Midwestern University president salary and executive pay
Midwestern University paid its president, Kathleen H Goeppinger PhD, $1,968,182 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $89,534 (4.8%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $555,672,877, up 3.4% from $537,500,528 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Midwestern University ranks 36th of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Midwestern University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 36-3377698, Downers Grove, IL.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,968,182
Also listed with a president, chancellor or chief executive title on this filing: Joshua C Baker Od Ms (SVP & Chief Academic Officer / Interim President, CEO, & Trustee (beg May 2025)), $966,981.
- Total revenue
- $555,672,877
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 87%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631359349300113.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 18th of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.35% 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, 15 people were paid more than $500,000, 2 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Kathleen H Goeppinger PhD President PRESIDENT, CEO, TRUSTEE retired May 19, 2025 | $1,968,182 |
| Barbara L McCloud EsqVICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL COUNSEL - Ending September 16, 2024 | $1,203,414 |
| Joshua C Baker Od MsSVP & Chief Academic Officer / Interim President, CEO, & Trustee (beg May 2025) | $966,981 |
| Matthew J Sweeney CPAASSISTANT TREASURER, CFO, VICE PRESIDENT | $806,316 |
| Angela Marty Ma PhrSR. VICE PRESIDENT ADMINISTRATION AND COMMUNICATIONS | $771,219 |
Also paid on the latest return: Melissa A Suckow (Dean of Optometry - Ending October 28, 2024), $715,439; Yir Gloria Yueh PhD (VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER), $685,424; Kevin McCormick (Director of Construction - Ending June 10, 2024), $672,754; Lori A Kemper Do (DEAN OF MEDICINE - AZ), $653,039; Daniel Tapia EdD (VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS), $649,602; Thomas A Boyle Do (DEAN OF MEDICINE - IL), $638,620; Harold J Haering DMD (DEAN, COLLEGE OF DENTAL MEDICINE - ILLINOIS), $629,113; Kaila M Dougherty Od Faao (VICE PRESIDENT, CLINIC OPERATIONS), $623,284; Amy Gibson Ms Phr Shrm-Scp (VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES GANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT), $565,342; Gregory L O'Coyne CPA (VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE), $556,076; Manuel Cairo Esq (VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL BEGINNING MARCH 9, 2025), $456,365; VICTORIA B FRANKS MAdm (VICE PRESIDENT, MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH), $381,283; Mary Lee Pharm D (VICE PRESIDENT, ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT), $365,696.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Janet R Bolton Cfp Cima (CHAIRPERSON, TRUSTEE), Jean L Baxter JD (VICE CHAIRPERSON, TRUSTEE), Kenneth R Herlin Ma MBA CPA (SECRETARY, TREASURER, TRUSTEE), Chara Reid-Reed Pharm D (Trustee), Gregory J Gaus (TRUSTEE), John Ladowicz MBA (TRUSTEE), Kevin D Leahy FACHE (TRUSTEE resigned 5/19/2025), Madeline R Lewis Do (TRUSTEE), Marilyn Kent Tapajna Mat Ccc-Slp (TRUSTEE), Michael M Bond Do (TRUSTEE), Michael P Kamradt MBA (TRUSTEE), Nicholas C Zagotta JD (TRUSTEE), RONALD D TUCKER USN Retired (TRUSTEE), Sr ANNE C LEONARD CND (LIFE TRUSTEE AS OF DECEMBER 6, 2022), Steven R Chanen JD (TRUSTEE), Warren B Grayson JD (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Kathleen H Goeppinger PhD President PRESIDENT, CEO, TRUSTEE retired May 19, 2025 | $1,968,182 | $555,672,877 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Kathleen H Goeppinger PhD President PRESIDENT, CEO, TRUSTEE | $1,878,648 | $537,500,528 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | KATHLEEN H GOEPPINGER PHD President PRESIDENT, CEO, TRUSTEE | $3,043,984 | $518,091,233 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | KATHLEEN H GOEPPINGER PHD President PRESIDENT/CEO/TRUSTEE | $1,973,189 | $519,542,731 | 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 202631359349300113.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Kathleen H Goeppinger PhDPRESIDENT, CEO, TRUSTEE retired May 19, 2025 | $1,914,851 | $53,331 | $971,781 | $696,468 | $246,602 | $34,500 | $18,831 | $1,968,182 |
| Barbara L McCloud EsqVICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL COUNSEL - Ending September 16, 2024 | $1,153,908 | $49,506 | $344,833 | $75,306 | $733,769 | $34,500 | $15,006 | $1,203,414 |
| Joshua C Baker Od MsSVP & Chief Academic Officer / Interim President, CEO, & Trustee (beg May 2025) | $897,889 | $69,092 | $563,224 | $242,275 | $92,390 | $34,500 | $34,592 | $966,981 |
| Matthew J Sweeney CPAASSISTANT TREASURER, CFO, VICE PRESIDENT | $736,850 | $69,466 | $449,939 | $243,084 | $43,827 | $34,500 | $34,966 | $806,316 |
| Angela Marty Ma PhrSR. VICE PRESIDENT ADMINISTRATION AND COMMUNICATIONS | $702,446 | $68,773 | $400,473 | $176,748 | $125,225 | $34,500 | $34,273 | $771,219 |
These figures come from Midwestern 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 Midwestern University compares
Ranked 36th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 35th, University of the Cumberlands, $1,974,823
- Next in this ranking: 37th, Brown University, $1,953,784
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
National University$1,053,175 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of San Francisco$0 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Fairfield University$1,095,361 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Sacred Heart University$1,524,281 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of Richmond$2,553,560 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Kathleen H Goeppinger PhD (PRESIDENT, CEO, TRUSTEE retired May 19, 2025) was paid $1,968,182 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,914,851 from Midwestern University and $53,331 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The president, Kathleen H Goeppinger PhD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,968,182.
Midwestern University paid its president, Kathleen H Goeppinger PhD, $1,968,182 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $89,534 (4.8%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was KATHLEEN H GOEPPINGER PHD, paid $1,973,189. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,973,189 (KATHLEEN H GOEPPINGER PHD); June 2023, $3,043,984; June 2024, $1,878,648; June 2025, $1,968,182.
Midwestern University's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $440,787,856 and total revenue of $555,672,877 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $114,885,021. Expenses were $422,759,778 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 4.3%. The president's pay of $1,968,182 equals 0.45% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Midwestern University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 14, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.