Wesleyan University president salary and executive pay
Wesleyan University paid its president, Michael S Roth, $1,374,453 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $1,258,400 (47.8%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $443,190,970, down 1.3% from $448,995,000 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Wesleyan University ranks 71st of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Wesleyan University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 06-0646959, Middletown, CT.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,374,453
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,375,606Anne MartinCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
- Total revenue
- $443,190,970
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 83%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202641339349307904.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 23rd of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.31% 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, 2 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Anne MartinCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $1,375,606 |
| Michael S Roth President PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEE | $1,374,453 |
| Jonathan Don FarrarDIRECTOR OF INVESTMENTS | $715,793 |
| Matthew MagenheimDIRECTOR INVESTMENT OFFICE | $589,818 |
| Andrew TanakaSVP, CHIEF ADMIN OFF. & TR | $462,290 |
Also paid on the latest return: Frantz Williams Jr (VP FOR ADVANCEMENT), $431,195; David Stuart Winakor (GENERAL COUNSEL/SECRETARY), $407,394; Nicole Lynn Stanton (PROVOST, SR VP ACADEMIC AF), $402,795; Martha Gilmore (FACULTY), $391,637; Brett A Salafia (DIRECTOR, OPS & INVEST), $380,793; Amin Abdul-Malik Gonzalez (VP & DEAN OF ADMIN/FIN AID), $376,767; Michael J Whaley (VP FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS), $370,167; Ishita Mukerji (PROFESSOR), $368,771; Renell M Wynn (VP FOR COMMUNICATIONS), $330,504; Willette Burnham-Williams (VP FOR EQUITY & INCLUSION EFF. 3/24), $319,971; Dave Baird (VICE PRESIDENT FOR IT/CIO), $298,539; Christopher Olt (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER), $289,152; Joseph M Siry (FMR CHAIR OF FACULTY), $259,885; Sean McCann (FMR CHAIR OF FACULTY), $247,865; Gary Shaw (FMR CHAIR OF FACULTY), $241,383; and 1 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Souley Ba (TRUSTEE), David Barr (TRUSTEE), Andrea Grubb Barthwell (TRUSTEE), Adam C Bird (TRUSTEE), Bill Boulware (TRUSTEE), Luz Nereida Burgos-Lopez (TRUSTEE), Marc N Casper (TRUSTEE), Beezer Clarkson (TRUSTEE), Eric B Dachs (TRUSTEE), Tim Dibble (TRUSTEE), Oliver D'Meza (TRUSTEE), Stuart J Ellman (TRUSTEE), Andrew H Fairbanks (TRUSTEE), Vanita Gaonkar (TRUSTEE), Josh Goldin (TRUSTEE), Anne S Goldrach (TRUSTEE), Scott Gottlieb (TRUSTEE), Susannah Gray (TRUSTEE), Sarah B Kendall (TRUSTEE), Kimberly King (TRUSTEE), Robert F King (TRUSTEE), Dana Aliza Levy (TRUSTEE), Gail Marcus (TRUSTEE), Jeremy Mindich (TRUSTEE), Jay Mitchell (TRUSTEE), and 14 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 | Michael S Roth President PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEE | $1,374,453 | $443,190,970 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Michael S Roth President PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEE | $2,632,853 | $448,995,000 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Michael S Roth President PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEE | $1,254,083 | $289,410,000 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Michael S Roth President PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEE | $1,246,334 | $301,412,000 | 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 202641339349307904.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Anne MartinCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $1,270,452 | $105,154 | $644,379 | $603,023 | $23,050 | $46,000 | $59,154 | $1,375,606 |
| Michael S RothPRESIDENT AND TRUSTEE | $887,679 | $486,774 | $726,888 | $125,000 | $35,791 | $346,000 | $140,774 | $1,374,453 |
| Jonathan Don FarrarDIRECTOR OF INVESTMENTS | $609,745 | $106,048 | $311,442 | $275,303 | $23,000 | $43,010 | $63,038 | $715,793 |
| Matthew MagenheimDIRECTOR INVESTMENT OFFICE | $504,776 | $85,042 | $294,356 | $187,320 | $23,100 | $39,959 | $45,083 | $589,818 |
| Andrew TanakaSVP, CHIEF ADMIN OFF. & TR | $371,228 | $91,062 | $348,228 | $0 | $23,000 | $46,000 | $45,062 | $462,290 |
These figures come from Wesleyan University'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 Wesleyan University compares
Ranked 71st of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 70th, Adelphi University, $1,381,449
- Next in this ranking: 72nd, Brandeis University, $1,371,189
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Elon University$889,064 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Illinois Institute of Technology$865,337 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Bowdoin College$1,120,866 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Washington and Lee University$760,715 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Rockefeller University$1,593,942 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Michael S Roth (PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEE) was paid $1,374,453 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $887,679 from Wesleyan University and $486,774 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Anne Martin (CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER), at $1,375,606. That is $1,153 more than the president, Michael S Roth.
Wesleyan University paid its president, Michael S Roth, $1,374,453 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $1,258,400 (47.8%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was Michael S Roth, paid $1,246,334. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,246,334 (Michael S Roth); June 2023, $1,254,083; June 2024, $2,632,853; June 2025, $1,374,453.
Wesleyan University's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $403,475,000 and total revenue of $443,190,970 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $39,715,970. Expenses were $373,747,000 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 8.0%. The president's pay of $1,374,453 equals 0.34% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Wesleyan University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 13, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.