Company: DRH-PA
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001298946-25-000038
Chunk: 38

Company: DiamondRock Hospitality Co
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 38
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 Finance and Accounting for Meristar Hospitality Corporation, a publicly-traded lodging real estate investment trust. She previously held roles at a number of audit and consulting firms, including Arthur Andersen and Beers & Cutler. 
 Ms. Quinn is a former certified public accountant. She holds a B.S in Accounting with a minor in Finance from Providence College.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Briony R. Quinn                                                 
 Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer 
 Age: 52                                                         |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |

|                                                                |     | Anika C. Fischerhas served as our Senior Vice President and General Counsel since June 2024.  She oversees all legal and compliance activities for the Company, including corporate governance and capital markets transactions, litigation management, hotel transaction negotiations, legal operations, risk management, and regulatory compliance for the Company and its hotels. Previously, Ms. Fischer was Deputy General Counsel at Essex Property Trust, Inc., a multifamily REIT from October 2015 through May 2024. During her nine-year tenure at Essex she led its legal department in capital markets transactions, securities and corporate governance matters and the teams responsible for closing and underwriting complex real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, structured finance, joint ventures, developments and financings. 
 Ms. Fischer began her career as an associate in the Real Estate group at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.  Ms. Fischer received a Juris Doctoratecum laudefrom the University of Michigan Law School and a B.A. from Wesleyan University.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Anika C. Fischer                                               
 Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary 
 Age: 36                                                        |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |

The charts below contain additional demographic information on our executive officers:

#### DiamondRock Hospitality342025 Proxy Statement

### Compensation Discussion

### and Analysis

#### Executive Summary
Our “named executive officers” for 2024 were as follows:

| Name                   |     | Title                                                                           |
| Jeffrey J. Donnelly(1) |     | Chief Executive Officer  (”CEO”)                                                |
| Justin L. Leonard(2)   |     | President and Chief Operating Officer (”COO”)                                   |
| Briony R. Quinn(3)     |     | Executive Vice President (”EVP”), Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (”CFO”) |
| Anika C. Fischer(4)    |     | Senior Vice President (”