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accession: "0001654954-22-016747"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LPTH"
cik: "0000889971"
company_name: "LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-12-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T02:15:19.088598+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# LightPath appoints Scott Faris as Chair of the Board, succeeding Louis Leeburg

## Summary
- Scott Faris named Chair effective Dec 20, 2022; Louis Leeburg remains a director.
- Faris has served on the board since Dec 2011; currently CEO of Infleqtion (quantum systems).
- Previously Chief Business Officer at Luminar Technologies (autonomous vehicle lidar).
- Leeburg was Chair since May 2021 and on board since 1996.
- CEO Sam Rubin highlights Faris's optics and LiDAR experience as key for LightPath's strategic direction.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-22-016747
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LPTH
- cik: 0000889971
- company_name: LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-12-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889971/000165495422016747/0001654954-22-016747-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889971/000165495422016747/lls_8k.htm

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