---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-24-004928"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CVM"
cik: "0000725363"
company_name: "CEL SCI CORP"
filed_at: "2024-04-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T12:51:21.864666+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEL-SCI appoints Mario Gobbo to Board of Directors effective April 19, 2024

## Summary
- Mario Gobbo appointed to CEL-SCI Board; will serve on audit, nominating & governance, and compensation committees.
- Gobbo has ~40 years of banking/corporate finance experience, currently Managing Partner at Castruccio Advisors LLC.
- Previous roles include Lazard (created Central/Eastern European operations), Natixis Bleichroeder, and IFC/World Bank.
- Holds BA from Harvard, MS from U. of Colorado, and MBA/PhD from Wharton School.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-24-004928
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CVM
- cik: 0000725363
- company_name: CEL SCI CORP
- filed_at: 2024-04-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/725363/000165495424004928/0001654954-24-004928-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/725363/000165495424004928/cvm_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-24-004928
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-24-004928.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-24-004928.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mario Gobbo was appointed as Director at CEL SCI CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 19, 2024, CEL-SCI Corporation appointed Mario Gobbo to its Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/725363/000165495424004928/0001654954-24-004928-index.htm

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