Protara Therapeutics Executive Compensation (FY25)
TARA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2024 to 2025
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Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 15, 2026
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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 — Jesse Shefferman: $1,791,843 → $2,655,774 (48.2% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 99.3% → 94.6% (4.7 points lower)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Protara Therapeutics' chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Jesse Shefferman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, came to $2,655,774 in fiscal 2025. Compared with the $1,791,843 reported for fiscal 2024, Shefferman's total was 48.2% higher.
What was Protara Therapeutics' say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 94.6% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 12, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jesse Shefferman President, Chief Executive Officer and Director | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Jacqueline Zummo Chief R&D Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jesse Shefferman President, Chief Executive Officer and Director | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Leonardo Nicacio Chief Medical Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Jacqueline Zummo Chief R&D 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
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacqueline Zummo | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/23/2035 |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/18/2034 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/18/2033 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/2/2032 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Leonardo Nicacio | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 4/14/2035 |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Jesse Shefferman | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/23/2035 |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/18/2034 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/18/2033 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/2/2032 | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Luke Beshar Board chair | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Richard Levy, M.D | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Roger Garceau, M.D | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Jane Huang, M.D | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Gregory Sargen | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Michael Solomon, Ph.D | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Michael Solomon | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Cynthia Smith | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Barry Flannelly, Pharm.D | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Jesse Shefferman 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 | ◇ |
| 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 Options.
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
- Number of Shares symbol not shown
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 12, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | June 11, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | June 7, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | June 7, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2021 | June 8, 2022 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2020 | June 9, 2021 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2019 | June 9, 2020 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Protara Therapeutics disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where Protara Therapeutics sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Written 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.
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128 figures on this page: 121 cited to the filing that reported them, 7 calculated from figures it prints.
121 cited to the filing
7 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001213900-26-068774Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
- 0001213900-26-048536NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
- 0001213900-25-053844Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
- 0001213900-24-051210Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
- 0001213900-23-047460Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001213900-22-031985Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
- 0001213900-21-031798Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001213900-20-014592Item 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}
}