---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-000510"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LQDA"
cik: "0001819576"
company_name: "Liquidia Corp"
filed_at: "2022-01-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T21:04:27.555896+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Liquidia appoints Roger Jeffs as CEO; deGoa stays on board through Jan 31

## Summary
- Roger Jeffs, Ph.D., appointed CEO effective Jan 3, 2022; replaces Damian deGoa who remains director through Jan 31.
- Jeffs previously co-CEO/president of United Therapeutics (18 yrs); co-founder/vice chairman of Kriya Therapeutics.
- Employment terms: $650k base salary, 50% annual bonus target, options for 1.68M shares (sign-on) and 0.93M shares (tranche 2).
- DeGoa provided transition support; board chairman cited Jeffs' rare disease and pulmonary hypertension expertise.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-000510
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LQDA
- cik: 0001819576
- company_name: Liquidia Corp
- filed_at: 2022-01-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819576/000110465922000510/0001104659-22-000510-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819576/000110465922000510/tm221309d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-000510
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-000510.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-000510.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Roger A. Jeffs, Ph.D. was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Liquidia Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Roger A. Jeffs, Ph.D. was appointed by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Liquidia Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819576/000110465922000510/0001104659-22-000510-index.htm
- Executive change
  Damian deGoa resigned as Director at Liquidia Corp.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. deGoa’s concurrent resignation as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819576/000110465922000510/0001104659-22-000510-index.htm

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