Spelman College president salary and executive pay
Spelman College paid its president, Helene Gayle, $2,028,496 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $1,360,180 (203.5%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $174,023,542, down 39.7% from $288,422,165 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Spelman College ranks 34th of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Spelman College has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 58-0566243, Atlanta, GA.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$2,028,496
- Total revenue
- $174,023,542
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 99%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631359349315368.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 2nd of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 1.17% 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, 1 person was paid more than $1 million and no one else more than $500,000.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Helene Gayle President President (thru 11/21/2024) | $2,028,496 |
| Dawn AlstonCFO and SVP of Business and Financial Affairs | $384,937 |
| Pamela Scott-JohnsonProvost & VP Academic Affairs | $368,600 |
| Salena JegedeSenior VP Institutional Advancement | $318,156 |
| Terri ReedSecretary of the College | $316,910 |
Also paid on the latest return: Ingrid Hayes (SVP of Enrollment Management), $307,394; Grant Warner (Professor), $300,249; John Wilson (VP and Chief Information Officer), $275,350; Myra Burnett (VP Institutional Resarch), $272,420; Darryl Holloman (VP of Academic Affairs), $262,373; Beverly Guy-Sheftall (Professor), $249,668; Bernadette Cohen (Director of Human Resources), $234,209; Arthur Frazier (Director of Facilities Management & Services), $230,791; Julie Dash (Professor), $230,568; Asella Braxton (Assoc VP Business & Financial Affairs), $228,053; Marissa Pace (Assoc VP Business & Financial Affairs (thru 4/15/2025)), $205,953; Rhonda Honegan (Senior Advisor of Investment Operations), $193,650; Mark Lee (Sr VP Academic Affairs), $154,103; Danielle Dickens (Faculty Representative), $143,240; Barbara Chirinos (Artistic Director, Performing Arts Center & Center for Innovation and the Arts), $126,064; and 3 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Gwendolyn Adams Norton (Secretary), Lovette Twyman Russell (Chair), Ronda E Stryker (Vice-Chair), Allegra Lawrence-Hardy (Trustee), Bonnie Shelton Carter (Trustee), Cara Johnson Hughes (Trustee), Carmen D Harris (Trustee), Cheryl Mayberry McKissack (Trustee), Claire Arnold (Trustee), Colleen J Taylor (Trustee), Cynthia E Jackson (Trustee), Daria Valentine (Alumna Representative), Elizabeth McCormack (Trustee), G G Michelson (Trustee), Helen Smith Price (Trustee), Janine Brown (Trustee), June Gary Hopps (Trustee), Kamau Bobb PHD (Trustee), Kathy N Waller (Trustee), Kaye Foster (Trustee), Keon T Holmes CFA (Trustee), Lawrence M Schall (Trustee), Loren K Robinson MD MSHP (Trustee), Marian Wright Edelman (Trustee), Pauletta Pearson Washington (Trustee), and 10 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 | Helene Gayle President President (thru 11/21/2024) | $2,028,496 | $174,023,542 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Helene Gayle President President | $668,316 | $288,422,165 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Helene Gayle President President (As of 7/1/2022) | $330,446 | $194,372,216 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Mary Schmidt Campbell PHD President President | $468,902 | $204,393,744 | 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 202631359349315368.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Helene GaylePresident (thru 11/21/2024) | $1,985,537 | $42,959 | $1,985,537 | $0 | $0 | $18,539 | $24,420 | $2,028,496 |
| Dawn AlstonCFO and SVP of Business and Financial Affairs | $334,109 | $50,828 | $334,109 | $0 | $0 | $23,952 | $26,876 | $384,937 |
| Pamela Scott-JohnsonProvost & VP Academic Affairs | $339,986 | $28,614 | $339,986 | $0 | $0 | $13,627 | $14,987 | $368,600 |
| Salena JegedeSenior VP Institutional Advancement | $295,359 | $22,797 | $295,359 | $0 | $0 | $21,420 | $1,377 | $318,156 |
| Terri ReedSecretary of the College | $281,651 | $35,259 | $281,651 | $0 | $0 | $19,856 | $15,403 | $316,910 |
These figures come from Spelman 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 Spelman College compares
Ranked 34th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 33rd, Rice University, $2,074,566
- Next in this ranking: 35th, University of the Cumberlands, $1,974,823
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Maryville University$1,656,133 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
University of the Cumberlands$1,974,823 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine$1,609,483 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Trinity College$2,418,290 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Morehouse School of Medicine$2,259,716 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Helene Gayle (President (thru 11/21/2024)) was paid $2,028,496 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,985,537 from Spelman College and $42,959 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The president, Helene Gayle, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,028,496.
Spelman College paid its president, Helene Gayle, $2,028,496 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $1,360,180 (203.5%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was Mary Schmidt Campbell PHD, paid $468,902. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $468,902 (Mary Schmidt Campbell PHD); June 2023, $330,446 (Helene Gayle); June 2024, $668,316; June 2025, $2,028,496.
Spelman College's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $186,365,679 and total revenue of $174,023,542 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $12,342,137. Expenses were $171,469,550 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 8.7%. The president's pay of $2,028,496 equals 1.09% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Spelman 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.