Executive Vice President, Chief Academic Officer · UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC (UTI)

Sherrell Smith

A named executive officer of UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2017 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$1,241,373

FY2024: $1,152,587

6th of 7 named executive officers at Universal Technical Institute by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed January 20, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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Sherrell Smith compensation by year

UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE Summary Compensation Table · all 9 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$408,000$408,000$409,569$408,000$408,000$423,692$408,000$403,292$408,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$55,380$169,383$0$276,342$287,382$262,500$350,000$422,679$479,886
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0$79,500$205,995$318,240$242,763$334,152$304,980$320,892
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$43,688$45,130$48,021$16,691$11,960$17,693$18,495$21,636$32,596
Total$507,068$622,513$537,090$907,028$1,025,582$946,648$1,110,647$1,152,587$1,241,373

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC DEF 14A filed January 20, 2026, accession 0001140361-26-001690, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC filed document, accession 0001140361-26-001690. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed January 20, 2026.

$507K
$623K
$537K
$907K
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FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU51,516$1,676,846—
RSU32,045$1,043,065—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

9 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed January 20, 2026)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-03-02Sale—22,671$37.1037,474
2026-03-02Sale—30,000$36.99129,375
2025-12-17Tax withholding—836$26.0660,145
2025-12-11Tax withholding—7,219$24.5563,638
2025-12-11Tax withholding—1,776$24.5561,862
2025-12-11Tax withholding—881$24.5560,981
2025-12-10Grant or award—3,718—70,857
2025-12-08Grant or award—25,920$0.0067,139

The 8 most recent of 9 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Death—$2,719,911—$3,785,111
Change in control and involuntary termination$408,000$2,719,911$19,629$3,412,740
Disability—$2,719,911$19,629$3,004,740
Involuntary termination without cause$317,381—$17,283$599,864

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC's FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Jerome GrantChief Executive Officer$5,149,264
Todd HitchcockExecutive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer$1,837,659
Bruce SchumanExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer$1,622,934
Christopher KevaneExecutive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer$1,397,876
Christine KlineSenior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer$1,353,715
Sherrell Smith · this pageExecutive Vice President, Chief Academic Officer$1,241,373
Troy AndersonFormer Executive Vice President Chief Financial Officer$27,605

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