Savannah College of Art and Design president salary and executive pay
SCAD paid its president, Paula S Wallace, $5,736,005 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $3,097,104 (117.4%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $952,827,667, up 8.0% from $882,534,327 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. SCAD ranks 6th of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. SCAD has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Also known as SCAD.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 58-1357177, Savannah, GA.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$5,736,005
- Total revenue
- $952,827,667
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 93%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631339349305483.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 9th of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.60% 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, 8 people were paid more than $500,000, 2 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Paula S Wallace President President | $5,736,005 |
| Jeffery Josiah WallerCFO | $1,042,079 |
| Lesley Camille HanakChief Human Resources Officer | $814,241 |
| Jason FoxChief Academic Officer | $750,357 |
| Hannah FlowerVP of SCAD Atlanta / General Counsel | $750,349 |
Also paid on the latest return: John Paul Rowan (Chief Marketing Officer), $669,112; Bradford Grant (SR. VP for IT), $637,788; Gokhan Ozaysin (Sr. VP Academic Quality), $518,275; Kari L Herrin (SR. VP Brand Experience), $496,232; Steve Mineo (Sr. VP Admission), $460,634; Glenn E Wallace Jr (Former Chief Operating Officer), $251,691; Carmen Stowers (Secretary), $221,246.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Alan B Whitaker III (Trustee), Anita Thomas (Trustee), John G Kennedy III (Trustee), Lucy Cookson (Trustee), Michael Bishop JD (Trustee), Michael Metzner MD (Chairman of the Board), Sally Waranch Rajcic (Trustee), Stuart Saunders (Trustee), Veronica Biggins (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 | Paula S Wallace President President | $5,736,005 | $952,827,667 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Paula Wallace President PRESIDENT | $2,638,901 | $882,534,327 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Paula Wallace President PRESIDENT | $2,740,721 | $776,798,715 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Paula Wallace President PRESIDENT | $2,892,437 | $622,387,162 | 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 202631339349305483.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Paula S WallacePresident | $5,693,816 | $42,189 | $1,369,063 | $1,329,176 | $2,995,577 | $20,700 | $21,489 | $5,736,005 |
| Jeffery Josiah WallerCFO | $999,577 | $42,502 | $615,600 | $348,300 | $35,677 | $20,700 | $21,802 | $1,042,079 |
| Lesley Camille HanakChief Human Resources Officer | $771,832 | $42,409 | $451,371 | $277,500 | $42,961 | $20,700 | $21,709 | $814,241 |
| Jason FoxChief Academic Officer | $728,114 | $22,243 | $438,306 | $270,000 | $19,808 | $20,700 | $1,543 | $750,357 |
| Hannah FlowerVP of SCAD Atlanta / General Counsel | $708,006 | $42,343 | $409,933 | $262,000 | $36,073 | $20,700 | $21,643 | $750,349 |
These figures come from SCAD'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 SCAD compares
Ranked 6th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 5th, Johns Hopkins University, $5,871,487
- Next in this ranking: 7th, Baylor College of Medicine, $4,716,352
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
University of Dayton$2,681,214 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Villanova University$0 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Bard College$689,293 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
American University$569,942 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Loyola University Chicago$1,202,923 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Paula S Wallace (President) was paid $5,736,005 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $5,693,816 from SCAD and $42,189 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The president, Paula S Wallace, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $5,736,005.
SCAD paid its president, Paula S Wallace, $5,736,005 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $3,097,104 (117.4%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was Paula Wallace, paid $2,892,437. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $2,892,437 (Paula Wallace); June 2023, $2,740,721; June 2024, $2,638,901; June 2025, $5,736,005.
SCAD's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $699,373,327 and total revenue of $952,827,667 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $253,454,340. Expenses were $628,340,257 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 11.3%. The president's pay of $5,736,005 equals 0.82% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Savannah College of Art and Design filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 13, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.