---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-024056"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FHTX"
cik: "0001822462"
company_name: "Foghorn Therapeutics Inc."
filed_at: "2022-08-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T18:51:33.751180+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Foghorn co-founder Cigall Kadoch resigns from board after HHMI appointment; stays as scientific advisor

## Summary
- Cigall Kadoch resigned from Foghorn's Board of Directors effective August 31, 2022.
- Resignation due to her appointment as HHMI Investigator; no disagreement with the company.
- Kadoch transitions to role of Scientific Advisor to the Board and remains on Scientific Advisory Board.
- Co-founder and former board member will continue to advise the company on chromatin regulatory system.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-024056
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FHTX
- cik: 0001822462
- company_name: Foghorn Therapeutics Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-08-31T23:59:59+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/1822462/000162828022024056/0001628280-22-024056-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822462/000162828022024056/fhtx-20220831.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-024056
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-024056.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-024056.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Cigall Kadoch resigned as member of the Board of Directors at Foghorn Therapeutics Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: member of the Board of Directors
  source text: On August 31, 2022, Cigall Kadoch, Ph.D., resigned from her position as a member of the Board of Directors of Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822462/000162828022024056/0001628280-22-024056-index.htm

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