---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-363016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SDGR"
cik: "0001490978"
company_name: "Schrodinger, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-12-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T23:17:54.667339+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Schrödinger CFO Joel Lebowitz to retire; Jenny Herman appointed interim principal financial officer

## Summary
- Joel Lebowitz notified of retirement as CFO, effective Feb 28, 2022.
- Board appointed Jenny Herman as interim principal financial officer, effective Mar 1, 2022.
- Herman currently Senior VP, Finance and Corporate Controller since Oct 2020.
- Herman is a CPA and has been with the company since 2002.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-363016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SDGR
- cik: 0001490978
- company_name: Schrodinger, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-12-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490978/000119312521363016/0001193125-21-363016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490978/000119312521363016/d273638d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-363016.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jenny Herman was appointed as interim principal financial officer at Schrodinger, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim principal financial officer
  source text: On December 18, 2021, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Jenny Herman as the interim principal financial officer, effective as of March 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490978/000119312521363016/0001193125-21-363016-index.htm
- Executive change
  Joel Lebowitz departed as Chief Financial Officer at Schrodinger, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On December 16, 2021, Joel Lebowitz notified Schrödinger, Inc. (the “Company”) of his decision to retire as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective as of February 28, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490978/000119312521363016/0001193125-21-363016-index.htm

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