# Lifeway Foods, Inc. > Alpha governed public record. Unknown, unavailable, and unpublished values are never inferred as zero. ## Record | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Representation | alpha-profile-markdown-v4 | | Protocol | Alpha Governance Facts Protocol 0.1 | | Schema | alpha.governance.entity.public.v1 | | Record version | public-1:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce | | Governance record representation | alpha-governance-record-v2 | | Canonical entity | alpha:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78 | | Entity type | Company | | Canonical URL | https://registry.alpha.ac/companies/lifeway-foods-inc | | Publication | PUBLISHED | | Verification | source_reported | | Verification schema | alpha-verification-states-v1 | | Ownership | unclaimed | | Published claims | 16 | | Claims under review | 1 | | Evidence records | 4 | | Conflicts | 0 | | Conflicts in internal review | 0 | | Observed | 2026-10-25T04:46:33.007823+00:00 | | Last reviewed | 2026-10-25T04:46:33.007823+00:00 | ## Identity - Legal name: Lifeway Foods, Inc. - Display name: Lifeway Foods, Inc. ## Alpha Governance Record | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Governance Record schema | alpha-governance-record-v2 | | Ontology | alpha-governance-ontology-v1 | | Record version | public-1:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce | | As of | 2026-10-25T04:46:33.007823+00:00 | | Completeness | 0.409 | | Record Quality | 0.837 | | Directors | 7 | | Committees | 2 | | Governance events | 11 | | Entity class | public_company | ## Section coverage | Section | State | | --- | --- | | identity | PUBLISHED | | corporate_structure | NOT_REVIEWED | | board | PUBLISHED | | committees | PUBLISHED | | leadership | PUBLISHED | | ownership | NOT_REVIEWED | | financials | NOT_REVIEWED | | capital_structure | PUBLISHED | | compensation | NOT_REVIEWED | | governance | NOT_REVIEWED | | shareholder_governance | NOT_REVIEWED | | audit | NOT_REVIEWED | | legal | NOT_REVIEWED | | risk | NOT_REVIEWED | | cyber | NOT_REVIEWED | | ai_governance | NOT_REVIEWED | | agent_governance | RESTRICTED | | markets_external | NOT_REVIEWED | | events | PUBLISHED | | relationships | PUBLISHED | | assessments | PUBLISHED | | evidence | PUBLISHED | ## Board - Dorri McWhorter: Director. Status: current. Independent: true. Since: 2020-01-01. Committees: Compensation (member). claim_id=alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:leadership_role:5 - Jason Scher: Director. Status: current. Independent: true. Since: 2012-01-01. Committees: Compensation (chair); Compensation · Chair (member). claim_id=alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:leadership_role:6 - Jody Levy: Director. Status: current. Independent: true. Since: 2020-01-01. Committees: Compensation (member). claim_id=alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:leadership_role:7 - Juan Carlos Dalto: Director. Status: current. Independent: true. Since: 2022-01-01. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:leadership_role:8 - Julie Smolyansky: Director. Status: current. Independent: false. Since: 2002-01-01. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:leadership_role:9 - Perfecto Sanchez: Director. Status: current. Independent: true. Since: 2022-01-01. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:leadership_role:10 - Pol Sikar: Director. Status: current. Independent: true. Since: 1986-01-01. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:leadership_role:11 ## Committees - Compensation (compensation). Chair: Jason Scher. Members: Jason Scher (chair, current); Dorri McWhorter (member, current); Jody Levy (member, current). committee_id=alpha:committee:lifeway-foods-inc:compensation - Compensation · Chair (compensation). Chair: NOT_PUBLISHED. Members: Jason Scher (member, current). committee_id=alpha:committee:lifeway-foods-inc:compensation-chair ## Executive leadership - Julie Smolyansky: Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary [CEO]. Status: current. