---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001477932-25-001468"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001643301"
company_name: "Avenir Wellness Solutions, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-03-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-25T14:11:11.056400+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Nancy Duitch resigns, CFO Joel Bennett appointed interim CEO effective March 1, 2025

## Summary
- CEO Nancy Duitch resigned effective March 1, 2025; remains on board, continues employment focusing on strategic partnerships.
- Duitch voluntarily forfeited her remaining salary for the remainder of 2025.
- CFO Joel Bennett appointed temporary CEO effective March 1, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001477932-25-001468
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001643301
- company_name: Avenir Wellness Solutions, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-03-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1643301/000147793225001468/0001477932-25-001468-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1643301/000147793225001468/avrw_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001477932-25-001468.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joel Bennett was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Avenir Wellness Solutions, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: The Board appointed Joel Bennett, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, as the temporary Chief Executive Officer effective as of March 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1643301/000147793225001468/0001477932-25-001468-index.htm
- Executive change
  Nancy Duitch resigned as Chief Executive Officer at Avenir Wellness Solutions, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Nancy Duitch, voluntarily resigned from her position as Chief Executive Officer effective March 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1643301/000147793225001468/0001477932-25-001468-index.htm

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