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Bright Horizons Family Solutions Executive Compensation (FY25)

BFAM · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025

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Data as of September 19, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 3, 2026
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Chief executive, fiscal 2025
Stephen Kramer
Latest say-on-pay support
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June 3, 2026
What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Stephen Kramer: $5,154,263$5,303,738 (2.9% higher)

Frequently asked questions

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Who is Bright Horizons Family Solutions' chief executive and what were they paid?
Stephen Kramer, Chief Executive Officer and President, received $5,303,738 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Kramer's total was 2.9% higher than the $5,154,263 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Bright Horizons Family Solutions' say-on-pay result?
Shareholders recorded 89.2% support for the say-on-pay proposal at the meeting held June 3, 2026 for fiscal 2025.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Stephen Kramer
Chief Executive Officer and President
Mary Lou Burke Afonso
Chief Operating Officer, North America Center Operations
Elizabeth Boland
Chief Financial Officer
Mandy Berman
Chief Operating Officer, Back-up Care and Educational Advisory Services
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Stephen Kramer
Chief Executive Officer and President
Mandy Berman
Chief Operating Officer, Back-up Care and Educational Advisory Services
Mary Lou Burke Afonso
Chief Operating Officer, North America Center Operations
Elizabeth Boland
Chief Financial Officer
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Stephen Kramer
Chief Executive Officer and President
Mary Lou Burke Afonso
Chief Operating Officer, North America Center Operations
Mandy Berman
Chief Operating Officer, Back-up Care and Educational Advisory Services
Elizabeth Boland
Chief Financial Officer
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Mandy BermanOption3/5/2035
Option3/4/2034
Option2/24/2033
PSU
PSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
PSU
Elizabeth BolandOption2/26/2028
Option3/5/2035
Option3/4/2034
Option2/24/2033
Option2/25/2029
Option2/25/2029
Option2/26/2028
PSU
RSU
PSU
RSU
PSU
RSU
Stephen KramerOption3/5/2035
Option3/4/2034
Option2/24/2033
PSU
Option2/25/2029
RSU
PSU
RSU
PSU
RSU
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
David H. Lissy
Board chair
Lawrence M. Alleva
Laurel J. Richie
Jordan Hitch
Joshua Bekenstein
Julie Atkinson
Mary Ann Tocio
Jennifer Schulz
Cathy Minehan
Stephen H. Kramer served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer
Board equity retainer
Total board retainer
Board chair premium
Audit committee chair
Audit committee member
Compensation committee chair
Compensation committee member
Nominating and governance chair
Nominating and governance member
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025June 3, 2026=
2024June 3, 2025=
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192 figures on this page: 190 cited to the filing that reported them, 2 calculated from figures it prints.
190 cited to the filing
2 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001437578-26-000016
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001193125-26-162582
    Director Compensation · Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End · Summary Compensation Table
  3. 0001437578-25-000017
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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