Company: BHR-PD
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: 10-K/A
Source: 0001574085-25-000040
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Company: Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: 10-K/A
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 Science degree with distinction from the School of Hotel Administration also at Cornell. He is a life member of the Cornell Hotel Society.

Experience, Qualifications, Attributes and Skills: Mr. Bennett's extensive industry experience as well as the strong and consistent leadership qualities he has displayed in his role as Chairman, his prior role as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and his experience with, and knowledge of, the Company and its operations gained in those roles and in his role as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ashford Inc., his prior role as Chief Executive Officer and his current role as the Chairman of Ashford Trust, are vital qualifications and skills that make him uniquely qualified to serve as a director of the Company and as the Chairman of the Board.

Stefani D. Carter. Ms. Carter has served as a member of our Board since November 2013 and currently serves as our Lead Director. She serves as chair of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and as a member of our Related Party Transactions Committee. She also serves as a member and chair of the Board of Directors of Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust (NASDAQ: WHLR), a commercial real estate investment company, and as a member of the Board of Directors of Axos Bank and Axos Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AX). Ms. Carter has been a practicing attorney since 2005, specializing in civil litigation, contractual disputes and providing general counsel and advice to small businesses and individuals. She is also the principal of two entities, Stefani Carter & Associates, LLC, a consulting and legal services firm she founded in 2011, and Stable Realty, LLC, a real estate investments firm. From October 2020 to February 2023, Ms. Carter served as a litigation shareholder at Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC (“FBFK”), a full-service law firm. Prior to FBFK, Ms. Carter served as senior counsel at the law firm of Estes Thorne & Carr PLLC for three years. In addition, Ms. Carter served as an elected representative of House District 102 in the Texas House of Representatives between 2011 and 2015. From 2008 to 2011, Ms. Carter was employed as an associate attorney at the law firm of Sayles Werbner, PC and from 2007 to 2008 was a prosecutor in the Collin County District Attorney's Office. Prior to joining the Collin County District Attorney's Office, Ms. Carter was an associate

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