The New School president salary and executive pay
The New School paid its president, Donna Shalala, $766,385 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. On the return for the fiscal year ending June 2024, the president was Dwight A McBride, paid $1,138,693. The New School ranks 92nd of 100 universities on this site by president's pay. The New School has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 13-3297197, New York, NY.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$766,385
Also listed with a president, chancellor or chief executive title on this filing: Joel Towers (President (beginning August 2024)), $760,730.
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$903,614Mark DiazInterim EVP for Business and Operations (through January 2025)
- Total revenue
- $630,645,764
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 46%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202611359349307671.View the filing
Peers: the 94 other universities on this site. Ranked 51st of 95 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.12% 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, 5 people were paid more than $500,000, none of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Mark DiazInterim EVP for Business and Operations (through January 2025) | $903,614 |
| Donna Shalala President Interim President (through July 2024) | $766,385 |
| Joel TowersPresident (beginning August 2024) | $760,730 |
| Rene WhiteProvost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs | $735,536 |
| Anne AdrianceSVP for Marketing and Business Development | $535,501 |
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 | Donna Shalala President Interim President (through July 2024) | $766,385 | $630,645,764 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Dwight A McBride President President (through Aug 2023) | $1,138,693 | $588,124,752 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Dwight A McBride President President | $1,660,821 | $602,901,362 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Dwight A McBride President President | $1,419,250 | $625,459,245 | 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 202611359349307671.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Mark DiazInterim EVP for Business and Operations (through January 2025) | $786,220 | $117,394 | $710,556 | $0 | $75,664 | $72,000 | $45,394 | $903,614 |
| Donna ShalalaInterim President (through July 2024) | $476,496 | $289,889 | $458,897 | $0 | $17,599 | $34,500 | $255,389 | $766,385 |
| Joel TowersPresident (beginning August 2024) | $658,344 | $102,386 | $621,191 | $0 | $37,153 | $57,500 | $44,886 | $760,730 |
| Rene WhiteProvost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs | $655,857 | $79,679 | $549,614 | $0 | $106,243 | $34,500 | $45,179 | $735,536 |
| Anne AdrianceSVP for Marketing and Business Development | $452,822 | $82,679 | $435,234 | $0 | $17,588 | $34,500 | $48,179 | $535,501 |
These figures come from The New 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 The New School compares
Ranked 92nd of 100 universities by president's pay.
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Quinnipiac University$1,313,227 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)$821,274 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Everglades University$899,724 (Chancellor), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
University of the Pacific$816,167 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Belmont University$1,135,264 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Common questions
Donna Shalala (Interim President (through July 2024)) was paid $766,385 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $476,496 from The New School and $289,889 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). The New School ranks 92nd of 100 universities on this site by president's pay.
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Mark Diaz (Interim EVP for Business and Operations (through January 2025)), at $903,614. That is $137,229 more than the president, Donna Shalala. Next was Joel Towers (President (beginning August 2024)), at $760,730. On the latest return, 5 people were paid more than $500,000, none of them more than $1 million.
The New School paid its president, Donna Shalala, $766,385 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. On the return for the fiscal year ending June 2024, the president was Dwight A McBride, paid $1,138,693. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was Dwight A McBride, paid $1,419,250. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,419,250 (Dwight A McBride); June 2023, $1,660,821; June 2024, $1,138,693; June 2025, $766,385 (Donna Shalala).
From the 4 Form 990 returns The New School filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.