---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-284828"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LSF"
cik: "0001650696"
company_name: "Laird Superfood, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-09-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T01:02:21.037908+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Laird Superfood appoints Patrick Gaston to board, chair of Compensation Committee; Buechler resigns

## Summary
- Patrick Gaston elected as independent director and appointed chair of Compensation Committee effective Sept. 24, 2021.
- Gaston awarded 1,718 restricted stock units vesting on first anniversary of grant date.
- Gaston is former Chairman of Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) and President/CEO of PG Consulting.
- Jim Buechler resigned from board effective Sept. 24; resignation not related to any disagreement with the Company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-284828
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LSF
- cik: 0001650696
- company_name: Laird Superfood, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-09-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1650696/000119312521284828/0001193125-21-284828-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1650696/000119312521284828/d222000d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Patrick Gaston was elected as Independent Director at Laird Superfood, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Independent Director
  source text: On September 24, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Laird Superfood, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Patrick Gaston as an independent director of the Company, and also appointed Mr. Gaston as chair of the Compensation Committee of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1650696/000119312521284828/0001193125-21-284828-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jim Buechler resigned as Director at Laird Superfood, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Also on September 24, 2021, Jim Buechler notified the Company of his decision to resign from the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1650696/000119312521284828/0001193125-21-284828-index.htm

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