---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-030744"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AAWH"
cik: "0001756390"
company_name: "Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-11-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T13:27:32.141758+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ascend Wellness appoints Joshua Gold and Daniel Neville to board; Paxhia resigns

## Summary
- Joshua Gold appointed as independent director, chair of Audit Committee and member of Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee.
- Daniel Neville, current Interim Co-CEO and CFO, appointed as director; will not serve on any committees.
- Gold receives 125,000 RSUs (50% vest at 1 yr, 50% at 2 yr) and a warrant for 188,000 shares at $2.64, 30-month term.
- Emily Paxhia resigned effective Nov 23, 2022; no disagreement with company operations, policies, or practices.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-030744
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AAWH
- cik: 0001756390
- company_name: Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-11-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756390/000162828022030744/0001628280-22-030744-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756390/000162828022030744/aawh-20221121.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-030744.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Emily Paxhia resigned as member of the Board at Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: member of the Board
  source text: Emily Paxhia informed the Company that she will be resigning as a member of the Board effective upon the earlier of December 1, 2022 and the appointment of a new independent director to the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756390/000162828022030744/0001628280-22-030744-index.htm
- Executive change
  Joshua Gold was appointed as independent director at Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: independent director
  source text: the Company appointed Joshua Gold as an independent director
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756390/000162828022030744/0001628280-22-030744-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.