---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-074720"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BFAM"
cik: "0001437578"
company_name: "BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC."
filed_at: "2022-03-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T23:09:24.387896+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bright Horizons CHRO Maribeth Bearfield to depart March 31, 2022; consulting agreement in place.

## Summary
- Chief HR Officer Maribeth Bearfield stepping down effective March 31, 2022 to pursue other opportunities.
- Company entered a one-year Consulting Agreement for $120,000 to assist with transition.
- Consulting Agreement includes non-solicitation, non-compete, and non-disparagement covenants.
- No successor named; CFO Elizabeth Boland signed the filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-074720
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BFAM
- cik: 0001437578
- company_name: BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC.
- filed_at: 2022-03-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437578/000119312522074720/0001193125-22-074720-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437578/000119312522074720/d300243d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-074720
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-074720.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-074720.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Maribeth Bearfield departed as Chief Human Resources Officer at BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC..
  - Action: stepping down
  - Role: Chief Human Resources Officer
  source text: On March 14, 2022, Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Maribeth Bearfield, Chief Human Resources Officer, will be stepping down to pursue other opportunities effective March 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437578/000119312522074720/0001193125-22-074720-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.