---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001185185-24-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IVFH"
cik: "0000312257"
company_name: "INNOVATIVE FOOD HOLDINGS INC"
filed_at: "2024-01-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T04:54:50.391841+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Innovative Food Holdings names Gary Schubert new CFO, effective Jan 1, 2024

## Summary
- CFO Richard Tang stepped down Dec 31, 2023; departure not due to disagreement with management.
- Gary Schubert appointed CFO effective Jan 1, 2024; brings experience from Walmart and Tyson Foods.
- Employment agreement: $280k base salary, $30k signing bonus, $60k annual target bonus, plus stock awards.
- Stock awards tied to price thresholds ($1.23 to $4.08); up to 131,085 shares at lowest threshold.
- Severance of nine months base salary if terminated without cause or for good reason; at-will through June 30, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001185185-24-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IVFH
- cik: 0000312257
- company_name: INNOVATIVE FOOD HOLDINGS INC
- filed_at: 2024-01-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/312257/000118518524000018/0001185185-24-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/312257/000118518524000018/innovfood20240103_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001185185-24-000018.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gary Schubert was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at INNOVATIVE FOOD HOLDINGS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) appointed Mr. Gary Schubert to the position of Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective January 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/312257/000118518524000018/0001185185-24-000018-index.htm
- Executive change
  Richard Tang departed as Chief Financial Officer at INNOVATIVE FOOD HOLDINGS INC.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Richard Tang, the Chief Financial Officer of Innovative Food Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), has stepped down from his position as Chief Financial Officer, effective December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/312257/000118518524000018/0001185185-24-000018-index.htm

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