---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-21-016886"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BLFS"
cik: "0000834365"
company_name: "BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC"
filed_at: "2021-07-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T05:34:14.073275+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BioLife Solutions Chairman Raymond Cohen resigns; CEO Michael Rice named Chairman

## Summary
- Raymond Cohen resigned as Chairman and from all board committees on July 12, 2021, not due to any disagreement with the company.
- Board appointed CEO Michael Rice as Chairman effective July 13, 2021, filling the vacancy.
- Amy DuRoss appointed to Audit Committee; Joseph Schick to Compensation Committee; Rachel Ellingson to Nominating and Governance Committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-21-016886
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BLFS
- cik: 0000834365
- company_name: BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC
- filed_at: 2021-07-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/834365/000143774921016886/0001437749-21-016886-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/834365/000143774921016886/bioli20210713_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-21-016886.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Raymond Cohen resigned as Chairman of the Board of Directors at BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chairman of the Board of Directors
  source text: On July 12, 2021, Raymond Cohen, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of BioLife Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”), resigned from the Board of Directors and all committees thereto.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/834365/000143774921016886/0001437749-21-016886-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael Rice was appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors at BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chairman of the Board of Directors
  source text: appointed Michael Rice, the Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company, as Chairman of the Board of Directors
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/834365/000143774921016886/0001437749-21-016886-index.htm

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