Swarthmore College president salary and executive pay
Swarthmore College paid its president, Valerie Smith, $1,414,844 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $265,301 (23.1%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $382,192,696, up 5.7% from $361,641,058 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Swarthmore College ranks 67th of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Swarthmore College has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 23-1352683, Swarthmore, PA.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,414,844
- Total revenue
- $382,192,696
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 87%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202621319349304407.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 17th of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.37% 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, 4 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Valerie Smith President PRES./EX OFFICIO BOARD MEMBER | $1,414,844 |
| Elizabeth Boluch-WoodFRMR VP OF COLLEGE ADVANCE | $821,928 |
| Robert GoldbergVP FINANCE & ADMIN & TREASURER | $671,401 |
| Frank C GrunseichCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $632,569 |
| Tomoko SakomuraPROVOST & DEAN (UNTIL 08/24) | $493,125 |
Also paid on the latest return: Thomas Hunter (PROFESSOR), $450,448; Andrew Hirsch (VP FOR COMMUNICATIONS), $406,506; James L Bock III (VP AND DEAN OF ADMISSIONS), $402,471; Sharmaine Bradham Lamar Esq (GENERAL COUNSEL), $365,181; Stephanie Ives (VP FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS), $360,566; Renee Atkinson (ASSOCIATE VP GIFT PLANNING), $359,297; Beth Glassman (VP HUMAN RESOURCES), $354,428; S Brooke Vick (VP FOR DEI), $341,968; Erin Brownlee Dell (CHIEF OF STAFF & SECRETARY), $333,769; Ying Han (DIRECTOR OF INVESTMENTS), $330,041; Andrew Feick (FORMER CO-INTERIM VP FIN&ADMIN), $327,006; Anthony Coschignano (ASSOCIATE VP CAMPUS SVCS), $324,499; Donna Jo Napoli (PROFESSOR), $295,685; Kathleen Howard (PROVOST & DEAN (AS OF 09/24)), $286,168; Jason Parkhill (CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER), $285,808; and 5 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Leslie Abbey (TRUSTEE), William Boulding (TRUSTEE), David G Bradley (TRUSTEE), John P Chen (TRUSTEE), Thom Collins (TRUSTEE), Sean Decatur (TRUSTEE), Elizabeth Economy (TRUSTEE), Liz Haskin Fernald (TRUSTEE), Lauren C Glant (TRUSTEE), Michel Glouchevitch (TRUSTEE), S Leslie Jewett (TRUSTEE), Ayanna Johnson (TRUSTEE/EX OFFICIO BOARD MBR), Eleanor Joseph (TRUSTEE), Jaky Joseph (TRUSTEE), Harold Kalkstein (CHAIR), Michel Kaufman (TRUSTEE), Paul Kuenstner (TRUSTEE), Lucy Lang (TRUSTEE), Edgar Lee (TRUSTEE), Cindi Leive (TRUSTEE), Sabrina Martinez (TRUSTEE), Corey Mulloy (TRUSTEE), Nicole O'Dell Odim (TRUSTEE), Cathyrn Polinsky (TRUSTEE), Asahi Pompey (TRUSTEE), and 15 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 | Valerie Smith President PRES./EX OFFICIO BOARD MEMBER | $1,414,844 | $382,192,696 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Valerie Smith President PRES./EX OFFICIO BOARD MEMBER | $1,149,543 | $361,641,058 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Valerie Smith President PRES./EX OFFICIO BOARD MEMBER | $1,044,990 | $270,668,198 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Valerie Smith President PRES./EX OFFICIO BOARD MEMBER | $1,025,938 | $417,219,590 | 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 202621319349304407.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Valerie SmithPRES./EX OFFICIO BOARD MEMBER | $762,341 | $652,503 | $762,341 | $0 | $0 | $561,853 | $90,650 | $1,414,844 |
| Elizabeth Boluch-WoodFRMR VP OF COLLEGE ADVANCE | $802,925 | $19,003 | $286,371 | $0 | $516,554 | $18,411 | $592 | $821,928 |
| Robert GoldbergVP FINANCE & ADMIN & TREASURER | $612,367 | $59,034 | $562,367 | $50,000 | $0 | $34,500 | $24,534 | $671,401 |
| Frank C GrunseichCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $551,123 | $81,446 | $551,123 | $0 | $0 | $34,500 | $46,946 | $632,569 |
| Tomoko SakomuraPROVOST & DEAN (UNTIL 08/24) | $430,517 | $62,608 | $380,517 | $50,000 | $0 | $32,434 | $30,174 | $493,125 |
These figures come from Swarthmore 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 Swarthmore College compares
Ranked 67th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 66th, Colgate University, $1,420,097
- Next in this ranking: 68th, Cornell University, $1,405,700
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
University of New Haven$609,173 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Vassar College$854,501 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Samford University$750,671 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Marist University$1,388,761 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of Arizona Global Campus$601,030 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2023
Common questions
Valerie Smith (PRES./EX OFFICIO BOARD MEMBER) was paid $1,414,844 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $762,341 from Swarthmore College and $652,503 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The president, Valerie Smith, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,414,844.
Swarthmore College paid its president, Valerie Smith, $1,414,844 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $265,301 (23.1%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was Valerie Smith, paid $1,025,938. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,025,938 (Valerie Smith); June 2023, $1,044,990; June 2024, $1,149,543; June 2025, $1,414,844.
Swarthmore College's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $329,419,722 and total revenue of $382,192,696 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $52,772,974. Expenses were $300,780,205 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 9.5%. The president's pay of $1,414,844 equals 0.43% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Swarthmore College filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 11, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.