---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-092432"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RKDA"
cik: "0001469443"
company_name: "Arcadia Biosciences, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-08-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T11:41:58.268099+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Arcadia appoints CEO Thomas Schaefer to board as Class I director, filling Jacot vacancy

## Summary
- Thomas J. Schaefer, current president and CEO, appointed Class I director effective August 1, 2024.
- Appointment fills board vacancy created by Stanley Jacot's resignation on July 2, 2024.
- Schaefer has served as CEO since July 2022 and as CFO since January 2023; no compensation change disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-092432
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RKDA
- cik: 0001469443
- company_name: Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-08-07T23:59:59+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/1469443/000095017024092432/0000950170-24-092432-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1469443/000095017024092432/rkda-20240801.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-092432
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-092432.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-092432.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Thomas J. Schaefer was appointed as Class I Director at Arcadia Biosciences, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class I Director
  source text: On August 1, 2024, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. (“Arcadia” or the “Company”) appointed Thomas J. Schaefer, Arcadia’s current president and chief executive officer, to serve as a Class I director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1469443/000095017024092432/0000950170-24-092432-index.htm

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