Company: BHR-PD
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: 10-K/A
Source: 0001574085-25-000040
Chunk: 5

Company: Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: 10-K/A
Chunk 5
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 Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University and is a CFA charter holder. He is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Dallas-Fort Worth.

Justin Coe. Mr. Coe has served as our Chief Accounting Officer since January 2024 and has served in that capacity for Ashford Inc. and for Ashford Trust since January 2024. Prior to serving as Chief Accounting Officer, Mr. Coe had served as the Senior Vice President of Accounting of Ashford Inc. since July 2015. As Senior Vice President of Accounting, Mr. Coe was responsible for overseeing most of the accounting functions for Ashford Inc. and each of its advised platforms, including the Company and Ashford Trust. Such functions include tax, financial reporting, corporate controller, portfolio accounting, internal audit, information systems, acquisitions and special projects. Prior to joining Ashford Inc., Mr. Coe was a Senior Manager at Ernst & Young LLP and had served since 2006 in various assurance and advisory roles for public and private companies in the airline, real estate, medical device and other industries domestically and internationally.

Mr. Coe holds Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Accountancy degrees from Texas State University - San Marcos and is a licensed certified public accountant (CPA) in the state of Texas.

Monty J. Bennett. Mr. Bennett has served as Chairman of our Board since April 2013 and served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company from April 2013 to November 2016. Mr. Bennett is the Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Ashford Inc. (NYSE American: AINC) and is also the Founder & Chairman of Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NYSE: AHT) and the Company. Mr. Bennett has over 26 years of experience in the hotel industry and has experience in virtually all aspects of the hospitality industry, including hotel ownership, finance, operations, development, asset management and project management. In addition to his roles at Ashford, over his career Mr. Bennett has been a member and leader in numerous industry associations.

Mr. Bennett is a lifelong advocate of civic engagement and takes pride in giving back to the Dallas-Fort Worth community. Together with the Ashford companies, he supports numerous charitable organizations including Alzheimer's Association, Habitat for Humanity, North Texas Food Bank, the S.M. Wright Foundation and the Special Olympics.

He holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from Cornell's S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management and received a Bachelor of