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:leadership_role:12 ## Governance events - CEO_CHANGED: Julie Smolyansky executive of Lifeway Foods, Inc., effective 2026-04-30. Effective: 2026-04-30. Detected: 2026-10-25T04:46:33.007823+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:wqcit8sv9cbk - DIRECTOR_APPOINTED: Juan Carlos Dalto seat on Lifeway Foods, Inc., effective 2022-01-01. Effective: 2022-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-25T04:46:33.007823+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:vr610xmz80ft - DIRECTOR_APPOINTED: Perfecto Sanchez seat on Lifeway Foods, Inc., effective 2022-01-01. Effective: 2022-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-25T04:46:33.007823+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:1m0m4c4uoh294 - DIRECTOR_APPOINTED: Dorri McWhorter seat on Lifeway Foods, Inc., effective 2020-01-01. Effective: 2020-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-25T04:46:33.007823+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:12fjw7o18qsbfe - DIRECTOR_APPOINTED: Jody Levy seat on Lifeway Foods, Inc., effective 2020-01-01. Effective: 2020-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-25T04:46:33.007823+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:t9e77w64dfyk - COMMITTEE_MEMBER_ADDED: Dorri McWhorter member of Compensation, effective 2020-01-01. Effective: 2020-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-25T04:46:33.007823+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:byp10e1ggicw6 - DIRECTOR_APPOINTED: Jason Scher seat on Lifeway Foods, Inc., effective 2012-01-01. Effective: 2012-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-25T04:46:33.007823+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:m80z7e7eh7xs - COMMITTEE_CREATED: Compensation · Chair committee of Lifeway Foods, Inc., effective 2012-01-01. Effective: 2012-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-25T04:46:33.007823+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:2lez7216s6eso - COMMITTEE_MEMBER_ADDED: Jason Scher member of Compensation · Chair, effective 2012-01-01. Effective: 2012-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-25T04:46:33.007823+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:1yadcqtwfaunn - DIRECTOR_APPOINTED: Julie Smolyansky seat on Lifeway Foods, Inc., effective 2002-01-01. Effective: 2002-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-25T04:46:33.007823+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:yr1lma1g7dkwi - DIRECTOR_APPOINTED: Pol Sikar seat on Lifeway Foods, Inc., effective 1986-01-01. Effective: 1986-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-25T04:46:33.007823+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:1pd7qwra82mcx ## Scoped resources - `alpha://company/lifeway-foods-inc` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/lifeway-foods-inc?format=record - `alpha://company/lifeway-foods-inc/identity` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/lifeway-foods-inc?format=record§ion=identity - `alpha://company/lifeway-foods-inc/corporate-structure` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/lifeway-foods-inc?format=record§ion=corporate-structure - `alpha://company/lifeway-foods-inc/board` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/lifeway-foods-inc?format=record§ion=board - `alpha://company/lifeway-foods-inc/committees` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/lifeway-foods-inc?format=record§ion=committees - `alpha://company/lifeway-foods-inc/leadership` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/lifeway-foods-inc?format=record§ion=leadership - `alpha://company/lifeway-foods-inc/ownership` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/lifeway-foods-inc?format=record§ion=ownership - `alpha://company/lifeway-foods-inc/financials` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/lifeway-foods-inc?format=record§ion=financials - `alpha://company/lifeway-foods-inc/capital-structure` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/lifeway-foods-inc?format=record§ion=capital-structure - `alpha://company/lifeway-foods-inc/compensation` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/lifeway-foods-inc?format=record§ion=compensation - `alpha://company/lifeway-foods-inc/governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/lifeway-foods-inc?format=record§ion=governance - `alpha://company/lifeway-foods-inc/shareholder-governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/lifeway-foods-inc?format=record§ion=shareholder-governance - `alpha://company/lifeway-foods-inc/audit` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/lifeway-foods-inc?format=record§ion=audit - `alpha://company/lifeway-foods-inc/legal` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/lifeway-foods-inc?format=record§ion=legal - `alpha://company/lifeway-foods-inc/risk` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/lifeway-foods-inc?format=record§ion=risk - `alpha://company/lifeway-foods-inc/cyber` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/lifeway-foods-inc?format=record§ion=cyber - `alpha://company/lifeway-foods-inc/ai-governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/lifeway-foods-inc?format=record§ion=ai-governance - `alpha://company/lifeway-foods-inc/agents` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/lifeway-foods-inc?format=record§ion=agents - `alpha://company/lifeway-foods-inc/ecosystem` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/lifeway-foods-inc?format=record§ion=ecosystem - `alpha://company/lifeway-foods-inc/events` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/lifeway-foods-inc?format=record§ion=events - `alpha://company/lifeway-foods-inc/relationships` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/lifeway-foods-inc?format=record§ion=relationships - `alpha://company/lifeway-foods-inc/assessments` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/lifeway-foods-inc?format=record§ion=assessments - `alpha://company/lifeway-foods-inc/evidence` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/lifeway-foods-inc?format=record§ion=evidence ## Role modules - NOT_ASSERTED ## Attention - NO_RECORDS_FOUND ## Committee data - Claim alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:committee_appointment:14: `{"kind":"committee_appointment","original_name":"Compensation","category":"compensation","role":"chair","person":{"alpha_id":"alpha:person:jason-scher","name":"Jason Scher"},"source_id":"board_seats"}` - Claim alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:committee_appointment:15: `{"kind":"committee_appointment","original_name":"Compensation","category":"compensation","role":"member","person":{"alpha_id":"alpha:person:dorri-mcwhorter","name":"Dorri McWhorter"},"source_id":"board_seats"}` - Claim alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:committee_appointment:16: `{"kind":"committee_appointment","original_name":"Compensation","category":"compensation","role":"member","person":{"alpha_id":"alpha:person:jody-levy","name":"Jody Levy"},"source_id":"board_seats"}` ## Leadership - Dorri McWhorter: Director, Compensation. Claim: alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:leadership_role:5. Valid from: 2020-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:8bc06b1806ec4dbe17cf7af28dc8f9d3018b21881010363d0941b4ed999551c4. - Jason Scher: Director, Compensation · Chair. Claim: alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:leadership_role:6. Valid from: 2012-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:8bc06b1806ec4dbe17cf7af28dc8f9d3018b21881010363d0941b4ed999551c4. - Jody Levy: Director, Compensation. Claim: alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:leadership_role:7. Valid from: 2020-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:8bc06b1806ec4dbe17cf7af28dc8f9d3018b21881010363d0941b4ed999551c4. - Juan Carlos Dalto: Director. Claim: alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:leadership_role:8. Valid from: 2022-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:8bc06b1806ec4dbe17cf7af28dc8f9d3018b21881010363d0941b4ed999551c4. - Julie Smolyansky: Director. Claim: alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:leadership_role:9. Valid from: 2002-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:8bc06b1806ec4dbe17cf7af28dc8f9d3018b21881010363d0941b4ed999551c4. - Perfecto Sanchez: Director. Claim: alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:leadership_role:10. Valid from: 2022-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:8bc06b1806ec4dbe17cf7af28dc8f9d3018b21881010363d0941b4ed999551c4. - Pol Sikar: Director. Claim: alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:leadership_role:11. Valid from: 1986-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:8bc06b1806ec4dbe17cf7af28dc8f9d3018b21881010363d0941b4ed999551c4. - Julie Smolyansky: Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary. Claim: alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:leadership_role:12. Valid from: 2026-04-30. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:f18577ce0e57f0f885407690f7ef0fcf93efdb6d3263f074de4dae1d4229c0f5. ## Roles - PUBLISHED ## Governance - NOT_ASSERTED ## Board committees - Compensation: Chair Jason Scher; Members Jason Scher (Chair); Dorri McWhorter; Jody Levy. Claim: alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:committee_record:13. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:7de3028cd2d8f31a4215e08252170a79430fd4096ab0081a2aaac027a13ca59f. ## Financials - NOT_ASSERTED ## Workforce - NOT_ASSERTED ## Market and index context - PUBLISHED ## Legal Name - Lifeway Foods, Inc.. Claim: alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:legal_name:1. