EDWARD SMOLYANSKY - Corporate Board Profile

Lifeway Foods, Inc.

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2018-04-30	EDWARD SMOLYANSKY, 38, was elected as a Director in June 2017 and is Lifeways Chief Operating Officer, Treasurer, and Secretary. Mr. Smolyansky was appointed as Chief Financial and Accounting Officer and Treasurer of Lifeway in November 2004 and appointed as the Chief Operating Officer and Secretary in 2012. He resigned his titles as Chief Financial Officer on January 1, 2016 and as Chief Accounting Officer on August 8, 2016. He also served as Lifeways Controller from June 2002 until 2004. He received his bacherlors degree in finance from Loyola University of Chicago in December 2001. He holds no other directorships in any other reporting company. Mr. Smolyansky is the brother of President and CEO Julie Smolyansky and the son of Lifeways Chairperson of the Board Ludmila Smolyansky. Mr. Smolyanskys role, and knowledge acquired, serving the Company in a senior executive capacity since 2002 qualify him to continue to serve on the Board. Mr. Smolyanskys family maintains a controlling interest in the Company, and the Board believes it is appropriate to provide for continuity of the representation of the Smolyansky family on the Board as a component of our succession planning strategy.
2019-04-30	EDWARD SMOLYANSKY was elected as a Director in June 2017 and is Lifeway’s Chief Operating Officer, Treasurer, and Secretary. Mr. Smolyansky was appointed as Chief Financial and Accounting Officer and Treasurer of Lifeway in November 2004 and appointed as the Chief Operating Officer and Secretary in 2012. He resigned his titles as Chief Financial Officer on January 1, 2016 and as Chief Accounting Officer on August 8, 2016. He also served as Lifeway’s Controller from June 2002 until 2004. He received his bachelor’s degree in finance from Loyola University of Chicago in December 2001. He holds no other directorships in any other reporting company. Mr. Smolyansky is the brother of President and CEO Julie Smolyansky and the son of Lifeway’s Chairperson of the Board Ludmila Smolyansky. Mr. Smolyansky’s family maintains a controlling interest in the Company, and the Board believes it is appropriate to provide for continuity of the representation of the Smolyansky family on the Board as a component of our succession planning strategy.
2020-09-03	EDWARD SMOLYANSKY was elected as a Director in June 2017 and is Lifeway’s Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Smolyansky was appointed as Chief Financial and Accounting Officer and Treasurer of Lifeway in November 2004 and appointed as the Chief Operating Officer and Secretary in 2012. He resigned his titles as Chief Financial Officer on January 1, 2016 and as Chief Accounting Officer on August 8, 2016. Mr. Smolyansky retained his title of Chief Operating Officer when the Board appointed Mr. Hanson as Treasurer and Mr. Haas as Secretary on October 4, 2019. He also served as Lifeway’s Controller from June 2002 until 2004. He received his bachelor’s degree in finance from Loyola University of Chicago in December 2001. He holds no other directorships in any other reporting company. Mr. Smolyansky is the brother of President, CEO and Secretary, Julie Smolyansky, and the son of Lifeway’s Chairperson of the Board, Ludmila Smolyansky. Mr. Smolyansky’s family maintains a controlling interest in the Company, and the Board believes it is appropriate to provide for continuity of the representation of the Smolyansky family on the Board as a component of our succession planning strategy.
2021-09-01	Edward Smolyansky, Chief Operating Officer Age: 41 Director Since: 2017 Edward Smolyansky was elected as a Director in June 2017 and is Lifeway’s Chief Operating Officer. Fiscal Year 2020 and 2019 Compensation Paid to our NEOs Edward Smolyansky 2020 Total: $1,059,902