---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001717547-21-000079"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BRSP"
cik: "0001717547"
company_name: "BrightSpire Capital, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-12-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T04:12:04.887433+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BrightSpire Capital appoints Catherine Long, former STORE Capital CFO, to Board

## Summary
- Board size increased from 6 to 7; Long appointed as independent director and audit committee member effective Dec 1, 2021.
- Long receives pro-rated grant of 4,543 restricted shares vesting May 5, 2022, plus $80k annual cash compensation.
- Long served as EVP, CFO, Treasurer of STORE Capital (NYSE: STOR) from 2011 to November 2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001717547-21-000079
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BRSP
- cik: 0001717547
- company_name: BrightSpire Capital, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-12-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1717547/000171754721000079/0001717547-21-000079-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1717547/000171754721000079/brsp-20211201.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001717547-21-000079.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Catherine Long was appointed as Director at BrightSpire Capital, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 1, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of BrightSpire Capital, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from six to seven members and appointed Catherine Long to the Board and audit committee of the Board, effective December 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1717547/000171754721000079/0001717547-21-000079-index.htm

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