University of Denver chancellor salary and executive pay
University of Denver paid its chancellor, Jeremy Haefner, $1,209,539 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $62,998 (5.0%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $875,422,584, up 4.9% from $834,903,600 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. University of Denver ranks 85th of 137 universities on this site by chancellor's pay. University of Denver has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 84-0404231, Denver, CO.
Chancellor, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,209,539
- Total revenue
- $875,422,584
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 43%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202621349349312132.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 75th 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, 8 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Jeremy Haefner Chancellor CHANCELLOR | $1,209,539 |
| David CarleHEAD COACH | $950,534 |
| Mary Clark - ProvostEXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR | $622,115 |
| Valerie OttenSENIOR VICE CHANCELLOR | $595,877 |
| Russell KaurlotoVICE CHANCELLOR | $583,895 |
Also paid on the latest return: Mark Delorenzo (TREASURER - SENIOR VICE CHANCELLOR), $581,249; Joshua Berlo (VICE CHANCELLOR), $539,171; Vivek Choudhury (DEAN), $510,093; Elizabeth Bullock (SECRETARY - UNIVERSITY COUNSEL), $469,334; Bruce Smith (DEAN), $455,698; Ronald Rizzuto (PROFESSOR), $452,497; Jeffrey Wulburn (HEAD COACH), $443,584; Catherine Smith (PROFESSOR), $399,522; Julia Richman (SENIOR VICE CHANCELLOR), $373,452; Todd Rinehart (VICE CHANCELLOR), $364,782; Jeffrey Banks (VICE CHANCELLOR), $355,446; Rhonda Gonzales (DEAN), $354,637; Stuart Halsall (VICE CHANCELLOR), $346,624; Linda Kosten (SENIOR VICE PROVOST), $324,882; Bradley Bohlander (SENIOR VICE CHANCELLOR), $314,367; and 9 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: John Miller (TRUSTEE - CHAIR), Deborah Dehaas (TRUSTEE - VICE CHAIR), Kevin C Gallagher (TRUSTEE - VICE CHAIR), Gregory L Moore (TRUSTEE -VICE CHAIR), Douglas G Scrivner (TRUSTEE - VICE CHAIR), Edward T Anderson (TRUSTEE), John Bucksbaum (TRUSTEE), Peter Burwell (TRUSTEE), Navin Dimond (TRUSTEE), Margot Gilbert Frank (TRUSTEE), Peter A Gilbertson (TRUSTEE), James Griesemer (TRUSTEE), Craig Harrison (TRUSTEE), Brandon C Johnson (TRUSTEE), Taylor Kirkpatrick (TRUSTEE), James Lentz (TRUSTEE), Wade Loo (TRUSTEE), Donna Lynne (TRUSTEE), Trygve E Myhren (TRUSTEE), Denise M Oleary (TRUSTEE), Catherine C Shopneck (TRUSTEE), Stephen Sturm (TRUSTEE), Otto Tschudi (TRUSTEE), Frederick T Waldeck (TRUSTEE), Michael D West (TRUSTEE), and 1 more.
Chancellor's pay by year
Each row is the chancellor on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Jeremy Haefner Chancellor CHANCELLOR | $1,209,539 | $875,422,584 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Jeremy Haefner Chancellor CHANCELLOR | $1,272,537 | $834,903,600 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Jeremy Haefner Chancellor CHANCELLOR | $986,439 | $807,273,223 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Jeremy Haefner Chancellor CHANCELLOR | $1,011,015 | $842,965,887 | 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 202621349349312132.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Jeremy HaefnerCHANCELLOR | $1,085,140 | $124,399 | $899,980 | $90,000 | $95,160 | $100,600 | $23,799 | $1,209,539 |
| David CarleHEAD COACH | $895,063 | $55,471 | $596,783 | $290,000 | $8,280 | $27,600 | $27,871 | $950,534 |
| Mary Clark - ProvostEXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR | $593,822 | $28,293 | $593,822 | $0 | $0 | $27,600 | $693 | $622,115 |
| Valerie OttenSENIOR VICE CHANCELLOR | $486,132 | $109,745 | $486,132 | $0 | $0 | $27,600 | $82,145 | $595,877 |
| Russell KaurlotoVICE CHANCELLOR | $530,281 | $53,614 | $319,688 | $0 | $210,593 | $26,226 | $27,388 | $583,895 |
These figures come from University of Denver'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 University of Denver compares
Ranked 85th of 137 universities by chancellor's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 84th, Santa Clara University, $1,212,179
- Next in this ranking: 86th, Loyola University Chicago, $1,202,923
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University$1,048,438 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
St. John's University (New York)$0 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Wake Forest University$1,883,267 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Lehigh University$1,145,854 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Marquette University$869,890 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Jeremy Haefner (CHANCELLOR) was paid $1,209,539 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,085,140 from University of Denver and $124,399 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The chancellor, Jeremy Haefner, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,209,539.
University of Denver paid its chancellor, Jeremy Haefner, $1,209,539 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $62,998 (5.0%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the chancellor was Jeremy Haefner, paid $1,011,015. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,011,015 (Jeremy Haefner); June 2023, $986,439; June 2024, $1,272,537; June 2025, $1,209,539.
University of Denver's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $867,419,409 and total revenue of $875,422,584 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $8,003,175. Expenses were $857,665,837 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 1.1%. The chancellor's pay of $1,209,539 equals 0.14% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns University of Denver filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 14, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.