---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-24-001386"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BAER"
cik: "0001941536"
company_name: "Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-03-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T00:51:07.105755+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bridger Aerospace adds two independent directors, expanding board to 11

## Summary
- Appointed Elizabeth C. Fascitelli, former Goldman Sachs partner, as Class II director until 2024 annual meeting.
- Appointed David A. Schellenberg, former CEO of Conair Group, as Class I director until 2026 annual meeting.
- Board expanded from 9 to 11 directors; both are independent and will receive standard non-employee director compensation.
- Fascitelli brings 37 years at Goldman Sachs; Schellenberg brings over 30 years of operating and financial leadership in aviation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-24-001386
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BAER
- cik: 0001941536
- company_name: Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-03-08T23:59:59+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/1941536/000168316824001386/0001683168-24-001386-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1941536/000168316824001386/bridger_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-24-001386
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-24-001386.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-24-001386.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David A. Schellenberg was elected as Director at Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: ...elected David A. Schellenberg, age 60, to serve as a Class I director until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1941536/000168316824001386/0001683168-24-001386-index.htm
- Executive change
  Elizabeth C. Fascitelli was elected as Director at Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: ...also elected Elizabeth C. Fascitelli, age 65, to serve as a Class II director until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1941536/000168316824001386/0001683168-24-001386-index.htm

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