---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-205386"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GOOD"
cik: "0001234006"
company_name: "GLADSTONE COMMERCIAL CORP"
filed_at: "2024-08-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T08:00:14.317556+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gladstone Commercial elects Katharine Cornell Gorka to board, effective Aug 22, 2024

## Summary
- Elected as independent director in 2027 class, term through 2027 annual meeting.
- Named to Ethics, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
- Compensated on prorated basis under standard independent director program per 2024 proxy.
- Ms. Gorka is President of Threat Knowledge Group and former DHS Senior Policy Advisor.
- No arrangements or transactions with any other person or the company per Item 404(a).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-205386
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GOOD
- cik: 0001234006
- company_name: GLADSTONE COMMERCIAL CORP
- filed_at: 2024-08-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1234006/000119312524205386/0001193125-24-205386-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1234006/000119312524205386/d227597d8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 3faeca9d1b
  claim: Katharine Cornell Gorka was elected as Director at GLADSTONE COMMERCIAL CORP.
  evidence_excerpt: On August 22, 2024, Gladstone Commercial Corporation (the “Company”) announced the election of Katharine Cornell Gorka to its Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective August 22, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1234006/000119312524205386/0001193125-24-205386-index.htm

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