Wellesley College president salary and executive pay
Wellesley College paid its president, Paula A Johnson, $1,364,215 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $435,375 (46.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $486,737,193, up 28.4% from $379,067,279 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Wellesley College ranks 73rd of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Wellesley College has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 04-2103637, Wellesley, MA.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,364,215
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,863,837Deborah F KuenstnerChief Investment Officer
- Total revenue
- $486,737,193
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 80%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202601359349304805.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 27th of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.28% 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, 4 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Deborah F KuenstnerChief Investment Officer | $1,863,837 |
| Paula A Johnson President President | $1,364,215 |
| Rose C CarpenterDeputy CIO | $1,200,520 |
| Ray OquendoChief Operating Officer | $1,027,967 |
| Matthew VeilleuxInvestment Director | $589,727 |
Also paid on the latest return: Piper Orton (VP for Fin. & Admin. & Treas.), $524,070; Karen Petrulakis (General Counsel), $510,821; Christopher Parker (Investment Director), $497,755; Andrew Shennan (Provost and Dean of College (Until 6/24)), $472,294; Sheilah Horton (Dean of Students), $453,411; Crystal Daugherty (VP for Development & Pub. Aff. (Until 10/24)), $432,198; Megan Nunez (Dean of Faculty Affairs), $401,893; Michael Jeffries (Dean of Academic Aff.), $320,323; Theresa Peaches Valdes (Dean of Admission & Stu. Fin. Svcs), $317,025; Courtney Coile (Provost and Dean of College (As of 7/24)), $273,513; Ann Velenchik (Former Dean of Academic Aff.), $246,252; Marisa Jaffe (VP for Development & Pub. Aff.), $239,439.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Anne Shen Chao (Trustee), Beth C Friedman (Trustee), Brian C Broderick (Trustee), Callie Crossley (Trustee), Cheryl Jenkins Haywood (Trustee), Christopher T Pasko (Vice Chair), Debora Hoyos (Chair), Dena Boronkay Rashes (Trustee (As of 7/24)), Dolores L Arredondo (Trustee), Douglas W Hollett (Trustee), Elizabeth Desmond (Trustee), Elizabeth F McCormack (Trustee), Elyse Cherry (Trustee), Jennifer Eplett Reilly (Trustee (As of 7/24)), Jennifer M Smith (Trustee), Julie H Jones (Trustee), Maia Heymann (Trustee), Martha Goldberg Aronson (Trustee), Mary Ann Tsao (Trustee), Ophelia Dahl (Trustee), Patrick Lee (Trustee), Paulina Ponce de Len Barid (Trustee), Peter Tufano (Trustee), Sandra Horbach (Trustee), Sarah Jane Gunter (Vice Chair), and 8 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 | Paula A Johnson President President | $1,364,215 | $486,737,193 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Paula A Johnson President PRESIDENT | $928,840 | $379,067,279 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Paula A Johnson President PRESIDENT | $883,271 | $385,569,831 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Paula A Johnson President PRESIDENT | $764,779 | $474,840,630 | 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 202601359349304805.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Deborah F KuenstnerChief Investment Officer | $1,797,310 | $66,527 | $740,399 | $1,050,815 | $6,096 | $36,225 | $30,302 | $1,863,837 |
| Paula A JohnsonPresident | $1,201,442 | $162,773 | $761,542 | $0 | $439,900 | $36,225 | $126,548 | $1,364,215 |
| Rose C CarpenterDeputy CIO | $1,026,440 | $174,080 | $575,960 | $450,000 | $480 | $141,105 | $32,975 | $1,200,520 |
| Ray OquendoChief Operating Officer | $957,910 | $70,057 | $519,742 | $435,000 | $3,168 | $36,225 | $33,832 | $1,027,967 |
| Matthew VeilleuxInvestment Director | $508,384 | $81,343 | $313,782 | $193,278 | $1,324 | $74,398 | $6,945 | $589,727 |
These figures come from Wellesley 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 Wellesley College compares
Ranked 73rd of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 72nd, Brandeis University, $1,371,189
- Next in this ranking: 74th, Touro University, $1,361,965
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Colgate University$1,420,097 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
California Baptist University$2,296,028 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Long Island University$1,496,104 (President), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
University of Tampa$503,840 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Touro University$1,361,965 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Paula A Johnson (President) was paid $1,364,215 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,201,442 from Wellesley College and $162,773 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Deborah F Kuenstner (Chief Investment Officer), at $1,863,837. That is $499,622 more than the president, Paula A Johnson.
Wellesley College paid its president, Paula A Johnson, $1,364,215 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $435,375 (46.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was Paula A Johnson, paid $764,779. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $764,779 (Paula A Johnson); June 2023, $883,271; June 2024, $928,840; June 2025, $1,364,215.
Wellesley College's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $374,318,026 and total revenue of $486,737,193 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $112,419,167. Expenses were $361,700,590 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 3.5%. The president's pay of $1,364,215 equals 0.36% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Wellesley 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.