Bentley University president salary and executive pay
Bentley University paid its president, E Labrent Chrite, $1,148,725 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $78,630 (7.3%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $414,000,417, up 7.6% from $384,725,127 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Bentley University ranks 90th of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Bentley University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 04-1081650, Waltham, MA.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,148,725
- Total revenue
- $414,000,417
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 78%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202641329349303614.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 29th of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.28% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 3 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| E Labrent Chrite President PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE | $1,148,725 |
| Paul TeslukPROVOST & VP, ACADEMIC AFFAIRS | $542,718 |
| Maureen ForresterVP, CFO/TREASURER | $517,281 |
| Kartik RamanASSOCIATE PROVOST | $494,431 |
| Rani HoitashPROFESSOR | $471,824 |
Also paid on the latest return: Chris Grugan (VP, UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT), $458,438; Sanjay Putrevu (DEAN OF BUSINESS), $453,620; Carolina Figueroa (VP, ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT), $439,575; Martin Conyon (PROFESSOR), $429,367; Michael Page (PROFESSOR), $421,621; J Andrew Shepardson (VP, STUDENT AFFAIRS & DEAN), $409,032; Guilherme Costa (VP/GEN COUNSEL & SECRETARY), $380,950; Elizabeth Hess (VP AND CIO), $369,602; Sean Ferguson (VP, STRATEGY & INNOVATION), $361,350; Donna Maria Blancero (FORMER PROVOST), $349,528; Christopher J Joyce (VP, MARKETING & COMM), $340,597; George Cangiano (FMR VP, HUMAN RESOURCES (UNTIL 12/24)), $338,554; Kristen Jadul (VP, HUMAN RESOURCES (AS OF 1/25)), $261,580; Katherine Penn (VP, DIV/INCLUSION), $260,073; Rick Oches (FORMER PROVOST), $194,738.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: J Paul Condrin III (CHAIR), David L Giunta (VICE CHAIR), Robert E Alan (TRUSTEE), Thomas P Alber (TRUSTEE), Stephen L Delvecchio (TRUSTEE), Vaneesha Dutra (TRUSTEE), Joyce J Elam (TRUSTEE), Daniel Farley (TRUSTEE), Melanie Foley (TRUSTEE), Steven C Millner (TRUSTEE), Lebone C Moses (TRUSTEE), Susan G O'Connell (TRUSTEE), Melanie Otero (TRUSTEE), Bill Pappas (TRUSTEE), Gordon E Pulsifer (TRUSTEE), Melinda Williams Reno (TRUSTEE (AS OF 7/24)), Tiffany R Warren (TRUSTEE), Brian T Zino (TRUSTEE).
President's pay by year
Each row is the president on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | E Labrent Chrite President PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE | $1,148,725 | $414,000,417 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | E Labrent Chrite President PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE | $1,070,095 | $384,725,127 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | E Labrent Chrite President PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE | $973,152 | $347,738,231 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | E Labrent Chrite President PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE (AS OF 6/21) | $527,976 | $351,890,044 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202641329349303614.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| E Labrent ChritePRESIDENT/TRUSTEE | $945,895 | $202,830 | $779,820 | $154,500 | $11,575 | $102,125 | $100,705 | $1,148,725 |
| Paul TeslukPROVOST & VP, ACADEMIC AFFAIRS | $484,427 | $58,291 | $457,925 | $20,000 | $6,502 | $34,500 | $23,791 | $542,718 |
| Maureen ForresterVP, CFO/TREASURER | $458,992 | $58,289 | $440,769 | $10,000 | $8,223 | $34,500 | $23,789 | $517,281 |
| Kartik RamanASSOCIATE PROVOST | $436,175 | $58,256 | $430,708 | $0 | $5,467 | $34,500 | $23,756 | $494,431 |
| Rani HoitashPROFESSOR | $412,065 | $59,759 | $231,565 | $0 | $180,500 | $34,500 | $25,259 | $471,824 |
These figures come from Bentley University's Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How Bentley University compares
Ranked 90th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 89th, Pace University, $1,165,088
- Next in this ranking: 91st, Lehigh University, $1,145,854
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Bucknell University$1,045,773 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Hillsdale College$1,325,414 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Providence College$63,959 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of Arizona Global Campus$601,030 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2023
University of New Haven$609,173 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
E Labrent Chrite (PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE) was paid $1,148,725 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $945,895 from Bentley University and $202,830 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The president, E Labrent Chrite, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,148,725.
Bentley University paid its president, E Labrent Chrite, $1,148,725 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $78,630 (7.3%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was E Labrent Chrite, paid $527,976. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $527,976 (E Labrent Chrite); June 2023, $973,152; June 2024, $1,070,095; June 2025, $1,148,725.
Bentley University's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $397,668,134 and total revenue of $414,000,417 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $16,332,283. Expenses were $365,306,952 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 8.9%. The president's pay of $1,148,725 equals 0.29% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Bentley University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 12, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.