---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001042776-25-000053"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PDM"
cik: "0001042776"
company_name: "Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-02-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T00:55:07.740546+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Piedmont appoints Donnley, Lewis, Donnelly as directors; board now 10 members

## Summary
- Deneen Donnley (SVP & GC, Con Edison), Stephen Lewis (retired Chair/CEO, Troutman Pepper), and Jeffrey Donnelly (CEO, DiamondRock Hospitality) joined board effective Feb 26, 2025.
- Board expands to ten members; compensation aligns with existing non-employee director terms described in the 2024 proxy statement.
- No disclosable related-party transactions involving the new appointees were identified.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001042776-25-000053
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PDM
- cik: 0001042776
- company_name: Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042776/000104277625000053/0001042776-25-000053-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042776/000104277625000053/pdm-20250226.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001042776-25-000053
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001042776-25-000053.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen E. Lewis was appointed as Director at Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 26, 2025, the Board of Directors of Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. (the "Registrant") appointed Jeffrey J. Donnelly, Deneen L. Donnley, and Stephen E. Lewis to serve as directors of the Registrant, effective February 26, 2025, with committee appointments to be determined at a later date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042776/000104277625000053/0001042776-25-000053-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeffrey J. Donnelly was appointed as Director at Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 26, 2025, the Board of Directors of Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. (the "Registrant") appointed Jeffrey J. Donnelly, Deneen L. Donnley, and Stephen E. Lewis to serve as directors of the Registrant, effective February 26, 2025, with committee appointments to be determined at a later date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042776/000104277625000053/0001042776-25-000053-index.htm
- Executive change
  Deneen L. Donnley was appointed as Director at Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 26, 2025, the Board of Directors of Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. (the "Registrant") appointed Jeffrey J. Donnelly, Deneen L. Donnley, and Stephen E. Lewis to serve as directors of the Registrant, effective February 26, 2025, with committee appointments to be determined at a later date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042776/000104277625000053/0001042776-25-000053-index.htm

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