Long Island University president salary and executive pay
Long Island University paid its president, Dr Kimberly Cline, $1,496,104 for the fiscal year ending August 2025. That is down $784,857 (34.4%) from the fiscal year ending August 2024. Total revenue on that return was $491,250,945, up 5.3% from $466,457,134 for the fiscal year ending August 2024. Long Island University ranks 64th of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Long Island University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 11-1633516, Brookville, NY.
President, fiscal year ending August 2025
$1,496,104
- Total revenue
- $491,250,945
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 82%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending August 2025, IRS object ID 202641959349302354.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 24th of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.30% 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, 6 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Dr Kimberly Cline President PRESIDENT | $1,496,104 |
| Rod StricklandHEAD COACH MEN'S BASKETBALL | $818,797 |
| Christopher FevolaVP AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $601,471 |
| Arash DabestaniDEAN-PHARMACY | $600,180 |
| Joseph SchaeferCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $579,009 |
Also paid on the latest return: Bashar Baroudi (VP INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY), $538,841; Mohammed Cherkaoui (VP RESEARCH), $471,792; Michael Pantalon (DEAN-HEALTH PROFESSIONS), $471,056; Loretta Knapp (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR), $446,088; Elizabeth Cheung-Gaffney (UNIVERSITY COUNSEL), $439,950; Michael Berthel (VP STUDENT AFFAIRS), $431,352; Kerry Kruckel (VP UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS), $431,211; Adva Dinur (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR), $413,026; Winifred Mack (TRUSTEE/EXEC DEAN-HLTH PROF), $346,082; Charles Rasberry (FMR VP UNIV ADV (THRU 8/22)), $323,844; Maureen Tuthill (VP ACADEMIC AFFAIRS (FROM 11/24)), $274,341; Deirdre Whitman (FMR VP UNIV ADMISSIONS (THRU 8/22)), $240,390; Cherie Serota (TRUSTEE/VISIT. ASSIST. PROF), $104,405.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Rao S Anumolu (TRUSTEE), Michele Bahnik-Mercier (TRUSTEE), Thomas M Buonaiuto (CHAIR AUDIT COMMITTEE), Daniel B Fisher (TRUSTEE), Greg G Galdi (TRUSTEE), Michelle Gethers-Clark (TRUSTEE), Justin Grant (TRUSTEE), Michael P Gutnick (SR. VICE CHAIR), Steven S Hornstein (TRUSTEE), Bob Jahelka (TRUSTEE), Alfred R Kahn (TRUSTEE), Eric Krasnoff (CHAIR), Frank Lalezarian (TRUSTEE), Brian K Land (CHAIR), Sarabeth Levine (TRUSTEE), Howard M Lorber (TRUSTEE), Michael Melnicke (TRUSTEE), Richard P Nespola (TRUSTEE), William R Nuti (TRUSTEE), Chintu Patel (TRUSTEE), Sharon Sternheim (TRUSTEE), Ronald J Sylvestri (TRUSTEE).
President's pay by year
Each row is the president on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | Dr Kimberly Cline President PRESIDENT | $1,496,104 | $491,250,945 | Filing |
| Aug 2024 | Dr Kimberly Cline President PRESIDENT | $2,280,961 | $466,457,134 | Filing |
| Aug 2023 | Dr Kimberly Cline President PRESIDENT | $1,350,690 | $438,580,813 | Filing |
| Aug 2022 | Dr Kimberly Cline President PRESIDENT | $1,309,542 | $501,155,477 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending August 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending August 2025, IRS object ID 202641959349302354.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Dr Kimberly ClinePRESIDENT | $1,184,606 | $311,498 | $1,164,250 | $0 | $20,356 | $187,950 | $123,548 | $1,496,104 |
| Rod StricklandHEAD COACH MEN'S BASKETBALL | $751,458 | $67,339 | $749,045 | $0 | $2,413 | $17,500 | $49,839 | $818,797 |
| Christopher FevolaVP AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $490,703 | $110,768 | $489,936 | $0 | $767 | $57,950 | $52,818 | $601,471 |
| Arash DabestaniDEAN-PHARMACY | $520,436 | $79,744 | $520,436 | $0 | $0 | $27,600 | $52,144 | $600,180 |
| Joseph SchaeferCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $461,665 | $117,344 | $445,590 | $0 | $16,075 | $47,600 | $69,744 | $579,009 |
These figures come from Long Island 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 Long Island University compares
Ranked 64th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 63rd, University of Delaware, $1,523,193
- Next in this ranking: 65th, Rochester Institute of Technology, $1,421,925
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Colgate University$1,420,097 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of Tampa$503,840 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Wellesley College$1,364,215 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Touro University$1,361,965 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
California Baptist University$2,296,028 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Dr Kimberly Cline (PRESIDENT) was paid $1,496,104 for the fiscal year ending August 2025: $1,184,606 from Long Island University and $311,498 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The president, Dr Kimberly Cline, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,496,104.
Long Island University paid its president, Dr Kimberly Cline, $1,496,104 for the fiscal year ending August 2025. That is down $784,857 (34.4%) from the fiscal year ending August 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending August 2022, when the president was Dr Kimberly Cline, paid $1,309,542. By fiscal year end: August 2022, $1,309,542 (Dr Kimberly Cline); August 2023, $1,350,690; August 2024, $2,280,961; August 2025, $1,496,104.
Long Island University's return for the fiscal year ending August 2025 reports total expenses of $438,555,465 and total revenue of $491,250,945 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $52,695,480. Expenses were $417,295,965 for the fiscal year ending August 2024, so they rose 5.1%. The president's pay of $1,496,104 equals 0.34% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Long Island University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on July 14, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending August 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.