---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001298946-24-000077"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DRH"
cik: "0001298946"
company_name: "DiamondRock Hospitality Co"
filed_at: "2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T19:28:35.036016+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DiamondRock promotes Stephen Spierto to CAO, hires Anika Fischer as General Counsel

## Summary
- Stephen Spierto, age 34, promoted to Chief Accounting Officer effective May 15, 2024; previously VP and Corporate Controller.
- Anika Fischer will join as SVP and General Counsel on June 3, 2024, replacing retiring EVP and GC William Tennis.
- Fischer was Deputy General Counsel at Essex Property Trust; led legal in capital markets and real estate transactions.
- Company entered amended severance agreements with CEO Jeff Donnelly, CFO Briony Quinn, and EVP Justin Leonard on May 14, 2024.
- Severance agreements include double-trigger change-in-control provisions: 3x salary plus target bonus paid lump sum.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001298946-24-000077
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DRH
- cik: 0001298946
- company_name: DiamondRock Hospitality Co
- filed_at: 2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1298946/000129894624000077/0001298946-24-000077-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1298946/000129894624000077/drh-20240514.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001298946-24-000077
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001298946-24-000077.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001298946-24-000077.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen Spierto was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at DiamondRock Hospitality Co.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: The Board of Directors of DiamondRock Hospitality Company (the “Company”) appointed Stephen Spierto to the position of Chief Accounting Officer, effective as of May 15, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1298946/000129894624000077/0001298946-24-000077-index.htm
- Executive change
  Briony R. Quinn changed role as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at DiamondRock Hospitality Co.
  - Action: stepped down as principal accounting officer
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  source text: In connection with and effective as of Mr. Spierto’s appointment as Chief Accounting Officer, Briony R. Quinn, the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will no longer serve as principal accounting officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1298946/000129894624000077/0001298946-24-000077-index.htm

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