---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001663577-21-000672"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLSK"
cik: "0000827876"
company_name: "CLEANSPARK, INC."
filed_at: "2021-12-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T01:05:47.964001+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CleanSpark names Gary Vecchiarelli as CFO, succeeding Lori Love effective Dec 15, 2021

## Summary
- Lori Love departed as CFO on Dec 14, 2021; no disagreement cited.
- Gary Vecchiarelli appointed CFO effective Dec 15, 2021; 20+ years experience.
- Employment terms: $350k base salary, $40k signing bonus, annual bonus ≥30% base, 10,000 RSUs annually.
- Equity incentives: 10,000 RSUs vesting in 12 months; 60,000 RSUs contingent on $1.5B and $2.0B market cap milestones.
- Vecchiarelli previously CFO at Imatrex, Golden Entertainment (NASDAQ:GDEN), and Galaxy Gaming.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001663577-21-000672
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLSK
- cik: 0000827876
- company_name: CLEANSPARK, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-12-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.02, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/827876/000166357721000672/0001663577-21-000672-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/827876/000166357721000672/clsk8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gary A. Vecchiarelli was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at CLEANSPARK, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Effective December 15, 2021, Gary A. Vecchiarelli has been appointed as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/827876/000166357721000672/0001663577-21-000672-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lori Love departed as Chief Financial Officer at CLEANSPARK, INC..
  - Action: will no longer serve
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Effective December 14, 2021, Lori Love will no longer serve as the Chief Financial Officer of CleanSpark, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/827876/000166357721000672/0001663577-21-000672-index.htm

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