Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Stephen H. Kramer, Chief Executive Officer and President, was paid $5.3M in 2025, up 3% from $5.2M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 146:1, on median employee pay of $36,251.

Filed
April 20, 2026
Annual meeting
June 3, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$5.3M+3% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
146:1median $36,251
CEO pay in equity
66%$3.5M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
94%of votes cast
CEO Total Compensation
$5,303,7382025 fiscal year
CEO Base Salary
$699,6602025 fiscal year
Median Employee Pay
$36,2512025 fiscal year
CEO to Median Pay Ratio
146:12025 fiscal year

How Kramer was paid

$5.3M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary13%Bonus10%Stock awards49%Option awards17%Non-equity incentive11%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Stephen H. KramerChief Executive Officer and President$5,303,738
Elizabeth J. BolandChief Financial Officer$2,002,381
Mary Lou Burke AfonsoChief Operating Officer, North America Center Operations$2,005,104
Mandy BermanChief Operating Officer, Back-up Care and Educational Advisory Services$2,003,713
Rosamund MarshallManaging Director, International$1,615,822

What changed and why

  • $5.3MChief executive officer total compensation increased to $5,303,738 in fiscal year 2025.
  • 94.2%Advisory vote on executive compensation received approximately 94.2% support at the prior annual meeting.
  • Performance-based restricted stock units and stock options were granted as part of the long-term incentive program.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.