Yeshiva University president salary and executive pay
Yeshiva University paid its president, Rabbi Dr Ari D Berman, $1,186,985 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $112,024 (10.4%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $443,865,833, up 12.6% from $394,227,866 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Yeshiva University ranks 88th of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Yeshiva University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 13-1624225, New York, NY.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,186,985
- Total revenue
- $443,865,833
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 76%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202601339349307920.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 32nd of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.27% 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 |
|---|---|
| Rabbi Dr Ari D Berman President TRUSTEE - PRESIDENT | $1,186,985 |
| Andrew J LauerVP/SECTY/GENERAL COUNSEL | $649,424 |
| Ahron HerringCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $580,570 |
| Melanie LeslieDEAN - CARDOZO LAW SCHOOL | $548,130 |
| Noam WassermanDEAN - SYMS BUSINESS SCHOOL | $537,315 |
Also paid on the latest return: Doron Stern (VP MKTNG/COMMUNICATIONS), $524,507; Susan Meyers (VP INST. ADVANCEMENT), $505,450; Patrick Gallagher (VP ADMIN SERVICES), $493,213; Selma Botman (PROVOST - VP ACADEMIC AFFAIRS), $480,798; Danielle Wozniak (VP GLOBAL BUS DEV), $454,268; Michael Schreiber (VP BUS. AFFAIRS/CFO), $450,280; Edward Farkas (FOUNDING DEAN - DENTAL), $429,298; David Rudenstine (PROFESSOR), $408,233; Julie Schreier (VP/CHIEF OF STAFF), $407,832.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Ira M Mitzner (BOARD CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Moshael J Straus (CHAIR EMERITUS/TRUSTEE), Henry Kressel (CHAIR EMERITUS/TRUSTEE), Morry J Weiss (CHAIR EMERITUS/TRUSTEE), Philip Friedman (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Elliot Gibber (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Michael D Katz (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Shira Yoshor (TREASURER/TRUSTEE), Julius Berman (TRUSTEE - DECEASED DEC 2025), Marvin S Bienenfeld (TRUSTEE), Marjorie Diener Blenden (TRUSTEE), Ira Dizengoff (TRUSTEE), Michael Gamson (TRUSTEE), Dr Felix L Glaubach (TRUSTEE - DECEASED DEC 2024), Miriam Goldberg (TRUSTEE), Benjamin Heller (TRUSTEE), Andrew Herenstein (TRUSTEE), Lance Hirt (TRUSTEE), Janet Hod (TRUSTEE), Mitchel R Julius (TRUSTEE), Matthew Maryles (TRUSTEE), Joshua L Muss (TRUSTEE), David J Nagel (TRUSTEE), J Philip Rosen (TRUSTEE), Henry Rosenberg (TRUSTEE), and 6 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 | Rabbi Dr Ari D Berman President TRUSTEE - PRESIDENT | $1,186,985 | $443,865,833 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Rabbi Dr Ari D Berman President TRUSTEE - PRESIDENT | $1,074,961 | $394,227,866 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Rabbi Dr Ari D Berman President TRUSTEE - PRESIDENT | $896,718 | $382,447,837 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Rabbi Dr Ari D Berman President TRUSTEE - PRESIDENT | $805,962 | $385,564,431 | 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 202601339349307920.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Rabbi Dr Ari D BermanTRUSTEE - PRESIDENT | $992,282 | $194,703 | $788,811 | $175,000 | $28,471 | $17,250 | $177,453 | $1,186,985 |
| Andrew J LauerVP/SECTY/GENERAL COUNSEL | $475,255 | $174,169 | $456,060 | $0 | $19,195 | $17,250 | $156,919 | $649,424 |
| Ahron HerringCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $502,318 | $78,252 | $492,208 | $0 | $10,110 | $17,250 | $61,002 | $580,570 |
| Melanie LeslieDEAN - CARDOZO LAW SCHOOL | $489,834 | $58,296 | $479,497 | $0 | $10,337 | $17,250 | $41,046 | $548,130 |
| Noam WassermanDEAN - SYMS BUSINESS SCHOOL | $493,805 | $43,510 | $463,000 | $0 | $30,805 | $17,250 | $26,260 | $537,315 |
These figures come from Yeshiva 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 Yeshiva University compares
Ranked 88th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 87th, DePaul University, $1,189,697
- Next in this ranking: 89th, Pace University, $1,165,088
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Wesleyan University$1,374,453 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Elon University$889,064 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Washington and Lee University$760,715 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences$1,790,552 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Berklee College of Music$644,731 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Common questions
Rabbi Dr Ari D Berman (TRUSTEE - PRESIDENT) was paid $1,186,985 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $992,282 from Yeshiva University and $194,703 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The president, Rabbi Dr Ari D Berman, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,186,985.
Yeshiva University paid its president, Rabbi Dr Ari D Berman, $1,186,985 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $112,024 (10.4%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was Rabbi Dr Ari D Berman, paid $805,962. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $805,962 (Rabbi Dr Ari D Berman); June 2023, $896,718; June 2024, $1,074,961; June 2025, $1,186,985.
Yeshiva University's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $442,317,312 and total revenue of $443,865,833 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $1,548,521. Expenses were $427,869,613 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 3.4%. The president's pay of $1,186,985 equals 0.27% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Yeshiva 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.