---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001804176-26-000019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BFLY"
cik: "0001804176"
company_name: "Butterfly Network, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T21:09:36.161573+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Butterfly Network director Schwartz resigns contingent on CDC confirmation; appoints Neubauer to board

## Summary
- Dr. Erica Schwartz to resign as director if confirmed as CDC Director; nominated by President Trump April 16, 2026.
- Caroll H. Neubauer appointed to board effective May 18, 2026; joins Compensation and Technology Committees.
- Neubauer former Chairman & CEO of B. Braun USA with 30 years in medtech; helped grow revenue from $1B to over $8B.
- Neubauer receives initial RSU grant worth $300,000 vesting over three years under standard director compensation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001804176-26-000019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BFLY
- cik: 0001804176
- company_name: Butterfly Network, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1804176/000180417626000019/0001804176-26-000019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1804176/000180417626000019/bfly-20260504.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001804176-26-000019
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001804176-26-000019.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001804176-26-000019.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Erica Schwartz departed as Director at Butterfly Network, Inc..
  - Action: resign
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 4, 2026, Dr. Erica Schwartz notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Butterfly Network, Inc. (the “Company”) that she will resign as a director of the Company subject to and effective upon her confirmation as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the “CDC”) by the U.S. Senate.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1804176/000180417626000019/0001804176-26-000019-index.htm
- Executive change
  Caroll H. Neubauer was appointed as Director at Butterfly Network, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 7, 2026, the Board appointed Caroll H. Neubauer to the Board, effective on May 18, 2026 (the “Effective Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1804176/000180417626000019/0001804176-26-000019-index.htm

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