Wildlife Conservation Society CEO salary and executive pay
The highest-paid person on Wildlife Conservation Society's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 was Monica P Medina, at $1,498,255. That is up $646,477 (75.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $400,861,377, up 3.0% from $389,150,742 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Wildlife Conservation Society has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 13-1740011, Bronx, NY.
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,498,255
No one on this filing has a chief executive title, so this shows the highest-paid person.
- Total revenue
- $400,861,377
- Top pay vs. peers
- Higher than 46%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202621329349300612.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 111th of 208 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, 7 people were paid more than $500,000, 2 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Monica P MedinaPresident & CEO through 4/1/24 | $1,498,255 |
| Robert G MenziEVP Chief Operating Officer | $1,104,390 |
| James J BrehenyEVP Director of Zoos/Aquarium | $709,941 |
| John F CalvelliEVP Public Affairs | $584,954 |
| Christopher J McKenzieSVP General Counsel | $549,451 |
Also paid on the latest return: Paula Hayes (EVP Chief of GR through2/28/25), $547,339; Joseph Walston (EVP Global Conservation), $530,474; Craig Piper (VP and Director of City Zoos), $454,904; Daniel Zarin (E. Director of Forest Programs), $448,893; Jelle Boot (VP Human Resources), $440,542; Laura Stolzenthaler (SVP & CFO), $433,876; Susan Chin (SVP of Strategy & Advancement), $429,129; Mary Dixon (SVP for Communications), $394,236; Niko Radjenovic (VP Business Services), $391,440; Patrick Mouton (VP & Comptroller From 3/04/24), $239,537; Robert Calamo (VP&Comptroller through 1/31/24), $223,656.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Alejandro Santo Domingo (Chair & Trustee), Elizabeth M Ainslie (Vice Chair & Trustee), Thomas J Edelman (Treasurer & Trustee), Loretta M Stadler (Secretary & Trustee), Eric Adams (Ex Officio Trustee), Brad Lander (Ex Officio Trustee), Adrienne E Adams (Ex Officio Trustee), Susan Donoghue (Ex Officio Trustee), Laurie Cumbo (Ex Officio Trustee), Vanessa L Gibson (Ex Officio Trustee), Antonio Reynoso (Ex Officio Trustee), Neil Barr (Trustee), Hamilton E James (Trustee Until 11/08/2024), Rosina M Bierbaum (Trustee), Duncan A Chapman (Trustee), Katherine L Dolan (Trustee), Christopher J Elliman (Vice Chair & Trustee), Paul A Gould (Trustee), Peter T Grauer (Trustee), Jonathan D Green (Trustee), Antonia M Grumbach (Trustee), O Andreas Halvorsen (Trustee), Judith H Hamilton (Trustee), Jan Hatzius (Trustee), John N Irwin III (Trustee), and 13 more.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return, or the highest-paid person where no one has a chief executive title.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Monica P MedinaPresident & CEO through 4/1/24 (highest-paid; no CEO title listed) | $1,498,255 | $400,861,377 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Monica P Medina CEO President & CEO Until 4/2/2024 | $851,778 | $389,150,742 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | dr CRISTIAN SAMPER CEO PRESIDENT & CEO Until 10/7/22 | $1,473,650 | $345,503,315 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | dr CRISTIAN SAMPER CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,237,933 | $393,224,094 | 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 202621329349300612.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Monica P MedinaPresident & CEO through 4/1/24 | $1,496,001 | $2,254 | $268,312 | $0 | $1,227,689 | $0 | $2,254 | $1,498,255 |
| Robert G MenziEVP Chief Operating Officer | $820,740 | $283,650 | $603,778 | $30,000 | $186,962 | $236,497 | $47,153 | $1,104,390 |
| James J BrehenyEVP Director of Zoos/Aquarium | $536,541 | $173,400 | $432,258 | $0 | $104,283 | $131,958 | $41,442 | $709,941 |
| John F CalvelliEVP Public Affairs | $469,088 | $115,866 | $446,614 | $0 | $22,474 | $69,763 | $46,103 | $584,954 |
| Christopher J McKenzieSVP General Counsel | $434,752 | $114,699 | $432,430 | $0 | $2,322 | $79,913 | $34,786 | $549,451 |
These figures come from Wildlife Conservation Society'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 Wildlife Conservation Society compares
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Community Options$2,609,137 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
The fiscal year ending June 2025 filing does not list anyone with a chief executive title. The highest-paid person, Monica P Medina (President & CEO through 4/1/24), was paid $1,498,255: $1,496,001 from Wildlife Conservation Society and $2,254 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Monica P Medina (President & CEO through 4/1/24), at $1,498,255.
The highest-paid person on Wildlife Conservation Society's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 was Monica P Medina, at $1,498,255. That is up $646,477 (75.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was dr CRISTIAN SAMPER, paid $1,237,933. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,237,933 (dr CRISTIAN SAMPER); June 2023, $1,473,650; June 2024, $851,778 (Monica P Medina); June 2025, $1,498,255.
Wildlife Conservation Society's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $456,032,967 and total revenue of $400,861,377 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $55,171,590. Expenses were $448,907,632 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 1.6%. The highest-paid person's pay of $1,498,255 equals 0.33% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Wildlife Conservation Society filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 12, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.