---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-23-004933"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SNOA"
cik: "0001367083"
company_name: "Sonoma Pharmaceuticals, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-07-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T08:07:26.040553+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sonoma Pharmaceuticals appoints Controller and sets new interim CFO consulting terms

## Summary
- John Dal Poggetto appointed Controller effective July 17, 2023; annual salary $100,000, bonus up to 20%, option grant for 5,000 shares vesting over three years.
- New consulting agreement with Jerome Dvonch Consulting, LLC at $20,000/month, effective August 15, 2023, with Dvonch continuing as interim CFO.
- Dvonch's vested equity awards extended by one extra month per month of continued service, capped by current plan provisions.
- Dal Poggetto will work part-time, reporting to interim CFO Dvonch; role is at-will with standard benefits and 3 weeks vacation.
- No changes to other executive officers or board composition disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-23-004933
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SNOA
- cik: 0001367083
- company_name: Sonoma Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-07-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1367083/000168316823004933/0001683168-23-004933-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1367083/000168316823004933/sonoma_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-23-004933.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John Dal Poggetto was appointed as Controller at Sonoma Pharmaceuticals, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Controller
  source text: Effective July 17, 2023, our Board of Directors appointed John Dal Poggetto as our Controller.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1367083/000168316823004933/0001683168-23-004933-index.htm

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