Former Interim President and Chief Executive Officer · GERON CORP (GERN)

Dawn Bir

FY2025 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for Dawn Bir as a named executive officer of GERON; the record below is that year, complete. 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

$522,122

8th of 8 named executive officers at Geron by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 7, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Dawn Bir compensation by year

GERON Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as GERON reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2025
Salary$318,190
Bonus$0
Stock awards$0
Option awards$163,674
Non-equity incentive$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0
All other$40,258
Total$522,122

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: GERON CORP DEF 14A filed April 7, 2026, accession 0000886744-26-000024, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the GERON CORP filed document, accession 0000886744-26-000024. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 7, 2026.

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
Option180,000$280,800$1.34

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

GERON’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Harout SemerjianPresident and Chief Executive Officer$10,221,755
John ScarlettFormer Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer$7,422,754
Andrew GrethleinFormer Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer$3,316,444
Ahmed ElNawawiExecutive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer$2,881,334
James ZieglerFormer Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer$2,392,709
Michelle RobertsonExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Interim Secretary$2,250,082
Joseph EidExecutive Vice President, Research and Development, Chief Medical Officer$1,001,052
Dawn Bir · this pageFormer Interim President and Chief Executive Officer$522,122

Board service

GERON board · FY2021–FY2025
Director compensation in US dollars, as GERON reports it. Most recent year first; a dash means the company reported no figure in that column.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2025$0$0$0$0—
FY2024$64,158—$519,156—$583,314
FY2023$49,721$0$293,400—$343,121
FY2021$47,500—$74,750—$122,250

Each year as the company reported it in GERON's director compensation table. Totals are the company's own disclosed totals.

How this board is paid

Company policy: GERON pays directors a $50,000 cash retainer and $163,674 in equity. As stated in GERON's FY2025 proxy.

Committees

Compensation · Nominating/Governance (Chair)

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How this record is built

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