---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001522767-23-000045"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MRMD"
cik: "0001522767"
company_name: "MARIMED INC."
filed_at: "2023-04-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T01:20:46.909607+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MariMed appoints Kathleen Tucker to Board, filling vacancy from former CEO's passing

## Summary
- Kathleen Tucker, age 63, joined Board effective April 17, 2023, as the fifth director and fourth independent director.
- She fills the vacancy left by Robert Fireman, former Chairman and CEO, who passed in December 2022.
- Tucker has 25+ years of executive experience at VISA, FTD, and cannabis companies; currently CEO of Presence Enterprises.
- Board committee assignments to be determined at the meeting following the next annual stockholder meeting.
- CEO Jon Levine highlighted Tucker's consumer marketing and e-commerce expertise to support MariMed's growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001522767-23-000045
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MRMD
- cik: 0001522767
- company_name: MARIMED INC.
- filed_at: 2023-04-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1522767/000152276723000045/0001522767-23-000045-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1522767/000152276723000045/mrmd-20230417.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001522767-23-000045
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001522767-23-000045.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001522767-23-000045.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kathleen Tucker was appointed as Board of Directors at MARIMED INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Board of Directors
  source text: Effective April 17, 2023, Kathleen Tucker was appointed to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of MariMed Inc. (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1522767/000152276723000045/0001522767-23-000045-index.htm

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