Smith College president salary and executive pay
Smith College paid its president, Sarah Willie-Lebreton, $745,032 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $391,405 (110.7%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $532,538,934, up 36.5% from $390,094,960 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Smith College ranks 122nd of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Smith College has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 04-1843040, Northampton, MA.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$745,032
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,683,902Lisa Marie HowieCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
- Total revenue
- $532,538,934
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 45%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202641359349306484.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 73rd of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.14% 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, 7 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Lisa Marie HowieCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $1,683,902 |
| Sarah Willie-Lebreton President PRESIDENT | $745,032 |
| Caroline ThomasDIRECTOR OF INVESTMENTS | $678,328 |
| Corey WalkerDIRECTOR OF INVESTMENTS | $659,118 |
| Beth B RaffeldSVP FOR DEVELOPMENT | $608,549 |
Also paid on the latest return: Kathleen McCartney (FORMER PRESIDENT), $539,056; David C Deswert (EVP FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION), $523,434; Julia Yager (VP OF COLLEGE RELATIONS & COMM), $437,660; Michael T Thurston (FMR OFFICER-CHAIR OF WORLD LIT), $413,359; Samantha S Earp (VP FOR IT UNTIL 3/23/2025), $399,501; Brian John Dwyer (DIRECTOR OPERATIONS INVESTMENT), $375,730; Joanna May (VP ENROLLMENT), $374,246; Marianne Rm Yoshioka (DEAN SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK), $352,438; Alexandra Lm Keller (VP CAMPUS LIFE & COLLEGE DEAN), $324,379; James Gray (FORMER AVP FAC & OPER), $314,757; Daphne M Lamothe (PROVOST & DEAN OF THE FACULTY), $245,932; Jillian McGrath (AVP FOR FINANCE & CONTROLLER), $238,448; Elena J Palladino (SECRETARY & AVP STRATEGIC INIT), $203,177.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Anu Aiyengar (TRUSTEE), Deborah Archer (TRUSTEE), Andrea Auerbach (TRUSTEE), Johan Aurik (TRSUTEE), Lisa Black (TRUSTEE), Janelle Bradshaw (TRUSTEE), Molly Burke (TRUSTEE), Mattie Peterson Compton (TRUSTEE), Denise Whalen Conway (TRUSTEE), Pamela Craig (TRUSTEE), Deborah Decotis (TRUSTEE), Cecilia Edwards (TRUSTEE), Lile Gibbons (TRUSTEE), Alicia Hammarskjold (TRUSTEE), Terry Hartle (TRUSTEE), Peggie Koon (TRUSTEE), Catherine Koshland (TRUSTEE), Cynthia Meyn (TRUSTEE), Susan May Molineaux (TRUSTEE), Beverly Morgan-Welch (TRUSTEE), Kate O'Brian (TRUSTEE), Alison Overseth (TRUSTEE), David Oxtoby (TRUSTEE), Lynn Reichenbach (TRUSTEE), Claudia San Pedro (TRUSTEE), and 4 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 | Sarah Willie-Lebreton President PRESIDENT | $745,032 | $532,538,934 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Sarah Willie-Lebreton President PRESIDENT | $353,627 | $390,094,960 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Kathleen McCartney President PRESIDENT | $1,467,176 | $587,487,822 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Kathleen McCartney President PRESIDENT | $914,988 | $711,163,748 | 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 202641359349306484.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Lisa Marie HowieCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $1,630,973 | $52,929 | $685,246 | $882,000 | $63,727 | $42,500 | $10,429 | $1,683,902 |
| Sarah Willie-LebretonPRESIDENT | $619,663 | $125,369 | $600,000 | $0 | $19,663 | $100,943 | $24,426 | $745,032 |
| Caroline ThomasDIRECTOR OF INVESTMENTS | $618,141 | $60,187 | $318,625 | $292,500 | $7,016 | $42,500 | $17,687 | $678,328 |
| Corey WalkerDIRECTOR OF INVESTMENTS | $592,273 | $66,845 | $248,673 | $292,500 | $51,100 | $42,500 | $24,345 | $659,118 |
| Beth B RaffeldSVP FOR DEVELOPMENT | $564,617 | $43,932 | $510,385 | $50,000 | $4,232 | $42,500 | $1,432 | $608,549 |
These figures come from Smith College'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 Smith College compares
Ranked 122nd of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 121st, Samford University, $750,671
- Next in this ranking: 123rd, Bard College, $689,293
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Duquesne University$906,757 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Worcester Polytechnic Institute$1,122,817 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Williams College$992,690 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Seattle University$857,322 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of San Francisco$0 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Common questions
Sarah Willie-Lebreton (PRESIDENT) was paid $745,032 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $619,663 from Smith College and $125,369 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Lisa Marie Howie (CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER), at $1,683,902. That is $938,870 more than the president, Sarah Willie-Lebreton.
Smith College paid its president, Sarah Willie-Lebreton, $745,032 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $391,405 (110.7%) 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 McCartney, paid $914,988. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $914,988 (Kathleen McCartney); June 2023, $1,467,176; June 2024, $353,627 (Sarah Willie-Lebreton); June 2025, $745,032.
Smith College's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $446,297,536 and total revenue of $532,538,934 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $86,241,398. Expenses were $411,554,361 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 8.4%. The president's pay of $745,032 equals 0.17% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Smith College filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 15, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.