---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-001129"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CPIX"
cik: "0001087294"
company_name: "CUMBERLAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC"
filed_at: "2023-01-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T14:29:48.439815+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Board member Joey A. Jacobs dies; board to reassign duties

## Summary
- Joey A. Jacobs, Board member since 2011, passed away on January 14, 2023.
- He served as Lead Independent Director and Chairman of Governance/Nominating Committee.
- Jacobs had over 45 years of healthcare industry experience.
- Former CEO of Acadia Healthcare and co-founder of Psychiatric Solutions (PSI).
- Board will meet to reassign his responsibilities.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-001129
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CPIX
- cik: 0001087294
- company_name: CUMBERLAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC
- filed_at: 2023-01-17T23:59:59+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/1087294/000162828023001129/0001628280-23-001129-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1087294/000162828023001129/cpix-20230117.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-001129
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-001129.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-001129.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joey A. Jacobs departed as Member of the Board of Directors at CUMBERLAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
  - Action: passed away
  - Role: Member of the Board of Directors
  source text: On January 14, 2023, Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. ("Cumberland" or the "Company") learned that Joey A. Jacobs, a member of Cumberland’s Board of Directors, had passed away.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1087294/000162828023001129/0001628280-23-001129-index.htm

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