Harvard-Westlake School CEO salary and executive pay
Harvard-Westlake School paid its CEO, Richard Commons, $1,151,201 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $667,419 (36.7%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $128,185,316, down 17.1% from $154,559,883 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Harvard-Westlake School ranks 4th of 14 K-12 schools on this site by CEO pay. Harvard-Westlake School has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2023 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 95-1644019, Studio City, CA.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,151,201
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Laura Davidson Ross (HEAD OF SCHOOL), $430,162.
- Total revenue
- $128,185,316
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 84%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202512829349301671.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 34th of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.90% 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, 1 person was paid more than $1 million and no one else more than $500,000.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Richard Commons CEO PRESIDENT | $1,151,201 |
| David WeilCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $466,596 |
| Laura Davidson RossHEAD OF SCHOOL | $430,162 |
| Edward HuHEAD OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS | $383,163 |
| James De MatteCHIEF OF CONSTRUCTION | $340,083 |
Also paid on the latest return: David Ruben (DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY), $309,590; Brian Bouchey (CONTROLLER), $296,823.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Alan Wilson (CHAIR), Wendy Wachtell (VICE CHAIR), William Barnum (TREASURER), Shirley Wang (SECRETARY), Mark Attanasio (TRUSTEE), Elena Baca (TRUSTEE), Robert Beyer (TRUSTEE), Peter Bing (TRUSTEE), Jean-Marc Chapus (TRUSTEE), Allison Checchi (TRUSTEE), Alice Chen (TRUSTEE), Diana Chen (TRUSTEE), Bradford Edgerton (TRUSTEE), Jane Eisner (TRUSTEE), Eric Esrailian (TRUSTEE), Javier Ferreira (TRUSTEE), David Fisher (TRUSTEE (THRU 03/25)), Eric Garen (TRUSTEE), Joni Hamilton (TRUSTEE), Jeffrey Harleston (TRUSTEE), Philip Holthouse (TRUSTEE), Jean Kaplan (TRUSTEE), Stephen Keck (TRUSTEE), Robert Kotick (TRUSTEE), Jaime Lee (TRUSTEE), and 10 more.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
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 202512829349301671.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Richard CommonsPRESIDENT | $920,496 | $230,705 | $859,908 | $0 | $60,588 | $193,277 | $37,428 | $1,151,201 |
| David WeilCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $403,715 | $62,881 | $402,455 | $0 | $1,260 | $39,501 | $23,380 | $466,596 |
| Laura Davidson RossHEAD OF SCHOOL | $363,737 | $66,425 | $361,805 | $0 | $1,932 | $43,045 | $23,380 | $430,162 |
| Edward HuHEAD OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS | $326,316 | $56,847 | $322,704 | $0 | $3,612 | $41,054 | $15,793 | $383,163 |
| James De MatteCHIEF OF CONSTRUCTION | $270,756 | $69,327 | $254,985 | $0 | $15,771 | $31,899 | $37,428 | $340,083 |
These figures come from Harvard-Westlake School'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 Harvard-Westlake School compares
Ranked 4th of 14 K-12 schools by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 3rd, Hotchkiss School, $1,247,135
- Next in this ranking: 5th, Ethical Culture Fieldston School, $1,070,272
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee$567,281 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025- Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin$1,250,045 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025
Hotchkiss School$1,247,135 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Ethical Culture Fieldston School$1,070,272 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Dayton Foundation$953,481 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Richard Commons (PRESIDENT) was paid $1,151,201 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $920,496 from Harvard-Westlake School and $230,705 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Richard Commons, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,151,201.
Harvard-Westlake School paid its CEO, Richard Commons, $1,151,201 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $667,419 (36.7%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2023, when the CEO was Richard Commons, paid $896,701. By fiscal year end: June 2023, $896,701 (Richard Commons); June 2024, $1,818,620; June 2025, $1,151,201.
Harvard-Westlake School's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $112,832,457 and total revenue of $128,185,316 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $15,352,859. Expenses were $108,147,143 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 4.3%. The CEO's pay of $1,151,201 equals 1.02% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Harvard-Westlake School filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2023 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on October 9, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.