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:ac7f84f4beb26d6298c9a5051b343bb3884f16b665259cca40764599dce1bdf7. ## Entity Status - Public listing published. Claim: alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:entity_status:3. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:ac7f84f4beb26d6298c9a5051b343bb3884f16b665259cca40764599dce1bdf7. ## Published Fact - US. Claim: alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:published_fact:4. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:ac7f84f4beb26d6298c9a5051b343bb3884f16b665259cca40764599dce1bdf7. ## Committee Appointment - Jason Scher: chair, Compensation. Claim: alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:committee_appointment:14. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:7de3028cd2d8f31a4215e08252170a79430fd4096ab0081a2aaac027a13ca59f. - Dorri McWhorter: member, Compensation. Claim: alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:committee_appointment:15. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:7de3028cd2d8f31a4215e08252170a79430fd4096ab0081a2aaac027a13ca59f. - Jody Levy: member, Compensation. Claim: alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:committee_appointment:16. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:7de3028cd2d8f31a4215e08252170a79430fd4096ab0081a2aaac027a13ca59f. ## Security Listing - LWAY (NASDAQ). Claim: alpha:claim:company:39bb3ecd-03a1-442e-ab8f-e0181dae2e78:security_listing:17. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:ac7f84f4beb26d6298c9a5051b343bb3884f16b665259cca40764599dce1bdf7. ## Coverage states | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Identity | PUBLISHED | | Business | PUBLISHED | | Leadership | PUBLISHED | | Board and committees | PUBLISHED | | Governance | NOT_ASSERTED | | Financials | NOT_ASSERTED | | Workforce | NOT_ASSERTED | | Ownership | NOT_ASSERTED | | Ratings | NOT_PUBLISHED | | Market and index context | PUBLISHED | ## Public sources - alpha:projection-evidence:ac7f84f4beb26d6298c9a5051b343bb3884f16b665259cca40764599dce1bdf7: [Alpha canonical company public projection](https://www.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/lifeway-foods-inc). - alpha:projection-evidence:document:8bc06b1806ec4dbe17cf7af28dc8f9d3018b21881010363d0941b4ed999551c4: [Lifeway Foods, Inc. DEF 14A 2024-04-29](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814586/000168316824002769/lifeway_def14a.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:document:f18577ce0e57f0f885407690f7ef0fcf93efdb6d3263f074de4dae1d4229c0f5: [LWAY DEF 14A executive officers](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814586/000168316826003375/lifeway_idef14a.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:7de3028cd2d8f31a4215e08252170a79430fd4096ab0081a2aaac027a13ca59f: [Compensation](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814586/000168316824002769/lifeway_def14a.htm). ## Rights | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | public_retrieval | allowed | | agent_retrieval | allowed | | redistribution | not_granted | | model_training | not_granted | | commercial_use | not_specified | | relationship_pathfinding | not_granted | | direct_contact | not_granted | ## Limitations - Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist. - Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included. - Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist. - Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights. - This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating. ## Alternate representations - [Canonical profile](https://registry.alpha.ac/companies/lifeway-foods-inc) - [Public Markdown](https://registry.alpha.ac/companies/lifeway-foods-inc.md) - [Public JSON](https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/lifeway-foods-inc?format=record) - [JSON-LD](https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/lifeway-foods-inc?format=jsonld) - MCP resource: `alpha://companies/lifeway-foods-inc` at https://mcp.alpha.ac/mcp ## Connected governance records Structured intelligence is not currently available. Existing published profile evidence remains accessible. ## Critical-risk oversight Snapshot as of 2026-10-25T21:47:59.151928+00:00; recorded 2026-10-25T21:47:59.151928+00:00. Every published assignment for this snapshot is listed. Only explicitly reviewed, rights-cleared assignments in effect on the as-of date, in the company's own wording. An assignment shows where oversight is placed, not whether it is effective. Missing records do not establish absence.