---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001574085-25-000032"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BHR"
cik: "0001574085"
company_name: "Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc."
filed_at: "2025-04-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T19:41:14.554211+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Braemar Hotels appoints Kellie Sirna to board; interior design firm has Ashford Inc. contract

## Summary
- Appointed Ms. Kellie Sirna to the Board effective April 1, 2025; term until next annual meeting.
- Board determined Sirna independent under NYSE standards; no committee assignment.
- Sirna is owner/principal of Studio 11 Design, which provides hospitality interior design.
- Ashford Inc. pays Studio 11 Design $85,000/year under a 4-year consulting agreement.
- Studio 11 Design received $339,511 (2022), $145,623 (2023), $12,710 (2024) from Ashford affiliates; later refunded $336,547.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001574085-25-000032
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BHR
- cik: 0001574085
- company_name: Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-04-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1574085/000157408525000032/0001574085-25-000032-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1574085/000157408525000032/bhr-20250401.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001574085-25-000032
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001574085-25-000032.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001574085-25-000032.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kellie Sirna was appointed as Director at Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 1, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. (the “ Company ”) appointed Ms. Kellie Sirna to the Board, effective immediately, to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders of the Company and until her successor is duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1574085/000157408525000032/0001574085-25-000032-index.htm

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