---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-000736"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NSA"
cik: "0001618563"
company_name: "National Storage Affiliates Trust"
filed_at: "2025-01-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T08:32:55.147697+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# National Storage Affiliates promotes John Esbenshade to CAO; Togashi resigns

## Summary
- John Esbenshade promoted to chief accounting officer, effective Jan 1, 2025.
- Esbenshade retains his existing roles as senior vice president and controller.
- Brandon S. Togashi resigned from his position as chief accounting officer.
- Esbenshade joined NSA in 2019; previously VP at Prologis and manager at Deloitte.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-000736
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NSA
- cik: 0001618563
- company_name: National Storage Affiliates Trust
- filed_at: 2025-01-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1618563/000162828025000736/0001628280-25-000736-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1618563/000162828025000736/nsa-20250101.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-000736
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-000736.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-000736.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John Esbenshade was appointed as chief accounting officer at National Storage Affiliates Trust.
  - Action: promoted
  - Role: chief accounting officer
  source text: the promotion of John Esbenshade, 44, the Company's current senior vice president and controller, to the position of chief accounting officer, in addition to his current positions (the “ Appointment ”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1618563/000162828025000736/0001628280-25-000736-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brandon S. Togashi resigned as chief accounting officer at National Storage Affiliates Trust.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: chief accounting officer
  source text: Brandon S. Togashi has resigned from his position as chief accounting officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1618563/000162828025000736/0001628280-25-000736-index.htm

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