITER, INC.: Amended and restated bylaws to update stockholder meeting procedures, advance notice provisions, universal proxy rules, and other conforming changes (effective 2023-04-23).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-04-23
  source text: On April 23, 2023, in response to the effectiveness of new Securities and Exchange Commission rules regarding universal proxy cards, certain recent changes to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), and a periodic review of the bylaws of the Company, the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) approved and adopted the Company’s amended and restated bylaws (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”), which became immediately effective.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1617553/000161755323000014/0001617553-23-000014-index.htm

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