Brown University president salary and executive pay
Brown University paid its president, Christina Paxson, $1,953,784 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $1,223,806 (38.5%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $2,055,944,018, up 24.9% from $1,645,616,164 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Brown University ranks 37th of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Brown University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 05-0258809, Providence, RI.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,953,784
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$4,043,871Jane DietzeVP & CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
- Total revenue
- $2,055,944,018
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 27%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631319349306043.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 96th of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.10% 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, 13 people were paid more than $500,000, 9 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Jane DietzeVP & CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $4,043,871 |
| Christina Paxson President PRESIDENT/FELLOW | $1,953,784 |
| Joshua T KennedyMANAGING DIRECTOR | $1,657,221 |
| Grace CalhounVP FOR ATHLETICS & RECREATION | $1,557,104 |
| Peter LevineMANAGING DIRECTOR | $1,554,541 |
Also paid on the latest return: Erica Nourjian (HEAD OF OPERATIONS-INVESTMENTS), $1,207,713; Mukesh Jain (DEAN OF BIO & MED), $1,139,422; Francis J Doyle (PROVOST), $1,079,464; Sergio Gonzalez (SVP FOR ADVANCEMENT), $1,029,054; Gary Padula (MANAGING DIRECTOR), $986,383; Sarah Latham (EVP FIN & ADMIN), $902,879; Russell Carey (FORMER INTERIM EVP FIN), $618,751; Michael White (VP FIN & ADMIN SVCS & CFO), $593,689; Jack Elias (FORMER SVP HEALTH AFFAIRS), $489,254; Leah Vanwey (DEAN OF THE FACULTY), $466,909; Michael Guglielmo Jr (VP FOR FACILITIES & CAMPUS OPS), $443,993; Kevin McLaughlin (FORMER DEAN OF FACULTY), $427,289; Jill Pipher (VP FOR RESEARCH (UNTIL 06/24)), $409,474; Lawrence E Larson (FORMER INTERIM PROVOST), $382,562; Greg Hirth (VP RESEARCH), $270,489.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: John C Atwater (FELLOW), Sangeeta N Bhatia (FELLOW), Richard A Friedman (SECRETARY/FELLOW), Robert P Goodman (FELLOW), Jeffrey F Hines (FELLOW), Jim Yong Kim (FELLOW), Samuel M Mencoff (FELLOW), Alison S Ressler (FELLOW), Joan Wernig Sorenson (FELLOW), Nancy G Zimmerman (FELLOW), Anne Beal (TRUSTEE), Angelique G Brunner (TRUSTEE), Kwame Campbell (TRUSTEE), A Richard Caputo Jr (TRUSTEE), Susan Y Chon (TRUSTEE), David Cicilline (TRUSTEE), Joseph Dowling (TRUSTEE), Marcia J Dunn (TRUSTEE), James P Esposito (TRUSTEE), Jill Furman (TRUSTEE), Eldridge H Gilbert III (TRUSTEE), Xochitl Gonzalez (TRUSTEE), Theresia Gouw (TREASURER/TRUSTEE), Oliver Haarmann (TRUSTEE), Shanelle Chambers Haile (TRUSTEE), and 27 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 | Christina Paxson President PRESIDENT/FELLOW | $1,953,784 | $2,055,944,018 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Christina Paxson President PRESIDENT/FELLOW | $3,177,590 | $1,645,616,164 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Christina Paxson President PRESIDENT/FELLOW | $1,831,198 | $1,585,724,817 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Christina Paxson President PRESIDENT/FELLOW | $2,046,296 | $1,790,921,493 | 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 202631319349306043.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Jane DietzeVP & CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $3,703,877 | $339,994 | $785,295 | $1,894,000 | $1,024,582 | $284,500 | $55,494 | $4,043,871 |
| Christina PaxsonPRESIDENT/FELLOW | $1,433,165 | $520,619 | $1,330,165 | $0 | $103,000 | $384,500 | $136,119 | $1,953,784 |
| Joshua T KennedyMANAGING DIRECTOR | $1,479,709 | $177,512 | $505,956 | $825,000 | $148,753 | $135,933 | $41,579 | $1,657,221 |
| Grace CalhounVP FOR ATHLETICS & RECREATION | $1,400,685 | $156,419 | $654,803 | $174,915 | $570,967 | $44,267 | $112,152 | $1,557,104 |
| Peter LevineMANAGING DIRECTOR | $1,387,590 | $166,951 | $438,410 | $800,000 | $149,180 | $119,267 | $47,684 | $1,554,541 |
These figures come from Brown 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 Brown University compares
Ranked 37th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 36th, Midwestern University, $1,968,182
- Next in this ranking: 38th, Georgetown University, $1,947,390
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Syracuse University$1,845,442 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Tulane University$2,851,000 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Dartmouth College$2,108,837 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Georgetown University$1,947,390 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Carnegie Mellon University$3,155,276 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Christina Paxson (PRESIDENT/FELLOW) was paid $1,953,784 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,433,165 from Brown University and $520,619 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Jane Dietze (VP & CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER), at $4,043,871. That is $2,090,087 more than the president, Christina Paxson.
Brown University paid its president, Christina Paxson, $1,953,784 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $1,223,806 (38.5%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was Christina Paxson, paid $2,046,296. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $2,046,296 (Christina Paxson); June 2023, $1,831,198; June 2024, $3,177,590; June 2025, $1,953,784.
Brown University's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $1,826,597,897 and total revenue of $2,055,944,018 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $229,346,121. Expenses were $1,715,970,020 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 6.4%. The president's pay of $1,953,784 equals 0.11% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Brown University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 11, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.