Employees Who Earned More Than Their Organization’s Chief Executive

September 20, 2007 | Read Time: 4 minutes

2006 compensation

Columbia University (New York)

David N. Silvers, Clinical Professor of Dermatology

$4,837,877

Vanderbilt University (Nashville)

William Spitz, Vice Chancellor, Investments*

2,970,611

New York University

James Grifo, Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology

2,823,406

University of Southern California (Los Angeles)

Peter Carroll, Head Football Coach

2,451,898

Stanford University (Calif.)

Edward Manche, Director, Stanford Eye Laser Center

2,377,211

Partners HealthCare System (Boston)

Jon P. Warner, Surgeon

2,092,777

Baylor College of Medicine (Houston)

Joseph Coselli, Professor

2,090,423

University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)

Arthur Rubenstein, Executive Vice President

1,826,132

Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)

Randy Walker, Head Coach, Football ¹

1,740,600 ²

Yale University (New Haven, Conn.)

David F. Swensen, Chief Investment Officer

1,679,200

Duke University (Durham, N.C.)

Mike Krzyzewski, Head Coach, Men’s Basketball

1,300,000

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington)

Leonard Slatkin, Music Director, National Symphony Orchestra

1,250,320

Shriners Hospitals for Children (Tampa, Fla.)

Richard McCall, Chief of Staff

1,175,034 ³

University of Notre Dame (South Bend, Ind.)

Scott C. Malpass, Chief Investment Officer

1,095,394

Nemours Foundation (Jacksonville, Fla.)

Christian Pizarro, Physician

1,000,338

Metropolitan Opera Association (New York)

Peter Gelb, General Manager, Elect**

1,000,002

Ford Foundation (New York)

Linda Strumpf, Vice President

986,406

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (Menlo Park, Calif.)

Laurance R. Hoagland Jr., Chief Investment Officer

937,861

Muscular Dystrophy Association (Tucson)

Gail Schmertz Kerner, General Counsel

837,904 ⁴

Princeton University (N.J.)

Jonathon L. Erickson, Managing Director, Princo

834,822

University of Miami (Coral Gables, Fla.)

Mark Soloway, Chair, Urology Department

813,207 ⁵

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge)

Allan S. Bufferd, Treasurer*

784,635

Carnegie Corporation of New York

D. Ellen Shuman, Chief Investment Officer

711,582 ⁶

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston)

Michael Epstein, Chief Operating Officer*

685,319 ⁷

San Francisco Opera Association

Donald Runnicles, Conductor

682,917

Kresge Foundation (Troy, Mich.)

Edward M. Hunia, Senior Vice President of Investments

642,923 ⁸

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago)

Susan Manske, Chief Investment Officer

620,093

National Academy of Sciences (Washington)

Harvey Fineberg, President, Institute of Medicine

576,972 ⁹

Rockefeller University (New York)

Carol B. Einiger, Chief Investment Officer

574,355

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, Mich.)

Robert E. Swaney Jr., Group Vice President, Investments*

551,156 ¹⁰

American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities/St. Jude

Larry E. Kun, Chairman, Radiological Oncology

535,849

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle)

Ashok Alexander, Director, India AIDS Initiative

534,820

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (New York)

Richard Insel, Vice President of Research

524,240 ¹¹

California Institute of Technology (Pasadena)

Dean Currie, Vice President, Business and Finance

$524,239 ¹²

Brown University (Providence, R.I.)

Eli Adashi, Dean, Medical School

511,944

W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.)

Anne Petersen, Senior Vice President for Programming*

510,010 ¹³

Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.)

C. Biddy Martin, Provost

481,634

Duke Endowment (Charlotte, N.C.)

Stephanie S. Lynch, Chief Investment Officer*

437,000 ¹⁴

YMCA (Chicago)

Kenneth Gladish, Chief Executive Officer*

381,199

San Francisco Symphony

Alexander Barantschik, Concertmaster

381,111

WNET/Educational Broadcasting Corporation (New York)

Thomas A. Conway, Vice President

361,334

Broad Foundation (Los Angeles) ¹⁵

Dan Katzir, Managing Director

345,000

Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media (St. Paul)

Timothy T. Roesler, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing

313,491

Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home (Boys Town, Neb.)

Jane E. Emanuel, Staff Otolaryngologist

286,075 ¹⁶

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (New York)

Russell Lefevre, Chief Strategic Officer*

284,147 ¹⁷

North Seattle Community College Foundation/American Financial Solutions

Cindy Seremek, Chief Financial Officer

266,420

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (Charlotte, N.C.)

Billy Graham, Chairman

238,170

Communities Foundation of Texas (Dallas)

Edward M. Fjordbak, President*

225,000

Special Olympics (Washington)

J. Drake Turrentine, Chief Legal Officer

225,000

CARE (Atlanta)

Debra Neuman, Senior Vice President, External Relations

196,829

Paralyzed Veterans of America (Washington)

John D. Ring, Chief Financial Officer

192,819

Salvation Army (Alexandria, Va.)

————-, Architectural Consultant ¹⁸

171,670

Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia

Angela Falcone, Vice President

170,000

United Way of Tri-State (New York)

Frank Watson, Group Vice President

162,590

Mental Health America (Alexandria, Va.)

Oscar Morgan, Chief Operating Officer*

149,050

The Navigators (Colorado Springs)

Alan Andrews, U.S. President

143,472 ¹⁹

Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (Winchester, Va.)

Dan Busby, Vice President

125,000

Focus on the Family (Colorado Springs)

Bufford Tackett III, President, Focus on the Family Institute

123,111

American-Nicaraguan Foundation (Miami)

Alvaro J. Pereira, Executive Director

110,123

National Heritage Foundation (Falls Church, Va.)

John T. Houk III, President

108,200 ²⁰

Christian Aid Ministries (Berlin, Ohio)

Mark Nolt, Warehouse Director

59,035

Note: Figures are for fiscal 2006, unless otherwise noted.
* No longer at organization.
** No longer holds position.
1. Mr. Walker died in June 2006.
2. Includes $1,239,583 in deferred compensation.
3. Includes $850,917 in retirement benefits.
4. Organization’s figures are for the 2007 fiscal year.
5. Includes a $525,329 bonus.
6. Includes a $285,463 bonus.
7. Includes a $157,500 bonus.
8. Includes $241,792 in deferred compensation, to be paid over five years, of which $110,834 was paid in 2006.
9. Includes $60,243 in retirement benefits.
10. Includes a $407,491 retirement payment earned in prior years.
11. Includes a $50,000 housing allowance and a $37,440 bonus.
12. Includes $77,989 in deferred compensation.
13. Includes a $476,850 retirement payment.
14. Includes a $137,000 bonus.
15. Organization merged with the Eli and Edythe L. Broad Foundation in 2007.
16. Includes $202,178 representing a portion of fees the charity collects for medical services provided by Dr. Emanuel.
17. Includes a $63,743 severance payment.
18. Organization declined to name architectural consultant and is a religious group exempt from filing a Form 990; therefore, name is not public record.
19. Includes a $16,800 housing allowance.
20. Includes a $11,200 bonus.