BrightSpire Capital, Inc. announced the appointment of Catherine Long, former founding member, executive vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer and assistant secretary of STORE Capital Corporation, as an independent director to the company?s Board of Directors and member of its audit committee. Following the appointment of Ms. Long effective December 1, 2021, the increased Board of Directors now comprises 7 directors, 6 of whom are independent. Ms. Long has over 30 years of accounting, operating and financial management expertise. Most recently, Ms. Long was one of the founders of STORE Capital Corporation, an internally managed net-lease real estate investment trust formed in 2011 to focus on single tenant operational real estate of middle market companies across the United States. Ms. Long served as STORE?s Executive Vice President ? Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary from its inception in May 2011 until November 2021.