President and Chief Executive Officer · Lumen Technologies, Inc. (LUMN)

Kate Johnson

A named executive officer of Lumen Technologies in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2022 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

$24,936,641

FY2024: $10,499,991

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

5 named officers on file for Lumen Technologies, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 6, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Kate Johnson compensation by year

Lumen Technologies Summary Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Lumen Technologies reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$180,840$1,200,000$1,283,607$1,354,493
Bonus$1,000,000$0$0$0
Stock awards$3,013,700$6,215,329$6,135,630$18,590,663
Option awards$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$329,129$1,996,800$2,957,252$4,877,486
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0
All other$254,461$180,834$123,502$113,999
Total$4,778,130$9,592,963$10,499,991$24,936,641

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Lumen Technologies, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 6, 2026, accession 0000018926-26-000024, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Lumen Technologies, Inc. filed document, accession 0000018926-26-000024. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 6, 2026.

$4.8M
$9.6M
$10.5M
$24.9M
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU73,923,610$574,386,436—
RSU31,582,360$245,394,931—
RSU3,997,276$31,058,835—
RSU2,979,891$23,153,753—
RSU2,406,130$18,695,630—
RSU1,937,079$15,051,104—
RSU1,332,425$10,352,942—
RSU486,618$3,781,022—
RSU61,300$476,301—

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

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Lumen Technologies discloses, by trigger · FY2024
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$8,320,000$14,162,662$69,800$24,770,401

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Lumen Technologies, Inc.'s FY2024 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Lumen Technologies’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Kate Johnson · this pagePresident and Chief Executive Officer$24,936,641
Chris StansburyExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer$13,082,720
David WardFormer Executive Vice President, Chief Technology and Product Officer$6,247,310
Mark HackerExecutive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Public Sector$4,338,060
Ashley Haynes-GasparFormer Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer$4,250,949

Board service

Lumen Technologies board · FY2023–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Lumen Technologies pays directors a $100,000 cash retainer and $200,000 in Restricted Stock/RSUs. As stated in Lumen Technologies's FY2025 proxy.

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How this record is built

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