---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-011655"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HRGN"
cik: "0001563665"
company_name: "Harvard Apparatus Regenerative Technology, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-04-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T04:07:38.633177+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Biostage appoints Ron Packard, CEO of Pansophic Learning, to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Ron Packard appointed as Class II director effective April 5, 2023; term until 2024 annual meeting.
- Receives stock options valued at $25,000 vesting quarterly over one year; also standard non-employee director compensation ($20,000 cash + $25,000 annual option grant).
- Packard is CEO/Founder of Pansophic Learning, former CEO/Founder of K12 Inc., which he grew to ~$1B revenue and led through NYSE IPO.
- Previous roles include McKinsey & Company (biotech/semiconductors), Goldman Sachs (M&A), and holds CFA designation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-011655
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HRGN
- cik: 0001563665
- company_name: Harvard Apparatus Regenerative Technology, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-04-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1563665/000149315223011655/0001493152-23-011655-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1563665/000149315223011655/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-011655.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ron Packard was appointed as Class II Director at Harvard Apparatus Regenerative Technology, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class II Director
  source text: On April 5, 2023, Ron Packard, the Chief Executive officer of Pansophic Learning, joined the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company as a Class II director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1563665/000149315223011655/0001493152-23-011655-index.htm

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