Riverdale Country School CEO salary and executive pay
Riverdale Country School paid its CEO, Karena Marta Ostrem, $848,422 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $378,722 (80.6%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $103,715,166, up 5.8% from $98,004,730 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Riverdale Country School ranks 10th of 14 K-12 schools on this site by CEO pay. Riverdale Country School has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 13-1740483, Bronx, NY.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$848,422
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,259,756Dominic RandolphFORMER HEAD OF SCHOOL
- Total revenue
- $103,715,166
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 78%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202601279349304610.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 45th of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.82% 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, 3 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Dominic RandolphFORMER HEAD OF SCHOOL | $1,259,756 |
| Karena Marta Ostrem CEO HEAD OF SCHOOL | $848,422 |
| Milton J SippHEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL | $538,359 |
| Jenna C Rogers King AssocHEAD OF SCHOOL FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS | $399,237 |
| Kristi H MarshallDIRECTOR OF COLLEGE COUNSELING | $385,977 |
Also paid on the latest return: Hanifa Barnes Asst Head (OF SCHOOL FOR STRATEGY & OPERATIONS), $373,511; James P Duval (HEAD OF LOWER SCHOOL), $348,678; Anna R Hall (HEAD OF UPPER SCHOOL), $318,659; Pamela Ezell Chief (COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER THRU SEPT 24), $305,357; Jonathan King (CHIEF INFORMATION & TECH. OFFICER), $301,996; Roberta Macivor (PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CHAIR), $283,969; Emily Fincke (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER), $218,745; Valerie Keller (DEAN OF FACULTY), $200,333; Daniel Schultz (FORMER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER), $197,467; Shelby Stokes (FORMER DEAN OF FACULTY), $147,133.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Daniel J Rosen (CHAIR), Sandra Kim Hoffen (VICE CHAIR), John A Neuwirth (VICE CHAIR), Marc S Lipschultz (TREASURER), Roy Weathers (SECRETARY), Gwen Adolph (TRUSTEE), Bruce Beal (TRUSTEE), Edem Dzubey (TRUSTEE), Dr Ebby Elahi (TRUSTEE), Chloe Epstein (TRUSTEE), Renata Garcia (TRUSTEE), John A Griffin (TRUSTEE), Anitra Hadley (TRUSTEE), Rev Dr Mark Hostetter (TRUSTEE), Christopher James (TRUSTEE), David Kabiller (TRUSTEE), Phil Lee (TRUSTEE), Kelly Mack (TRUSTEE), Pallavi Nanda (TRUSTEE), David Rhodes (TRUSTEE), Dr Cristian Samper (TRUSTEE), Deborah Sonnenberg (TRUSTEE), Marc S Sternberg (TRUSTEE), Benjamin Tisch (TRUSTEE), Philip Waterman III (TRUSTEE), and 1 more.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Karena Marta Ostrem CEO HEAD OF SCHOOL | $848,422 | $103,715,166 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Karena Marta Ostrem CEO HEAD OF SCHOOL | $469,700 | $98,004,730 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Dominic Randolph CEO Head of School | $1,175,271 | $94,799,871 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Dominic Randolph CEO HEAD OF SCHOOL | $997,865 | $87,506,636 | 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 202601279349304610.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Dominic Randolph*FORMER HEAD OF SCHOOL | $1,259,756 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,259,756 | $0 | $0 | $1,259,756 |
| Karena Marta OstremHEAD OF SCHOOL | $671,260 | $177,162 | $671,260 | $0 | $0 | $57,500 | $119,662 | $848,422 |
| Milton J SippHEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL | $501,046 | $37,313 | $501,046 | $0 | $0 | $34,500 | $2,813 | $538,359 |
| Jenna C Rogers King AssocHEAD OF SCHOOL FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS | $340,219 | $59,018 | $340,219 | $0 | $0 | $28,108 | $30,910 | $399,237 |
| Kristi H MarshallDIRECTOR OF COLLEGE COUNSELING | $333,536 | $52,441 | $333,536 | $0 | $0 | $33,878 | $18,563 | $385,977 |
These figures come from Riverdale Country 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 Riverdale Country School compares
Ranked 10th of 14 K-12 schools by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 9th, Lakeside School, $896,284
- Next in this ranking: 11th, KIPP Texas Public Schools, $615,123
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Susan G. Komen$688,812 (CEO), fiscal year ending Mar 2025
CREOKS Health Services$828,037 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont$434,798 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025
Comprehensive Healthcare$788,801 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025- Catholic Charities Community Services Archdiocese of New York$329,280 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Common questions
Karena Marta Ostrem (HEAD OF SCHOOL) was paid $848,422 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $671,260 from Riverdale Country School and $177,162 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Dominic Randolph (FORMER HEAD OF SCHOOL), at $1,259,756. That is $411,334 more than the CEO, Karena Marta Ostrem.
Riverdale Country School paid its CEO, Karena Marta Ostrem, $848,422 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $378,722 (80.6%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Dominic Randolph, paid $997,865. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $997,865 (Dominic Randolph); June 2023, $1,175,271; June 2024, $469,700 (Karena Marta Ostrem); June 2025, $848,422.
Riverdale Country School's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $98,857,726 and total revenue of $103,715,166 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $4,857,440. Expenses were $95,285,890 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 3.7%. The CEO's pay of $848,422 equals 0.86% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Riverdale Country School filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 7, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.