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August 20, 2026

10 Employees of the American Bankers Association (ABA) Take Home $60 Million in Compensation

by Anne Paddock

10 of the most highly compensated employees in 2024 of the American Bankers Association (ABA) – a non-profit tax exempt trade association representing – received $60 million in compensation from 2017-2024 (note:  highly compensated employees inane of the years 2017-2023 but not in 2024 are not included, including James Ballentine who received $8 million from 2017-2023 and Kenneth Clayton who received $5 million from 2017-2023):

Rob Nichols:  Total Compensation 2017-2024:  $29 million

  • 2024:  $5,128,508
  • 2023:  $3,496,516
  • 2022:  $3,651,732
  • 2021:  $4,832,923
  • 2020:  $3,271,038
  • 2019:  $3,145,960
  • 2018:  $2,785,380
  • 2017:  $2,430,683

Naomi Camper:  Total Compensation 2019-2024:  $5 million

  • 2024:  $1,320,483
  • 2023:  $  953,454
  • 2022:  $  920,970
  • 2021:  $  901,981
  • 2020:  $  877,287
  • 2019:  $  402,100

Peter Cook:  Total Compensation 2018-2024:  $5 million

  • 2024:  $701,824
  • 2023:  $769,172
  • 2022:  $626,711
  • 2021:  $614,156
  • 2020:  $594,940
  • 2019:  $547,449
  • 2018:  $412,095

Karin Petersen Flynn:  Total Compensation 2021-2024:  $3 million

  • 2024:  $749,540
  • 2023:  $751,754
  • 2022:  $583,219
  • 2021:  $527,587

Jess Sharp:  Total Compensation 2021-2024:  $3 million

  • 2024:  $756,318
  • 2023:  $743,579
  • 2022:  $721,444
  • 2021:  $663,428

James Edrington:  Total Compensation 2017-2024:  $7 million

  • 2024:  $  457,943
  • 2023:  $  723,854
  • 2022:  $  731,206
  • 2021:  $1,011,554
  • 2020: $1,393,776:
  • 2019:  $1,178,049
  • 2018:  $  716,321
  • 2017:  $  617,381

Virginia O’Neill:  Total Compensation 2022-2024:  $2 million

  • 2024:  $588,019
  • 2023:  $538,088
  • 2022:  $522,567

Alethia Baggett:  Total Compensation 2018-2024:  $4 million

  • 2024:  $648,322
  • 2023:  $694,839
  • 2022:  $580,311
  • 2021:  $564,542
  • 2020:  $559,584
  • 2019:  $485,794
  • 2018:  $359,315

Kristen Sutton:  Total Compensation 2023-2024:  $1 million

  • 2024:  $598,442
  • 2023:  $485,193

Thomas Pinder:  Total Compensation 2022-2024:  $2 million

  • 2024:  $617,441
  • 2023:  $571,850
  • 2022:  $530,765

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