Smith College president salary and executive pay
Smith College paid its president, SARAH WILLIE-LEBRETON, $745,032 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. On the return for the fiscal year ending June 2024, the president was KATHLEEN MCCARTNEY, paid $1,991,751. Smith College ranks 93rd of 100 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 60%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202641359349306484.View the filing
Peers: the 94 other universities on this site. Ranked 38th of 95 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 |
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 | KATHLEEN MCCARTNEY President PRESIDENT | $1,991,751 | $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 93rd of 100 universities by president's pay.
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Duquesne University$906,757 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of Richmond$2,553,560 (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
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). Smith College ranks 93rd of 100 universities on this site by president's pay.
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. Next was CAROLINE THOMAS (DIRECTOR OF INVESTMENTS), at $678,328. On the latest return, 7 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
Smith College paid its president, SARAH WILLIE-LEBRETON, $745,032 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. On the return for the fiscal year ending June 2024, the president was KATHLEEN MCCARTNEY, paid $1,991,751. 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, $1,991,751; June 2025, $745,032 (SARAH WILLIE-LEBRETON).
From the 4 Form 990 returns Smith College 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.