---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001206774-21-002798"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GERN"
cik: "0000886744"
company_name: "GERON CORP"
filed_at: "2021-12-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T04:18:47.585730+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Geron appoints Edward Koval as EVP and Chief Business Officer; Behrs reassigned to EVP, Business Operations

## Summary
- Edward Koval appointed EVP and Chief Business Officer, effective Dec 1, 2021.
- Melissa Kelly Behrs transitions from CBO to EVP, Business Operations and Chief Alliance Officer.
- Board designated six executive officers for Section 16 reporting, including CEO John Scarlett and CFO Olivia Bloom.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001206774-21-002798
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GERN
- cik: 0000886744
- company_name: GERON CORP
- filed_at: 2021-12-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000120677421002798/0001206774-21-002798-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000120677421002798/geron3989111-8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-21-002798
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-21-002798.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-21-002798.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Edward Koval was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer at GERON CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer
  source text: On December 1, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Geron Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Edward Koval as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000120677421002798/0001206774-21-002798-index.htm
- Executive change
  Melissa Kelly Behrs was appointed as Executive Vice President, Business Operations, and Chief Alliance Officer at GERON CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Business Operations, and Chief Alliance Officer
  source text: In connection with Mr. Koval’s appointment as Chief Business Officer, Ms. Kelly Behrs has been appointed Executive Vice President, Business Operations, and Chief Alliance Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000120677421002798/0001206774-21-002798-index.htm

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