---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-22-005137"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CERT"
cik: "0001827090"
company_name: "Certara, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-04-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T08:54:14.229495+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Carol Gallagher resigns from Certara board effective April 5, 2022

## Summary
- Dr. Carol Gallagher resigned for personal reasons, effective April 5, 2022.
- Resignation is not due to any disagreement with Certara's operations, policies, or practices.
- Board size reduced from ten to nine directors.
- Gallagher had served as Chair of the Compensation Committee and member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-22-005137
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CERT
- cik: 0001827090
- company_name: Certara, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-04-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1827090/000155837022005137/0001558370-22-005137-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1827090/000155837022005137/cert-20220405x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-005137.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-005137.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Carol Gallagher resigned as Director at Certara, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 5, 2022, Dr. Carol Gallagher, a member of the Board of Directors of Certara, Inc. (the “Company”), Chair of the Compensation Committee, and member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee notified the Company of her intention to resign as a director of the Company for personal reasons, effective April 5, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1827090/000155837022005137/0001558370-22-005137-index.htm

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