Bucknell University president salary and executive pay
Bucknell University paid its president, John Bravman, $1,045,773 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $250,057 (19.3%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $420,693,420, down 0.7% from $423,625,972 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Bucknell University ranks 102nd of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Bucknell University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 24-0772407, Lewisburg, PA.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,045,773
- Total revenue
- $420,693,420
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 73%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202601979349300045.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 36th 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, 2 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| John Bravman President PRESIDENT | $1,045,773 |
| Scott RosevearVP-ADVANCEMENT | $583,846 |
| Param BediVP-LIBRARY & IT | $497,659 |
| Karin RilleyGENERAL COUNSEL | $491,953 |
| Nicole WhiteheadVP-TALENT & HR | $476,619 |
Also paid on the latest return: Lisa Keegan (VP-ENROLLMENT), $462,808; Margot Vigeant (INTERIM PROVOST), $406,399; Heather Johns (VP-COMMUNICATION), $379,858; Jermaine Truax (VP-ATHLETICS), $377,246; Karl Voss (DEAN-ARTS AND SCIENCES), $361,161; John Girffin (COACH-M.BASKETBALL), $356,461; Brad Putman (DEAN-ENGINEERING), $348,096; Joe Wilck (PROFESSOR), $340,690; David Cecchini (COACH-FOOTBALL), $333,908; Raquel Alexander (FORMER DEAN-MANAGEMENT), $332,914; Ankur Pareek (PROFESSOR), $316,109; Robert Midkiff (FORMER VP-STRATEGY), $303,666; William Robert Meek (PROFESSOR), $299,125; Vernese Edghill-Walden (VP-EQUITY & INC), $282,080; Wendy Sternberg (PROVOST), $280,132; and 13 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Alexandra Ahrens Jung (TRUSTEE), Annie Seibold Drapeau (CHAIRMAN), Audra M Wilson (TRUSTEE), Bridget Lacroix Lecky (TRUSTEE), Carolyn Neely Ainslie (TRUSTEE), Carolyn Speer Miles (TRUSTEE), Daisy Auger-Dominguez (TRUSTEE), Dawn M Becker (SECRETARY), Donald N Isken (TRUSTEE), Erika Nd Stanat (VICE CHAIR), Eugene A Gorab (TRUSTEE), Frank A Davis (TRUSTEE), Frank K Schoeneman (TRUSTEE), Garry D Thaniel (TRUSTEE), J Frank Brown (TRUSTEE), John T Reynolds (TRUSTEE), Jordan H Leiser (TRUSTEE), Kathryn Boselli Vizas (TRUSTEE), Kecia M Thomas (TRUSTEE), Keren Bergman (TRUSTEE), Lance M Fritz (TRUSTEE), Laureen Costa (TRUSTEE), Laurie E Schmidt (TRUSTEE), Lisa Cadette Detwiler (TRUSTEE), Makoto Fujimura (TRUSTEE), and 10 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 Amended | John Bravman President PRESIDENT | $1,045,773 | $420,693,420 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | John Bravman President President | $1,295,830 | $423,625,972 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | John Bravman President President | $1,024,015 | $378,989,380 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | John C Bravman President President | $925,708 | $288,902,813 | 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 202601979349300045.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| John BravmanPRESIDENT | $814,296 | $231,477 | $789,656 | $0 | $24,640 | $134,500 | $96,977 | $1,045,773 |
| Scott RosevearVP-ADVANCEMENT | $523,058 | $60,788 | $411,820 | $103,500 | $7,738 | $3,331 | $57,457 | $583,846 |
| Param BediVP-LIBRARY & IT | $426,656 | $71,003 | $383,377 | $42,500 | $779 | $34,500 | $36,503 | $497,659 |
| Karin RilleyGENERAL COUNSEL | $427,003 | $64,950 | $379,403 | $46,750 | $850 | $34,500 | $30,450 | $491,953 |
| Nicole WhiteheadVP-TALENT & HR | $428,401 | $48,218 | $324,629 | $103,500 | $272 | $32,811 | $15,407 | $476,619 |
These figures come from Bucknell 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 Bucknell University compares
Ranked 102nd of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 101st, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, $1,048,438
- Next in this ranking: 103rd, University of Notre Dame, $1,017,760
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Hillsdale College$1,325,414 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Providence College$63,959 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Catholic University of America$681,341 (President), fiscal year ending Apr 2025
Saint Joseph's University$807,197 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Marist University$1,388,761 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
John Bravman (PRESIDENT) was paid $1,045,773 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $814,296 from Bucknell University and $231,477 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The president, John Bravman, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,045,773.
Bucknell University paid its president, John Bravman, $1,045,773 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $250,057 (19.3%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was John C Bravman, paid $925,708. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $925,708 (John C Bravman); June 2023, $1,024,015; June 2024, $1,295,830; June 2025, $1,045,773.
Bucknell University's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $414,283,228 and total revenue of $420,693,420 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $6,410,192. Expenses were $383,997,561 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 7.9%. The president's pay of $1,045,773 equals 0.25% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Bucknell University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on July 16, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.