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November 16, 2025

16 Employees at Texas Christian University Took Home $109 Million in Compensation

by Anne Paddock

15 of the most highly compensated employees at Texas Christian University (a private, tax-exempt non-profit research university in Fort Worth, Texas that is affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) that has 11,000 undergraduate and 2,000 graduate students pursuing 114 undergraduate areas of study and 98 graduate degrees on the 300 acre campus a few miles from downtown Fort Worth) in 2024 took home $109 million in compensation from 2017-2024 (note:  highly compensated employees in any of the years 2017-2023 but not in 2024 are not included (i.e.  Gary Patterson, the former football coach who received $45 million in compensation from 2017-2022):

Sonny Dykes:  Total Compensation 2023-2024:  $12 million

  • 2024:  $7,036,013
  • 2023:  $5,008,404

James Dixon:  Total Compensation 2017-2024:  $31 million

  • 2024:  $4,365,321
  • 2023:  $4,106,441
  • 2022:  $3,808,347
  • 2021:  $3,512,107
  • 2020:  $4,347,975
  • 2019:  $3,617,018
  • 2018:  $3,423,401
  • 2017:  $4,144,586

Victor Boschini:  Total Compensation 2017-2024:  $23 million

  • 2024:  $3,199,429
  • 2023:  $3,085,606
  • 2022:  $2,323,475
  • 2021:  $2,491,580
  • 2020:  $2,574,219
  • 2019:  $3,042,191
  • 2018:  $3,113,259
  • 2017:  $3,345,278

Jeremiah Donati:  Total Compensation 2018-2024:  $8 million

  • 2024;  $1,999,400
  • 2023:  $1,476,371
  • 2022:  $1,069,704
  • 2021:  $  860,158
  • 2020:  $1,148,525
  • 2019:  $  938,473
  • 2018:  $  231,369

Kendal Briles:  Total Compensation 2024:  $2 million

  • 2024:  $1,553,328

Jason Safran:  Total Compensation 2022-2024:  $3 million

  • 2024:  $1,546,102
  • 2023:  $1,248,131
  • 2022:  $  616,586

Donald Whelan:  Total Compensation 2017-2024:  $6 million

  • 2024:  $1,040,434
  • 2023:  $1,128,371
  • 2022:  $  716,838
  • 2021:  $  643,188
  • 2020:  $  833,061
  • 2019:  $  640,807
  • 2018:  $  707,587
  • 2017:  $  583,976

Kirk Saarloos:  Total Compensation 2022-2024:  $3 million

  • 2024:  $1,280,450
  • 2023:  $1,079,006
  • 2022:  $  885,784

Medianvita Kazadi:  Total Compensation 2024:  $1 million

  • 2024:  $1,037,263

Daniel Pullin:  Total Compensation 2024:  $1 million

  • 2024:  $965,490

Bryan Lucas:  Total Compensation 2017-2024:  $4 million

  • 2024:  $547,027
  • 2023:  $903,886
  • 2022:  $444,912
  • 2021:  $373,276
  • 2020:  $553,470
  • 2019:  $464,066
  • 2018:  $402,540
  • 2017:  $294,359

Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg:  Total Kompensation 2020-2024:  $4 million

  • 2024:  $779,896
  • 2023:  $869,912
  • 2022:  $709,180
  • 2021:  $673,302
  • 2020:  $643,341

Kathryn Cavins Tull:  Total Compensation 2017-2024:  $4 million

  • 2024:  $458,538
  • 2023:  $842,971
  • 2022:  $432,492
  • 2021:  $389,699
  • 2020:  $571,396
  • 2019:  $477,686
  • 2018:  $402,540
  • 2017:  $340,005

William Nunez:  Total Compensation 2023-2024:  $1 million

  • 2024:  $702,754
  • 2023:  $773,273

Tracy Sylar-Jones:  Total Compensation 2017-2024:  $3 million

  • 2024:  $531,201
  • 2023:  $429,371
  • 2022:  $424,761
  • 2021:  $354,359
  • 2020:  $373,858
  • 2019:  $372,333
  • 2018:  $345,472
  • 2017:  $312,266

Yohna Chambers:  Total Compensation 2018-2024:  $3 million

  • 2024:  $473,274
  • 2023:  $400,152
  • 2022:  $368,030
  • 2021:  $327,601
  • 2020:  $324,627
  • 2019:  $310,948
  • 2018:  $304,987

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