Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer · Evergy, Inc. (EVRG)

David Campbell

A named executive officer of Evergy in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2021 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$9,537,018

FY2024: $7,257,862

1st of 5 named executive officers at Evergy by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for Evergy, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 26, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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David Campbell compensation by year

Evergy Summary Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Evergy reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$980,769$1,029,423$1,055,510$1,056,000$1,123,142
Bonus$1,250,000$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$7,306,661$4,314,667$4,598,132$4,929,101$7,004,446
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$1,487,500$1,487,063$1,424,280$1,207,800$1,342,969
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0
All other$113,152$57,164$60,802$64,961$66,461
Total$11,138,082$6,888,316$7,138,724$7,257,862$9,537,018

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Evergy, Inc. DEF 14A filed March 26, 2026, accession 0001140361-26-011357, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the Evergy, Inc. filed document, accession 0001140361-26-011357. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 26, 2026.

$11.1M
$6.9M
$7.1M
$7.3M
$9.5M
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU141,816$10,280,242—
RSU140,959$10,218,152—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Evergy, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Evergy’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
David Campbell · this pageChairman, President and Chief Executive Officer$9,537,018
Charles CaisleyExecutive Vice President, Utility Operations and Chief Customer Officer$3,130,455
W. Bryan BucklerExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$3,053,218
Cleveland ReasonerSenior Vice President, Chief Nuclear Officer$2,501,421
Heather HumphreySenior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary$2,173,949

Board service

Evergy board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Evergy pays directors a $120,000 cash retainer and $160,000 in RSUs. As stated in Evergy's FY2025 proxy.

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How this record is built

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