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. Williams College ranks 81st of 100 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 76%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631349349302993.View the filing
Peers: the 94 other universities on this site. Ranked 23rd of 95 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 |
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 81st of 100 universities by president's pay.
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). Williams College ranks 81st of 100 universities on this site by president's pay.
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. Next was PAUL MACE (MANAGING DIRECTOR/INVESTMENT OFFICE), at $791,646. On the latest return, 7 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
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.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Williams College filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.