Trinity College president salary and executive pay
Trinity College paid its president, Joanne Berger-Sweeney, $2,418,290 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $1,424,292 (143.3%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $281,005,704, up 3.0% from $272,926,617 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Trinity College ranks 21st of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Trinity College has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 06-0646927, Hartford, CT.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$2,418,290
- Total revenue
- $281,005,704
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 96%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202611359349316216.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 5th of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.86% 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 |
|---|---|
| Joanne Berger-Sweeney President PRESIDENT (UNTIL 06/25) | $2,418,290 |
| Danny HitchellVP FINANCE (UNTIL 04/25) | $434,378 |
| Sonia CardenasVP ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND DEAN | $404,011 |
| Joseph DichristinaVP ST AFFAIRS, DEAN CAMPUS LIFE | $370,456 |
| Dickens MathieuGENERAL COUNSEL, SECRETARY CLG | $368,519 |
Also paid on the latest return: Amanda Eshleman (VP LIBRARY & INFORMATION TECH), $354,814; Tommasi Fusciello (AVP CONSTRUCTION FAC & OPS), $324,555; Hellen Hom-Diamond (VP STRAT MARKETING & COMMUNICATION), $308,331; Davarian Baldwin (DIST PROF AMERICAN STUDIES), $306,901.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Lisa G Bisaccia (CHAIR-BOARD OF TRUSTEES), Walter Harrison (VICE CHAIR), Susannah Semtana Kagan (VICE CHAIR), Craig Vought (VICE CHAIR), Olusegun Ajayi (TRUSTEE), Lisa Alvarez-Calderon (TRUSTEE), Jennifer L Blum (TRUSTEE), Ross Buchmueller (TRUSTEE), Diane Depatie Consoli (TRUSTEE), James W Cuminale (TRUSTEE), Chris R Delaney (TRUSTEE), Peter Duncan (TRUSTEE), Charity Elder (TRUSTEE), Michael Gary (TRUSTEE), John S Gates Jr (TRUSTEE), Jeffrey B Hawkins (TRUSTEE), Amanda Kauff Jacobson (TRUSTEE), Elissa Raether Kovas (TRUSTEE), Latanya Langley (TRUSTEE), Stephen D Lari (TRUSTEE), Malcolm F Maclean IV (TRUSTEE), Henry Mallari-D'Auria (TRUSTEE), Paul H Mounds Jr (TRUSTEE), Joshua P Newsome (TRUSTEE), Consuelo Ma Pedro (TRUSTEE), and 11 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 | Joanne Berger-Sweeney President PRESIDENT (UNTIL 06/25) | $2,418,290 | $281,005,704 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Joanne Berger-Sweeney President PRESIDENT | $993,998 | $272,926,617 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Joanne Berger-Sweeney President PRESIDENT | $975,087 | $240,407,084 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Joanne Berger-Sweeney President PRESIDENT | $1,026,469 | $252,035,420 | 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 202611359349316216.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Joanne Berger-SweeneyPRESIDENT (UNTIL 06/25) | $2,298,765 | $119,525 | $613,912 | $0 | $1,684,853 | $57,500 | $62,025 | $2,418,290 |
| Danny HitchellVP FINANCE (UNTIL 04/25) | $367,211 | $67,167 | $362,423 | $0 | $4,788 | $34,500 | $32,667 | $434,378 |
| Sonia CardenasVP ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND DEAN | $336,844 | $67,167 | $335,860 | $0 | $984 | $34,500 | $32,667 | $404,011 |
| Joseph DichristinaVP ST AFFAIRS, DEAN CAMPUS LIFE | $290,824 | $79,632 | $279,084 | $0 | $11,740 | $28,977 | $50,655 | $370,456 |
| Dickens MathieuGENERAL COUNSEL, SECRETARY CLG | $299,126 | $69,393 | $299,126 | $0 | $0 | $31,368 | $38,025 | $368,519 |
These figures come from Trinity 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 Trinity College compares
Ranked 21st of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 20th, University of Richmond, $2,553,560
- Next in this ranking: 22nd, Washington University in St. Louis, $2,382,064
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Morehouse School of Medicine$2,259,716 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine$1,609,483 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of the Cumberlands$1,974,823 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
WGU Corporation$2,131,084 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Colby College$3,203,132 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Joanne Berger-Sweeney (PRESIDENT (UNTIL 06/25)) was paid $2,418,290 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $2,298,765 from Trinity College and $119,525 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The president, Joanne Berger-Sweeney, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,418,290.
Trinity College paid its president, Joanne Berger-Sweeney, $2,418,290 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $1,424,292 (143.3%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was Joanne Berger-Sweeney, paid $1,026,469. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,026,469 (Joanne Berger-Sweeney); June 2023, $975,087; June 2024, $993,998; June 2025, $2,418,290.
Trinity College's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $284,341,716 and total revenue of $281,005,704 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $3,336,012. Expenses were $271,227,502 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 4.8%. The president's pay of $2,418,290 equals 0.85% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Trinity 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.