---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437578-24-000011"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BFAM"
cik: "0001437578"
company_name: "BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC."
filed_at: "2024-03-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T05:59:51.520045+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bright Horizons director Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot to retire after 30+ years, effective June 5, 2024

## Summary
- Dr. Lawrence-Lightfoot has served on the Board since 1993 and is a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
- Her retirement is not due to any disagreement with the Company.
- The Board expects to decrease its size and rebalance director classes following her departure.
- She was praised by Board Chair David Lissy and CEO Stephen Kramer for her contributions to early education and culture.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437578-24-000011
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BFAM
- cik: 0001437578
- company_name: BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC.
- filed_at: 2024-03-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437578/000143757824000011/0001437578-24-000011-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437578/000143757824000011/bfam-20240328.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437578-24-000011
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437578-24-000011.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437578-24-000011.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot retired as Director at BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 28, 2024, Dr. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, a member of the Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (the “Company”) Board of Directors (the “Board”), informed the Board of her intent to retire from the Board after more than thirty years of service, effective June 5, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437578/000143757824000011/0001437578-24-000011-index.htm

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