---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-21-021527"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IPDN"
cik: "0001546296"
company_name: "Professional Diversity Network, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-08-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T07:01:09.645631+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Professional Diversity Network appoints Larry Aichler as CFO effective Sept 1, 2021

## Summary
- Larry Aichler, previously interim CFO since April 2021, named permanent CFO effective Sept 1, 2021.
- Base salary of $160,000; annual bonus up to $80,000 at company discretion.
- Granted 30,000 nonqualified stock options vesting 1/3 annually over three years starting June 2022.
- Employment agreement includes one-year non-compete and non-solicitation clauses.
- No family relationships or related party transactions with company directors/officers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-21-021527
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IPDN
- cik: 0001546296
- company_name: Professional Diversity Network, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-08-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546296/000149315221021527/0001493152-21-021527-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546296/000149315221021527/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Larry Aichler was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Professional Diversity Network, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: appointed Mr. Larry Aichler (“Executive” or “Mr. Aichler”) to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective September 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546296/000149315221021527/0001493152-21-021527-index.htm

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