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accession: "0001193125-25-283930"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SHO"
cik: "0001295810"
company_name: "Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-11-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T19:08:14.166647+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sunstone Hotel Investors elects Michael Barnello to board effective Nov 15, 2025

## Summary
- Michael Barnello, 60, appointed as independent director, term expires at 2026 annual meeting.
- Board expands from 8 to 9 members; Barnello brings lodging industry expertise.
- Barnello is Founder and Managing Partner of Badlands Hotel Capital, former CEO of LaSalle Hotel Properties.
- Chairman Pasquale and CEO Giglia welcomed Barnello's addition to enhance shareholder value.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-283930
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SHO
- cik: 0001295810
- company_name: Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1295810/000119312525283930/0001193125-25-283930-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1295810/000119312525283930/d846096d8k.htm

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