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July 26, 2025

12 Employees at Brown University Took Home $57 Million in Compensation

by Anne Paddock

12 of the most highly compensated employees in 2023 at Brown University (a private research university with about 11,000 students (7,000 undergrads and 4,000 graduate and medical students) in Providence, Rhode Island with nearly $8 billion in net assets) received $57 million in compensation from 2017-2023 (note:  highly compensated employees in any of the years 2017-2022 but not in 2023 are not included):

Jane Dietze:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $13 million

  • 2023:  $2,882,923
  • 2022:  $2,996,245
  • 2021:  $2,646,261
  • 2020:  $1,343,353
  • 2019:   $1,229,337
  • 2018:  $  958,965
  • 2017:  $  862,001

Christina Paxson:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $11 million

  • 2023:  $1,831,198
  • 2022:  $2,046,296
  • 2021:  $1,311,802
  • 2020:  $1,437,755
  • 2019:  $1,369,990
  • 2018:  $1,540,707
  • 2017:  $1,529,249

Joshua Kennedy:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $4 million

  • 2023:  $1,285,053
  • 2022:  $1,218,173
  • 2021:  $  974,236
  • 2020:  $  643,712

Jack Elias:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $7 million

  • 2023:  $1,064,715
  • 2022:  $1,012,199
  • 2021:  $  932,832
  • 2020:  $1,031,831
  • 2019:  $  981,607
  • 2018:  $  903,092
  • 2017:  $  852,521

Grace Calhoun:  Total Compensation 2023:  $1 million

  • 2023:  $1,063,933

Sergio Gonzalez:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $4 million

  • 2023:  $888,858
  • 2022:  $983,172
  • 2021:  $763,379
  • 2020:  $834,992
  • 2019:  $813,685

Peter Levine:  Total Compensation 2021-2023:  $3 million

  • 2023:  $1,099,714
  • 2022:  $  969,173
  • 2021:  $  885,191

Erica Nourjian:  Total Compensation 2018-2023:  $5 million

  • 2023:  $943,848
  • 2022:  $917,975
  • 2021:  $734,295
  • 2020:  $634,978
  • 2019:  $620,191
  • 2018:  $561,718

Mukesh Jain:  Total Compensation 2023:  $1 million

  • 2023:  $933,468

Sarah Latham:  Total Compensation 2023:  $1 million

  • 2023:  $903,451

Katie Galvin:  Total Compensation 2023:  $1 million

  • 2023:  $803,608

Richard Locke:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $6 million

  • 2023:  $979,393
  • 2022:  $917,204
  • 2021:  $945,122
  • 2020:  $832,458
  • 2019:  $801,535
  • 2018:  $709,900
  • 2017:  $668,147

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