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Firstsun Capital Bancorp Executive Compensation (FY25)
FSUN · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2024 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (DEF 14A): April 21, 2026
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Neal Arnold was paid $3,341,470 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer and President of FirstSun and Sunflower Bank and Chief Operating Officer of FirstSun for fiscal 2025, and Arnold's total moved 59.8% lower from the $8,320,810 reported for fiscal 2024. Meanwhile, the fiscal 2025 disclosure covers 4 named executive officers. Figures cover fiscal 2024 through fiscal 2025. The company is an emerging growth company and is exempt from the advisory say-on-pay vote.
This company is not required to report a chief executive pay ratio.
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 — Neal Arnold: $8,320,810 → $3,341,470 (59.8% lower)
Frequently asked questions
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Who is Firstsun Capital Bancorp's chief executive and what were they paid?
Neal Arnold was paid $3,341,470 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer and President of FirstSun and Sunflower Bank and Chief Operating Officer of FirstSun for fiscal 2025. Arnold's total moved 59.8% lower from the $8,320,810 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Firstsun Capital Bancorp's say-on-pay result?
The company is an emerging growth company and is exempt from the advisory say-on-pay vote.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neal Arnold Chief Executive Officer and President | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Robert Cafera Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Laura Frazier Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Mollie Carter Executive Chair | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neal Arnold Chief Executive Officer and President of FirstSun and Sunflower Bank and Chief Operating Officer of FirstSun | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Robert Cafera Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of FirstSun and the Bank | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Jennifer Norris Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of FirstSun and the Bank and Chief Operating Officer of the Bank | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Mollie Carter Executive Chairman of the FirstSun and Sunflower Bank Boards | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
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.
Equity awards granted
Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer L. Norris | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Jennifer L. Norris | MSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — |
| Neal E. Arnold | MSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — |
| Neal E. Arnold | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Robert A. Cafera, Jr. | MSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — |
| Robert A. Cafera, Jr. | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.
Outstanding awards
Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Norris | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Robert Cafera | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Neal Arnold | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| 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
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David W. Levy | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Diane L. Merdian | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Beverly O. Elving | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Isabella Cunningham | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
John S. Fleshood | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Paul A. Larkins | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Kevin T. Hammond, Benjamin Mackovak, C. Allen Parker, Mollie H. Carter, Neal E. Arnold, Peter E. Murphy, Thomas C. Shafer, Sam Edelson, Spencer T. Cohn and Henchy R. Enden 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.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
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 | ◇ |
| 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.
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.
This company is an emerging growth company and is exempt from the advisory vote on executive compensation. There is no vote to report.
What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Firstsun Capital Bancorp disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Written compensation analysis
A read of the pay program as designed and as paid: incentive structure, goal rigor, the alignment between the committee's stated philosophy and what the numbers show.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Board and governance analysis
Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
Board Governance Report — $1,200Realizable pay
What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.
Velarion IntelligenceAdviser switching and vote outcomes
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Documents cited
- 0001709442-26-0000222025 Summary Compensation Table · DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Director Compensation · EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION · and 1 more section
- 0001709442-25-0000202024 Summary Compensation Table
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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}
}