---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001541401-23-000029"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESRT"
cik: "0001541401"
company_name: "Empire State Realty Trust, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-07-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T09:26:36.578284+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Empire State Realty Trust appoints Christina Van Tassell and Hannah Yang to Board as independent directors

## Summary
- Christina Van Tassell and Hannah Yang appointed to Board, effective July 12, 2023.
- Van Tassell is CFO of John Wiley & Sons; Yang is Chief Growth & Customer Officer at NYT.
- Board size increased from nine to ten; both qualify as independent under NYSE standards.
- Van Tassell on Audit and Nominating/Governance; Yang on Finance and Nominating/Governance.
- Appointments part of board refreshment initiatives per CEO Anthony E. Malkin.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001541401-23-000029
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESRT
- cik: 0001541401
- company_name: Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-07-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000154140123000029/0001541401-23-000029-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000154140123000029/esrt-20230710.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001541401-23-000029
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001541401-23-000029.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001541401-23-000029.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christina Van Tassell was appointed as Director at Empire State Realty Trust, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board appointed Christina Van Tassell and Hannah Yang to the Board, each as an independent director, effective as of July 12, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000154140123000029/0001541401-23-000029-index.htm
- Executive change
  Hannah Yang was appointed as Director at Empire State Realty Trust, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board appointed Christina Van Tassell and Hannah Yang to the Board, each as an independent director, effective as of July 12, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000154140123000029/0001541401-23-000029-index.htm

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