---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001476045-21-000076"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLDT"
cik: "0001476045"
company_name: "Chatham Lodging Trust"
filed_at: "2021-08-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T16:32:25.973237+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chatham Lodging appoints Ethel Isaacs Williams and David Grissen as trustees

## Summary
- Williams (ex-NextEra Energy, Kaufman Lynn) and Grissen (retired Marriott Group President) join board effective immediately.
- Grissen oversaw Marriott's Americas operations covering 5,500 hotels and 160,000 associates.
- Each new trustee receives a one-time grant of 5,000 restricted common shares.
- Appointments expand board diversity and industry expertise; Grissen brings 35-year Marriott tenure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001476045-21-000076
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLDT
- cik: 0001476045
- company_name: Chatham Lodging Trust
- filed_at: 2021-08-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476045/000147604521000076/0001476045-21-000076-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476045/000147604521000076/cldt-20210810.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001476045-21-000076
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001476045-21-000076.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001476045-21-000076.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David Grissen was appointed as Trustee at Chatham Lodging Trust.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Trustee
  source text: On August 9, 2021, the board of trustees (the “Board of Trustees”) of Chatham Lodging Trust (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, appointed Ms. Ethel Isaacs Williams and Mr. David Grissen to the Board of Trustees, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476045/000147604521000076/0001476045-21-000076-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ethel Isaacs Williams was appointed as Trustee at Chatham Lodging Trust.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Trustee
  source text: On August 9, 2021, the board of trustees (the “Board of Trustees”) of Chatham Lodging Trust (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, appointed Ms. Ethel Isaacs Williams and Mr. David Grissen to the Board of Trustees, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476045/000147604521000076/0001476045-21-000076-index.htm

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