---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-100438"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RLJ"
cik: "0001511337"
company_name: "RLJ Lodging Trust"
filed_at: "2022-09-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T09:22:40.758194+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RLJ Lodging Trust appoints Tom Bardenett as EVP & COO

## Summary
- Tom Bardenett, previously EVP of Asset Management, appointed EVP & COO effective September 13, 2022.
- Bardenett was COO of Extended Stay America (Jan 2015 – Sep 2017) and held leadership roles at Crossroads Hospitality.
- He serves as Chairman of the American Hotel Lodging Association Foundation and on advisory councils for Embassy Suites and Courtyard by Marriott.
- Bardenett joined RLJ in September 2017; he holds a B.A. from Oswego State University.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-100438
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RLJ
- cik: 0001511337
- company_name: RLJ Lodging Trust
- filed_at: 2022-09-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1511337/000110465922100438/0001104659-22-100438-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1511337/000110465922100438/tm2225258d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-100438
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-100438.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-100438.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Tom Bardenett was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at RLJ Lodging Trust.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On September 13, 2022, the Board of Trustees of RLJ Lodging Trust (the “Company”) appointed Tom Bardenett Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1511337/000110465922100438/0001104659-22-100438-index.htm

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