Bowdoin College president salary and executive pay
Bowdoin College paid its president, Safa Zaki, $1,120,866 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $469,734 (72.1%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $449,569,000, up 21.6% from $369,776,000 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Bowdoin College ranks 95th of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Bowdoin College has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 01-0215213, Brunswick, ME.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,120,866
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$2,143,819K Niles BryantSVP/CHIEF INVESTMENTS OFFICER
- Total revenue
- $449,569,000
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 74%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202611329349306966.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 35th of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.25% 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, 8 people were paid more than $500,000, 4 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| K Niles BryantSVP/CHIEF INVESTMENTS OFFICER | $2,143,819 |
| Safa Zaki President PRESIDENT | $1,120,866 |
| Boris RaykinDIRECTOR OF INVESTMENTS | $1,104,156 |
| Page MachlinDIRECTOR OF INVESTMENTS | $1,075,692 |
| Matthew OrlandoSVP FINANCE & ADMIN/TREASURER | $618,381 |
Also paid on the latest return: Jennifer Scanlon (SVP/DEAN FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS), $571,185; Ashley Conrad (ENDOWMENT CHIEF OP OFFICER), $543,979; Michael Cato (SVP/CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER), $536,463; Janet Lohmann (SVP/DEAN FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS), $485,942; Elizabeth Orlic (SVP/CHIEF OF STAFF), $444,003; Scott Meiklejohn (SVP FOR DEVELOPMENT & AR), $433,697; Scott Hood (SVP FOR COMM & PUBLIC AFFAIRS), $428,759; Tama Spoerri (VP FOR HUMAN RESOURCES), $427,231; Claudia Marroquin (SVP/DEAN ADMISSIONS & ST. AID), $412,343; Heather Krajewski (SVP FOR DEVELOPMENT & AR), $402,927; Bruce Kohorn (FACULTY), $376,111; Benje Douglas (SVP FOR INCLUSION & DIVERSITY), $369,518; Stephanie Frost (FRMR SVP FOR DEVELOPMENT & AR), $333,000; Christina Finneran (SVP/INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH), $285,740; James Hoppe (SVP/DEAN FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS), $262,745; and 1 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Diana L Spagnuolo (VICE CHAIR), Scott B Perper (CHAIR), Alison E Rundlett (TRUSTEE), Andrew E Serwer (TRUSTEE), Ann Hambelton Kenyon (TRUSTEE), Arthur E Black (TRUSTEE), Bertrand Garcia-Moreno (TRUSTEE), David G Brown (TRUSTEE), Ellen L P Chan (TRUSTEE), Holly E Maloney (TRUSTEE), Jeff D Emerson (TRUSTEE), Jennifer Goldsmith Adams (TRUSTEE), Joan Benoit Samuelson (TRUSTEE), John F McQuillan Jr (TRUSTEE), John K L Thorndike (TRUSTEE), Joseph Adu (TRUSTEE), Joseph V McDevitt Jr (TRUSTEE), Julia L Davidson (TRUSTEE), Karen N Walker (TRUSTEE), Kathryn Roche Hope (TRUSTEE), Katie R Benner (TRUSTEE), Kayla D Baker (TRUSTEE), Mary Hogan Preusse (TRUSTEE), Michel Bamani (TRUSTEE), Mitchell S Zuklie (TRUSTEE), and 14 more.
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 | Safa Zaki President PRESIDENT | $1,120,866 | $449,569,000 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Safa Zaki President PRESIDENT BEGINNING 7/1/23 | $651,132 | $369,776,000 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Clayton Rose President PRESIDENT | $780,990 | $355,248,000 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Clayton Rose President PRESIDENT | $625,504 | $411,778,000 | 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 202611329349306966.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| K Niles BryantSVP/CHIEF INVESTMENTS OFFICER | $2,075,729 | $68,090 | $872,801 | $1,200,000 | $2,928 | $48,927 | $19,163 | $2,143,819 |
| Safa ZakiPRESIDENT | $936,509 | $184,357 | $911,252 | $0 | $25,257 | $99,977 | $84,380 | $1,120,866 |
| Boris RaykinDIRECTOR OF INVESTMENTS | $1,054,646 | $49,510 | $545,109 | $507,377 | $2,160 | $45,399 | $4,111 | $1,104,156 |
| Page MachlinDIRECTOR OF INVESTMENTS | $1,026,872 | $48,820 | $536,250 | $489,038 | $1,584 | $45,399 | $3,421 | $1,075,692 |
| Matthew OrlandoSVP FINANCE & ADMIN/TREASURER | $526,166 | $92,215 | $423,252 | $100,000 | $2,914 | $51,102 | $41,113 | $618,381 |
These figures come from Bowdoin College'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 Bowdoin College compares
Ranked 95th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 94th, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, $1,122,817
- Next in this ranking: 96th, Temple University, $1,120,249
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Wesleyan University$1,374,453 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences$1,790,552 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Elon University$889,064 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Rockefeller University$1,593,942 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Berklee College of Music$644,731 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Common questions
Safa Zaki (PRESIDENT) was paid $1,120,866 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $936,509 from Bowdoin College and $184,357 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was K Niles Bryant (SVP/CHIEF INVESTMENTS OFFICER), at $2,143,819. That is $1,022,953 more than the president, Safa Zaki.
Bowdoin College paid its president, Safa Zaki, $1,120,866 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $469,734 (72.1%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was Clayton Rose, paid $625,504. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $625,504 (Clayton Rose); June 2023, $780,990; June 2024, $651,132 (Safa Zaki); June 2025, $1,120,866.
Bowdoin College's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $325,836,000 and total revenue of $449,569,000 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $123,733,000. Expenses were $296,467,000 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 9.9%. The president's pay of $1,120,866 equals 0.34% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Bowdoin College 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.