---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001941536-23-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BAER"
cik: "0001941536"
company_name: "Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-09-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T19:31:55.387040+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bridger Aerospace appoints Anne Hayes as director and Audit Committee Chair; Debra Coleman resigns

## Summary
- Anne Hayes, 41, appointed as Class II director and Chair of Audit Committee, effective Sept 8, 2023; she is an audit committee financial expert.
- Debra Coleman resigned from the Board and Audit Committee effective Sept 8, 2023; her resignation letter filed as Exhibit 17.1.
- No transactions with Hayes requiring disclosure under Item 404(a); Board expresses confidence in Audit Committee governance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001941536-23-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BAER
- cik: 0001941536
- company_name: Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-09-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1941536/000194153623000005/0001941536-23-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1941536/000194153623000005/baer-20230908.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Debra Coleman resigned as Director and Chair of Audit Committee at Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director and Chair of Audit Committee
  source text: Director Debra Coleman resigned from the Board of Directors of the Company (the 'Board'), effective September 8, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1941536/000194153623000005/0001941536-23-000005-index.htm
- Executive change
  Anne Hayes was appointed as Director and Chair of Audit Committee at Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director and Chair of Audit Committee
  source text: Ms. Anne Hayes, age 41, was appointed to the Board on September 8, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1941536/000194153623000005/0001941536-23-000005-index.htm

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