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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001941536-26-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BAER"
cik: "0001941536"
company_name: "Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-21T20:06:26+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-21T20:07:46.954590+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bridger Aerospace appoints Rebecca Gerleman as SVP and Chief Accounting Officer

## Summary
- Rebecca Gerleman, 36, becomes SVP & Chief Accounting Officer effective Sept 18, 2026.
- Previously Senior Director of Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting since Feb 1, 2026; Director from Dec 2024 to Jan 2026.
- Prior experience: ~12 years at Deloitte & Touche, last as Audit & Assurance Senior Manager.
- Compensation: $330,000 base salary and one-time RSU award of $108,733 under 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
- No family relationships or related-party transactions with Bridger officers or directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001941536-26-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BAER
- cik: 0001941536
- company_name: Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-21T20:06:26+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1941536/000194153626000028/0001941536-26-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1941536/000194153626000028/baer-20260918.htm

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