Santa Clara University president salary and executive pay
Santa Clara University paid its president, Julie Sullivan, $1,212,179 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $40,302 (3.4%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $726,385,006, up 6.9% from $679,690,574 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Santa Clara University ranks 84th of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Santa Clara University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 94-1156617, Santa Clara, CA.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,212,179
- Total revenue
- $726,385,006
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 55%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202641349349312274.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 59th of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.17% 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, 10 people were paid more than $500,000, 3 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Julie Sullivan President PRESIDENT | $1,212,179 |
| John Kerrigan - Asst TreasCIO (OUTGOING 06/25) | $1,130,418 |
| Herbert SendekHEAD COACH, MEN'S BASKETBALL | $1,076,721 |
| Renee BaumgartnerEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ATHLETICS | $786,723 |
| James LyonsVP FOR UNIVERSITY RELATIONS | $743,477 |
Also paid on the latest return: Frank Tessier - Asst Treas (CIO (INCOMING 02/25)), $636,759; Michael Kaufman (DEAN, SCHOOL OF LAW), $592,094; Wilson Garone - Treasurer ((AS OF 07/24), VP FINANCE & ADMIN), $544,801; Lisa Kloppenberg - Prof Of Law (DEAN EMER, SPEC ASST OF VP UNIV REL), $515,911; Ed Grier (DEAN, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS), $505,814; Kelly Capen Douglas - Secretary ((AS OF 07/24), GENERAL COUNSEL), $487,095; Molly McDonald (ASSISTANT SECRETARY, CHIEF OF STAFF), $436,203; Evangelina Blanco (VP FOR ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT), $392,138; Kate Morris - Former Acting (PROVOST & VICE PROVOST FOR ACAD. AFF.), $379,542; Daniel Press (DEAN, COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES), $372,915; James Glaser (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND PROVOST), $372,592; Ed Ryan - Acting Provost (VICE PROVOST FOR PLANNING & INST.), $357,640; Ramona Sauter (ASST. TREASURER, AVP FOR FINANCE), $296,198; John Ottoboni (FORMER SR. COUNSEL & SPECIAL ADVISOR), $247,658.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Larry W Sonsini (CHAIR), Molly Joseph (VICE CHAIR), Steven Steve J Sordello (TREASURER (THRU 06/24), TRUSTEE), Miguel Aboitiz (TRUSTEE), Craig Albanese (TRUSTEE), Luis Arriaga Valenzuela Sj (TRUSTEE), Kristi M Bowers (TRUSTEE), Margaret Peggy M Bradshaw (TRUSTEE), Luis Calero Sj (TRUSTEE), William Bill S Carter (TRUSTEE), Louis Lou M Castruccio (TRUSTEE), Howard S Charney (TRUSTEE), Kathryn Kathy Chou (TRUSTEE), Gerald Jerry T Cobb Sj (TRUSTEE), William Duffy (TRUSTEE), Kathleen Duncan (TRUSTEE), Rebecca M Guerra (TRUSTEE), Timothy Tim Haley (TRUSTEE), Richard Rich D Haughey (TRUSTEE), Sean Huurman (TRUSTEE), Darius Johnson Class Of '23 (TRUSTEE), William Bill P Leahy Sj (TRUSTEE), Heidi Le Baron Leupp (TRUSTEE), Robert Lloyd (TRUSTEE), Joseph M McShane Sj (TRUSTEE), and 16 more.
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 | Julie Sullivan President PRESIDENT | $1,212,179 | $726,385,006 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Julie Sullivan President PRESIDENT | $1,171,877 | $679,690,574 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Julie Sullivan President PRESIDENT (AS OF 07/22) | $426,398 | $622,017,263 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Lisa Kloppenberg President ACTING PRESIDENT | $657,419 | $737,403,416 | 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 202641349349312274.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Julie SullivanPRESIDENT | $1,189,082 | $23,097 | $951,727 | $234,000 | $3,355 | $0 | $23,097 | $1,212,179 |
| John Kerrigan - Asst TreasCIO (OUTGOING 06/25) | $1,070,532 | $59,886 | $575,704 | $486,723 | $8,105 | $25,008 | $34,878 | $1,130,418 |
| Herbert SendekHEAD COACH, MEN'S BASKETBALL | $970,864 | $105,857 | $900,706 | $0 | $70,158 | $30,500 | $75,357 | $1,076,721 |
| Renee BaumgartnerEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ATHLETICS | $725,817 | $60,906 | $280,344 | $53,000 | $392,473 | $30,500 | $30,406 | $786,723 |
| James LyonsVP FOR UNIVERSITY RELATIONS | $678,467 | $65,010 | $570,205 | $75,000 | $33,262 | $30,000 | $35,010 | $743,477 |
These figures come from Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara University compares
Ranked 84th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 83rd, Loyola Marymount University, $1,237,126
- Next in this ranking: 85th, University of Denver, $1,209,539
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Hofstra University$1,339,336 (President), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Pace University$1,165,088 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute$1,306,266 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Keiser University and Everglades University$899,724 (Chancellor), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Seton Hall University$170,550 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Julie Sullivan (PRESIDENT) was paid $1,212,179 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,189,082 from Santa Clara University and $23,097 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The president, Julie Sullivan, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,212,179.
Santa Clara University paid its president, Julie Sullivan, $1,212,179 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $40,302 (3.4%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was Lisa Kloppenberg, paid $657,419. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $657,419 (Lisa Kloppenberg); June 2023, $426,398 (Julie Sullivan); June 2024, $1,171,877; June 2025, $1,212,179.
Santa Clara University's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $690,426,987 and total revenue of $726,385,006 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $35,958,019. Expenses were $649,806,780 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 6.3%. The president's pay of $1,212,179 equals 0.18% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Santa Clara 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.