Oil-Dri Corp. of America (ODC) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Daniel S. Jaffee, President and CEO, was paid $2.3M in 2025, down 78% from $10.6M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 29:1, on median employee pay of $78,628.

Filed
October 28, 2025
Annual meeting
December 9, 2025
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$2.3M-78% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
29:1median $78,628
Prior say-on-pay support
98%of votes cast
Incentive payout
139.4% of targetCash and deferred awards
Say-on-pay support
97.7%Fiscal 2023 vote
Median employee pay
$78,628Annual total compensation
Kreh stock awards
$1,277,540Fiscal 2025 grant-date value
Christiansen stock awards
$1,277,540Fiscal 2025 grant-date value

How Jaffee was paid

$2.3M 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.

Salary39%Non-equity incentive49%Pension and deferred comp0%All other compensation11%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Daniel S. JaffeePresident and CEO$2,295,850
Susan M. KrehCFO and CIO$2,421,852
Christopher LamsonGroup Vice President of Retail and Wholesale$1,111,789
Aaron V. ChristiansenVice President of Operations$2,068,245
Laura G. SchelandVice President & General Manager of Consumer Products Division$968,800

What changed and why

  • $2.3M$2,295,850 CEO total compensation in 2025, down from $10,603,516 in 2024.
  • $0$0 CEO stock awards in 2025, compared with $7,973,750 in 2024.
  • 139.4%139.4% of target was paid for 2025 Cash Incentive and Executive Deferred Bonus Awards.
  • 97.7%97.7% of votes cast supported say-on-pay for fiscal 2023.
  • 29:1 was the fiscal 2025 CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio.
  • Two new NEOs, Aaron V. Christiansen and Laura G. Scheland, were added for fiscal 2025.

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.