BrightSpire Capital, Inc. Appoints Catherine Long to Board of Directors
December 02, 2021 at 01:30 pm
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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.
BrightSpire Capital, Inc. is a commercial real estate (CRE) credit real estate investment trust. The Company is focused on originating, acquiring, financing and managing a diversified portfolio, consisting primarily of CRE debt investments and net leased properties predominantly in the United States. The Company's segments include Senior and Mezzanine Loans and Preferred Equity, Net Leased and Other Real Estate, and Corporate and Other. The Senior and Mezzanine Loans and Preferred Equity segment has CRE debt investments, including senior loans, mezzanine loans, and preferred equity interests, as well as participation in such loans. Net Leased and Other Real Estate segment include direct investments in commercial real estate with long-term leases to tenants on a net lease basis. The Corporate and Other includes corporate-level asset management and other fees. The Company has offices in New York, New York and Los Angeles, California.