Fairfield University president salary and executive pay
Fairfield University paid its president, Mark R Nemec PhD, $1,095,361 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $135,441 (14.1%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $558,598,313, up 14.2% from $489,308,458 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Fairfield University ranks 97th of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Fairfield University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 06-0646623, Fairfield, CT.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,095,361
- Total revenue
- $558,598,313
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 65%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631339349303418.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 46th of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.20% 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, 7 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Mark R Nemec PhD President PRESIDENT | $1,095,361 |
| Christine SiegelPROVOST & SR VP ACADEMICS | $611,114 |
| Paul SchlickmannVP OF ATHLETICS | $583,996 |
| Zhan LiDEAN, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | $547,784 |
| Michael TrafecanteVP FOR FINANCE, CFO & TREASURER | $544,439 |
Also paid on the latest return: Joanne Williams (SR VP FOR FINANCE & ADMIN), $525,286; Walter Halas (VP OF ADVANCEMENT), $501,902; Christopher Casey (MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH), $474,200; Cory Unis (VP FOR ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT), $453,962; Richard Greenwald (DEAN, SCHOOL OF CAS), $382,927; David Frassinelli (VP of Facilities, Campus & Auxiliary Services), $364,728; Kristine Carroll (SECRETARY), $141,487.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Andrew J McMahon (TRUSTEE), Brian P Hull (TRUSTEE), Christopher C Desmarais (TRUSTEE), Christopher C Quick (TRUSTEE), Clinton A Lewis Jr (TRUSTEE), Dagan T Kasavana (TRUSTEE), Douglas W Hammond (TRUSTEE), Elner L Morrell (TRUSTEE), Hugh Davis (TRUSTEE), John C Meditz (TRUSTEE), Jorge A Chiluisa (TRUSTEE), Kathleen Rafferty Hay (TRUSTEE (AS OF 7-1-2024)), Kevin P Cannon (TRUSTEE), Lisa M Ferraro (TRUSTEE), Mark P Egan (TRUSTEE (AS OF 7-1-2024)), Mary Ryan Cunningham (TRUSTEE), Maureen Errity Bujno (TRUSTEE), Patricia E Glassford (TRUSTEE), Phillip J Neugebauer (TRUSTEE), Rev Christopher J Devron Sj (TRUSTEE), Rev Gerald Blaszczak SJ (TRUSTEE (AS OF 7-1-2024)), Rev Gregory Kalscheur Sj (TRUSTEE), Rev Gregory M Goethals Sj (TRUSTEE), Rev Mario A Powell Sj (TRUSTEE), Robert J Murphy Jr (TRUSTEE), and 5 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 | Mark R Nemec PhD President PRESIDENT | $1,095,361 | $558,598,313 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Mark R Nemec PhD President PRESIDENT | $959,920 | $489,308,458 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Mark R Nemec PhD President PRESIDENT | $857,953 | $424,528,036 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Mark R Nemec President PRESIDENT | $747,690 | $415,893,981 | 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 202631339349303418.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Mark R Nemec PhDPRESIDENT | $907,966 | $187,395 | $644,873 | $252,000 | $11,093 | $81,050 | $106,345 | $1,095,361 |
| Christine SiegelPROVOST & SR VP ACADEMICS | $526,034 | $85,080 | $426,834 | $97,200 | $2,000 | $31,050 | $54,030 | $611,114 |
| Paul SchlickmannVP OF ATHLETICS | $497,036 | $86,960 | $335,801 | $78,512 | $82,723 | $29,422 | $57,538 | $583,996 |
| Zhan LiDEAN, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | $498,364 | $49,420 | $400,766 | $90,000 | $7,598 | $31,050 | $18,370 | $547,784 |
| Michael TrafecanteVP FOR FINANCE, CFO & TREASURER | $383,591 | $160,848 | $306,779 | $75,501 | $1,311 | $27,314 | $133,534 | $544,439 |
These figures come from Fairfield 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 Fairfield University compares
Ranked 97th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 96th, Temple University, $1,120,249
- Next in this ranking: 98th, Howard University, $1,080,698
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
National University$1,053,175 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Midwestern University$1,968,182 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of San Francisco$0 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Stevens Institute of Technology$1,296,964 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Belmont University$1,135,264 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Common questions
Mark R Nemec PhD (PRESIDENT) was paid $1,095,361 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $907,966 from Fairfield University and $187,395 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The president, Mark R Nemec PhD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,095,361.
Fairfield University paid its president, Mark R Nemec PhD, $1,095,361 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $135,441 (14.1%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was Mark R Nemec, paid $747,690. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $747,690 (Mark R Nemec); June 2023, $857,953; June 2024, $959,920; June 2025, $1,095,361.
Fairfield University's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $473,872,011 and total revenue of $558,598,313 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $84,726,302. Expenses were $432,418,916 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 9.6%. The president's pay of $1,095,361 equals 0.23% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Fairfield University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 13, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.