Williams College president salary and executive pay
Williams College paid its president, Maud Mandel, $992,690 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $100,927 (11.3%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $528,792,709, up 18.1% from $447,892,568 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Williams College ranks 104th of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Williams College has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 04-2104847, Williamstown, MA.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$992,690
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,646,388Collette ChiltonFORMER CHIEF INVESTMENT Officer (Through June 30, 2023)
- Total revenue
- $528,792,709
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 61%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631349349302993.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 51st of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.19% 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, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Collette ChiltonFORMER CHIEF INVESTMENT Officer (Through June 30, 2023) | $1,646,388 |
| Maud Mandel President PRESIDENT | $992,690 |
| Paul MaceMANAGING DIRECTOR/INVESTMENT OFFICE | $791,646 |
| Michael WagnerVP FOR FINANCE & OPERATIONS, TREASURER | $658,848 |
| Abigail WattleyCHIEF INVESTMENT Officer (Effective July 1, 2023) | $624,933 |
Also paid on the latest return: John Lewis (DIRECTOR OF INVESTMENT OPERATIONS), $541,786; Megan Morey (VP OF COLLEGE RELATIONS), $507,189; Bradford Wakeman (MANAGING DIR / COO, INV OFFICE), $498,330; Julia Brody (MANAGING DIRECTOR/INVESTMENT OFFICE), $420,360; Margaret Long (DEAN OF THE COLLEGE), $388,768; Eiko Siniawer (PROVOST), $370,715; Lara Shore-Sheppard (DEAN OF THE FACULTY), $369,169; James Shepard (PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH), $347,574; Leticia Smith-Evans Haynes (VP FOR INSTITUTIONAL DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION), $346,051; James Reische (FORMER VP OF COMMUNICATIONS, SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT FOR EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS), $275,030; Meike Kaan (CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER (EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024)), $274,171; David Love (FORMER PROVOST, PROF OF ECONOMICS), $267,862; Marlene Sandstrom (FORMER DEAN OF COLLEGE, PROF OF PSYCH), $255,042; Denise Buell (FORMER DEAN OF THE FACULTY, PROF OF RELIGION), $246,876; Keli Gail (SECRETARY OF THE COLLEGE (THROUGH JULY 14, 2024)), $206,509; and 1 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Cheryl Robinson Ocansey (TRUSTEE), Elizabeth A Andersen (TRUSTEE/CHAIR), Ethan Lasser (TRUSTEE), George Creppy (TRUSTEE), Gregory Woods (TRUSTEE), Gretchen Howard (TRUSTEE), Heidi Sandreuter (TRUSTEE), Jan Van Eck (TRUSTEE), Jeffrey Delaney (TRUSTEE), Jeffrey Harleston (TRUSTEE), Jeffrey Rhodes (TRUSTEE), Joel Hellman (TRUSTEE), Jonathan Sokoloff (TRUSTEE), Leila Jere (TRUSTEE), Mark Tercek (TRUSTEE), Martha Hoopes (TRUSTEE), Mary Kipp (TRUSTEE), Matthew Harris (TRUSTEE), Nathan Sleeper (TRUSTEE), Noriko Honda Chen (TRUSTEE), Sarah Mollman Underhill (TRUSTEE), Valerie Difebo (TRUSTEE), Vidisha Patel (TRUSTEE), William Foote (TRUSTEE).
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 | Maud Mandel President PRESIDENT | $992,690 | $528,792,709 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Maud Mandel President PRESIDENT | $891,763 | $447,892,568 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | MAUD MANDEL President PRESIDENT | $810,304 | $424,095,865 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | MAUD MANDEL President PRESIDENT | $732,598 | $557,181,278 | 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 202631349349302993.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Collette Chilton*FORMER CHIEF INVESTMENT Officer (Through June 30, 2023) | $1,637,836 | $8,552 | $13,153 | $1,537,871 | $86,812 | $8,552 | $0 | $1,646,388 |
| Maud MandelPRESIDENT | $820,656 | $172,034 | $729,853 | $75,000 | $15,803 | $138,965 | $33,069 | $992,690 |
| Paul MaceMANAGING DIRECTOR/INVESTMENT OFFICE | $634,016 | $157,630 | $419,896 | $212,500 | $1,620 | $118,653 | $38,977 | $791,646 |
| Michael WagnerVP FOR FINANCE & OPERATIONS, TREASURER | $579,806 | $79,042 | $509,821 | $0 | $69,985 | $38,965 | $40,077 | $658,848 |
| Abigail WattleyCHIEF INVESTMENT Officer (Effective July 1, 2023) | $585,520 | $39,413 | $566,488 | $0 | $19,032 | $38,965 | $448 | $624,933 |
These figures come from Williams 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 Williams College compares
Ranked 104th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 103rd, University of Notre Dame, $1,017,760
- Next in this ranking: 105th, Duquesne University, $906,757
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute$1,122,817 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Smith College$745,032 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Duquesne University$906,757 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of Richmond$2,553,560 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Seattle University$857,322 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Maud Mandel (PRESIDENT) was paid $992,690 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $820,656 from Williams College and $172,034 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Collette Chilton (FORMER CHIEF INVESTMENT Officer (Through June 30, 2023)), at $1,646,388. That is $653,698 more than the president, Maud Mandel.
Williams College paid its president, Maud Mandel, $992,690 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $100,927 (11.3%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was MAUD MANDEL, paid $732,598. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $732,598 (MAUD MANDEL); June 2023, $810,304; June 2024, $891,763; June 2025, $992,690.
Williams College's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $396,609,708 and total revenue of $528,792,709 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $132,183,001. Expenses were $366,089,597 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 8.3%. The president's pay of $992,690 equals 0.25% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Williams College 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.