Independent Director · The GEO Group (GEO)

Chair, Operations and Oversight Committee

Scott M. Kernan — GEO Director Compensation (2025)

Fiscal year 2025 director compensation for Scott M. Kernan at The GEO Group. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Director compensation as of the proxy filed March 19, 2026 (DEF 14A). Open the filing on EDGAR.

What they were paid

GEO Director Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as GEO reports it. Most recent year first. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2025$194,991$150,009$0$0$345,000
FY2024$190,000$134,997——$324,997

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: The GEO Group DEF 14A filed March 19, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-116014, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

Committees

FY2025 · as the proxy prints them

Audit · Compensation · Nominating/Governance · Corporate Planning · Criminal Justice and Rehabilitation · Operations and Oversight (Chair) · Health Services · Human Rights · Legal Steering

The rest of the GEO board

FY2025 · as the company reported each
DirectorRoleFY2025 total
Donna Arduin KauranenIndependent Director$323,036
George C. ZoleyChair of the Board$0
Jack BrewerLead Independent Director$395,000
Julie Myers WoodIndependent Director$303,759
Lindsay L. KorenIndependent Director$318,759
Thomas C. BartzokisIndependent Director$312,509

The full GEO compensation record

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