Fordham University president salary and executive pay
Fordham University paid its president, Tania Tetlow, $1,846,798 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $119,592 (6.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $1,225,879,469, up 9.0% from $1,124,307,747 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Fordham University ranks 44th of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Fordham University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 13-1740451, Bronx, NY.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,846,798
- Total revenue
- $1,225,879,469
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 48%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631339349309958.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 69th of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.15% 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, 11 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Tania Tetlow President PRESIDENT & TRUSTEE | $1,846,798 |
| Keith A UrgoHEAD MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH (THRU 03/25) | $973,868 |
| Dennis C JacobsPROVOST & SVP OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS | $798,787 |
| Olatokumbo ShobowaleSVP, CFO & TREASURER | $731,784 |
| Roger MiliciVP FOR DEVELOPMENT & UNIVERSITY RELATIONS | $682,471 |
Also paid on the latest return: Geeta Palshikar (CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER), $670,341; Matthew Diller (DEAN & PROFESSOR), $629,311; Anand Padmanabhan (VP OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & CIO), $612,116; Donna M Rapaccioli (PROFESSOR), $608,864; Jonathan Crystal (FORMER VICE PROVOST FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS), $563,712; Marco Valera (VP FOR ADMINISTRATION), $559,402; Anthony Grono (FORMER INTERIM VP OF FIN & ASST TREAS), $478,349; Kay Turner (VP FOR HUMAN RESOURCES), $470,553; Margaret T Ball (FORMER VICE PRES. & GENERAL COUNSEL), $435,805; John Buckley (FORMER SVP FOR ENROLLMENT), $405,009; Dorothy Marinucci (UNIVERSITY SECRETARY & SECRETARY TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES), $401,226; Martha K Hirst (FORMER SVP, CFO & TREASURER), $331,205; Michael Trerotola (CHIEF OF STAFF & ASST UNIV SECRETARY), $264,420; Joshua L Burgher (VP FOR FINANCE & ASSISTANT TREASURER (START 07/24)), $248,917; Jeffrey Gray (FORMER SVP OF STUDENT AFFAIRS), $211,643; and 1 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Andrew J Hinton (TRUSTEE), Anthony P Carter (TRUSTEE), Armando Nunez Jr (TRUSTEE & CHAIR), Carolyn M Albstein (TRUSTEE), Dario Werthein (TRUSTEE), Darryl Emerson Brown (TRUSTEE), David Tanen (TRUSTEE), Donald Almeida (TRUSTEE), Donna Morris (TRUSTEE), Donna O Smolens (TRUSTEE), Edward M Stroz (TRUSTEE), Emanuel Chirico (TRUSTEE), Frederick Wilson III (TRUSTEE (START 07/24)), Gerald R Blaszczak Sj (TRUSTEE (END 06/25)), James Rowen (TRUSTEE), John L Lumelleau (TRUSTEE), John Murphy (TRUSTEE (START 07/24)), Joseph G Marina Sj (TRUSTEE), Kathleen Maclean (TRUSTEE), Kimberly Bepler (TRUSTEE), Lori Cruz Doty (TRUSTEE), Mandell Crawley (TRUSTEE), Meaghan Jarensky Barakett (TRUSTEE), Michael Davidson (TRUSTEE (START 09/24)), Michael J Dowling (TRUSTEE), and 11 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 | Tania Tetlow President PRESIDENT & TRUSTEE | $1,846,798 | $1,225,879,469 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Tania Tetlow President PRESIDENT & TRUSTEE | $1,727,206 | $1,124,307,747 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Tania Tetlow President PRESIDENT & TTEE (START 07/22) | $777,981 | $1,017,256,067 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Joseph M McShane Sj President PRESIDENT & TRUSTEE (END 6/22) | $0 | $1,067,464,398 | 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 202631339349309958.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Tania TetlowPRESIDENT & TRUSTEE | $1,595,734 | $251,064 | $1,289,304 | $200,000 | $106,430 | $142,726 | $108,338 | $1,846,798 |
| Keith A UrgoHEAD MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH (THRU 03/25) | $899,114 | $74,754 | $886,139 | $0 | $12,975 | $24,147 | $50,607 | $973,868 |
| Dennis C JacobsPROVOST & SVP OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS | $712,072 | $86,715 | $659,414 | $0 | $52,658 | $37,950 | $48,765 | $798,787 |
| Olatokumbo ShobowaleSVP, CFO & TREASURER | $670,192 | $61,592 | $651,525 | $0 | $18,667 | $60,950 | $642 | $731,784 |
| Roger MiliciVP FOR DEVELOPMENT & UNIVERSITY RELATIONS | $638,629 | $43,842 | $540,421 | $0 | $98,208 | $37,950 | $5,892 | $682,471 |
These figures come from Fordham 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 Fordham University compares
Ranked 44th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 43rd, Drexel University, $1,880,879
- Next in this ranking: 45th, Syracuse University, $1,845,442
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Texas Christian University$3,499,401 (Chancellor), fiscal year ending May 2025
Saint Louis University$1,841,355 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Southern Methodist University$2,319,722 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Rochester Institute of Technology$1,421,925 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Nova Southeastern University$1,800,665 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Tania Tetlow (PRESIDENT & TRUSTEE) was paid $1,846,798 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,595,734 from Fordham University and $251,064 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The president, Tania Tetlow, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,846,798.
Fordham University paid its president, Tania Tetlow, $1,846,798 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $119,592 (6.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2023, when the president was Tania Tetlow, paid $777,981. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $0 (Joseph M McShane Sj); June 2023, $777,981 (Tania Tetlow); June 2024, $1,727,206; June 2025, $1,846,798.
Fordham University's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $1,167,075,092 and total revenue of $1,225,879,469 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $58,804,377. Expenses were $1,092,498,794 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 6.8%. The president's pay of $1,846,798 equals 0.16% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Fordham 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.