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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

DC · Education · EIN 530196549

52
Executives Disclosed
$937.1M
Annual Revenue
$2476.0M
Total Assets
3.6:1
Internal Pay Ratio

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY has 52 executives with disclosed compensation. The highest-paid executive, Sylvia M Burwell (PRESIDENT THRU 6/24), received peak total compensation of $2,136,599. The sector average for Education executives is $192K.


Top Executive Compensation Over Time


Executive Compensation

Name Title Peak Comp. Latest Comp. Years vs. Household
Sylvia M Burwell PRESIDENT THRU 6/24 $2.1M $1.5M 2018–2024 28.5x
Cornelius M Kerwin PROF & PRESIDENT EMERITUS $1.1M $327K 2016–2023 14.4x
Courtney Surls VP DEV. & ALUM REL. THRU 6/24 $780K $561K 2016–2024 10.4x
Traevena L Byrd VP, UNI. COUNSEL & BOT SECRETARY $757K $757K 2024–2024 10.1x
Scott A Bass PROF. & FORMER PROVOST $673K $345K 2016–2023 9x
Bronte Burleigh-Jones CFO, VP & TREASURER $662K $662K 2022–2024 8.8x
Douglas Kudravetz FORMER CFO, VP & TREASURER $652K $190K 2016–2023 8.7x
Peter Starr PROF. & FORMER CHIEF ACADEMIC OFF $632K $493K 2022–2024 8.4x
Daniel J Myers FORMER PROVOST & CAO $599K $157K 2020–2022 8x
Fanta Aw VP UG ENROLLMENT THRU 3/23 $598K $598K 2018–2023 8x
Mary E Kennard FORMER VP & UNIVERSITY COUNSEL $594K $594K 2016–2018 7.9x
Traevena Byrd VP, UNI. COUNSEL & BOT SEC. $589K $589K 2019–2023 7.8x
Billie Jo Kaufman RETIRED LAW LIBRARIAN $578K $578K 2020–2020 7.7x
Claudio Grossman PROFESSOR $568K $528K 2016–2024 7.6x
Roger A Fairfax Jr DEAN & PROFESSOR $563K $563K 2022–2024 7.5x
David Marchick DEAN & PROFESSOR $559K $559K 2024–2024 7.5x
Seth Grossman VP PPL. & EXT. AFFAIRS THRU 4/24 $534K $534K 2020–2024 7.1x
Herman Schwartz RETIRED PROFESSOR $534K $534K 2020–2020 7.1x
John Delaney DEAN (THRU 6/30/22) $528K $479K 2018–2022 7x
David G Swartz FORMER VP & CIO $525K $100K 2016–2022 7x
Camille Nelson DEAN & PROFESSOR $496K $496K 2018–2020 6.6x
Elliot Milstein PROFESSOR - RETIRED $495K $495K 2019–2019 6.6x
Vicky Wilkins ACTING PROVOST, CAO AS OF 7/23 $490K $490K 2024–2024 6.5x
Sam Fulwood DEAN OF SOC $484K $484K 2024–2024 6.4x
Erdal Tekin PROFESSOR $483K $483K 2024–2024 6.4x
Wendy Boland DEAN GRAD & PROFESS. STUDIES $478K $478K 2022–2024 6.4x
Richard J Wilson Professor $475K $475K 2016–2016 6.3x
Steve Munson VP & CIO $451K $480K 2022–2024 6x
Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy DEAN, SOE $447K $447K 2023–2023 6x
Matthew Bennett VP & CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS $441K $441K 2020–2024 5.9x
Gail Short Hanson FORMER VP CAMPUS LIFE $432K $406K 2016–2018 5.8x
Nicholas N Kittrie Professor $431K $431K 2016–2016 5.7x
Heng Xu PROFESSOR $429K $429K 2023–2023 5.7x
Robert Dinerstein PROFESSOR & FORMER DEAN $407K $407K 2022–2024 5.4x
Parthiban David SR ASSOCIATE DEAN, KSB $406K $406K 2023–2023 5.4x
Sarah Baldassaro CHIEF OF STAFF AND COUNSELOR $391K $391K 2023–2024 5.2x
Andrew F Popper Professor $390K $390K 2018–2018 5.2x
Jeffrey H Harris Professor $389K $366K 2016–2018 5.2x
Andrew Popper PROFESSOR $382K $382K 2022–2022 5.1x
Robert D Dinerstein Professor $379K $379K 2016–2018 5.1x
Andrew F Poppers PROFESSOR $372K $372K 2017–2017 5x
Teresa Flannery FORMER VP OF COMMUNICATION $372K $363K 2016–2020 5x
Richard D Breitman Assistant Professor $365K $365K 2016–2016 4.9x
Barbara Romzek DEAN & PROFESSOR $361K $361K 2017–2017 4.8x
Mary Clark INTERIM PROVOST THRU 1/15/19 $351K $351K 2019–2019 4.7x
James Dinegar SPECIAL ASST DIRECTOR $343K $343K 2022–2022 4.6x
Jamin B Raskin PROFESSOR $325K $325K 2017–2017 4.3x
Andrea Felder INT. VP, UG. ENROLL. THRU 3/24 $272K $272K 2023–2024 3.6x
Evelyn Thimba VP, UG ENROLL. MGMT AS OF 7/23 $263K $263K 2024–2024 3.5x
Thomas J Minar VP Development & Alumni Rel $253K $253K 2016–2016 3.4x
Bethany Bridgham Interim VP & Univ Counsel $250K $250K 2018–2018 3.3x
Raymond Lu Ming Ou VP, STUDENT AFFAIRS AS OF 7/23 $206K $206K 2024–2024 2.7x

Annual Summary

Year Executives Avg. Comp. Highest Comp. Total Payroll
2016 15 $491K $1.1M $6.9M
2017 14 $486K $1.0M $6.8M
2018 17 $475K $1.0M $8.1M
2019 14 $530K $1.1M $7.4M
2020 16 $525K $1.2M $8.4M
2022 21 $422K $1.3M $8.4M
2023 21 $534K $2.1M $11.2M
2024 20 $530K $1.5M $10.6M
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