---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-000400"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MLSS"
cik: "0000855683"
company_name: "MILESTONE SCIENTIFIC INC."
filed_at: "2023-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T20:01:42.931631+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Leslie Bernhard resigns; Neal Goldman named Chairman; CEO Arjan Haverhals joins board

## Summary
- Leslie Bernhard resigned as director, Audit Committee Chair, and Board Chair after 20 years; no disagreement cited.
- Board appointed Neal Goldman (director since 2019) as Chairman of the Board.
- CEO Arjan Haverhals appointed to the Board; he also serves as President and CEO since 2021/2020.
- Audit Committee: Benedetta Casamento (Chair, financial expert), Neal Goldman, Michael McGeehan.
- Compensation Committee: Michael McGeehan (Chair), Neal Goldman, Benedetta Casamento; Nom/Gov: Casamento (Chair), Leonard Osser, McGeehan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-000400
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MLSS
- cik: 0000855683
- company_name: MILESTONE SCIENTIFIC INC.
- filed_at: 2023-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/855683/000143774923000400/0001437749-23-000400-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/855683/000143774923000400/mlss20230104_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-000400.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Leslie Bernhard resigned as Chairman of the Board, Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee at MILESTONE SCIENTIFIC INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chairman of the Board, Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee
  source text: On January 4, 2023, Leslie Bernhard tendered her resignation to Milestone Scientific Inc. (the "Company") as a director, Chairman of the Audit Committee and Chairman of the Board of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/855683/000143774923000400/0001437749-23-000400-index.htm
- Executive change
  Neal Goldman was appointed as Chairman of the Board at MILESTONE SCIENTIFIC INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") unanimously appointed Neal Goldman, who has been a member of the Board since 2019, as Chairman of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/855683/000143774923000400/0001437749-23-000400-index.htm
- Executive change
  Arjan Haverhals was appointed as Director at MILESTONE SCIENTIFIC INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board unanimously appointed Arjan Haverhals as a director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/855683/000143774923000400/0001437749-23-000400-index.htm

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