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May 29, 2014

Dixon repeats as Pitt’s highest-paid

Jamie Dixon

Jamie Dixon

Men’s basketball head coach James P. Dixon II was the University’s highest paid employee in 2012, with compensation totaling $2,141,522, according to the University’s fiscal year 2013 IRS form 990. It was Dixon’s second consecutive year as the University’s highest paid employee.

As part of its annual IRS filing, the University must disclose compensation paid to its officers, directors and trustees, and to its five highest compensated non-officer employees.

The University reported that 1,776 people, including those listed by name, received compensation of $100,000 or more in 2012. In 2011, 1,652 people received six-figure compensation. (See May 30, 2013, University Times.)

Highest paid non-officers

Paul Chryst

Paul Chryst

Dixon’s compensation for calendar year 2012 was made up of $1,293,040 in base compensation; $670,388 in bonus and incentive compensation; $33,538 in other reportable compensation; $130,001 in retirement and other deferred compensation, and $14,555 in nontaxable benefits.

Rounding out the top five were:

• Head football coach Paul Chryst — $1,578,757 ($1,020,881 in base salary; $500,000 in bonus and incentive compensation; $22,549 in other reportable compensation; $23,252 in retirement and other deferred compensation, and $12,075 in nontaxable benefits).

Nancy Davidson

Nancy Davidson

• Nancy E. Davidson, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute — $682,314 ($650,259 in base compensation; $600 in other reportable compensation; $26,250 in retirement and other deferred compensation, and $5,205 in nontaxable benefits).

• Athletic director Steven C. Pederson — $633,536 ($529,798 in base compensation; $41,667 in bonus and incentive compensation; $11,648 in other reportable compensation; $36,251 in retirement and other deferred compensation, and $14,172 in nontaxable benefits).

Steve Pederson

Steve Pederson

• Former women’s basketball coach Agnus Berenato — $512,792 ($449,398 in base compensation; $18,516 in other reportable compensation; $30,003 in retirement and other deferred compensation and $14,875 in nontaxable benefits).

University officers

The University reported compensation totaling $730,183 for Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg in 2012 ($565,652 in base compensation; $27,184 in other reportable compensation; $68,490 in retirement and other deferred compensation, and $68,857 in nontaxable benefits).

Compensation for Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor Patricia E. Beeson totaled $429,776 ($354,259 in base compensation; $20,975 in other reportable compensation; $42,852 in retirement and other deferred compensation, and $11,690 in nontaxable benefits).

Compensation for Jerome Cochran, general counsel and executive vice chancellor, totaled $590,191 ($480,736 in base compensation; $26,366 in other reportable compensation; $70,186 in retirement and other deferred compensation, and $12,903 in nontaxable benefits).

Compensation for B. Jean Ferketish, secretary of the Board of Trustees, was $260,058 ($206,558 in base compensation; $8,691 in other reportable compensation; $30,748 in retirement and other deferred compensation, and $14,061 in nontaxable benefits).

Compensation for Arthur S. Levine, senior vice chancellor for Health Sciences and dean of the School of Medicine, was $886,073 ($771,085 in base compensation; $71,684 in other reportable compensation; $30,000 in retirement and other deferred compensation, and $13,304 in nontaxable benefits).

Compensation for former provost and senior vice chancellor James V. Maher was $297,850 ($280,666 in base compensation; $2,242 in other reportable compensation; $14,942 in retirement and other deferred compensation, and $13,304 in nontaxable benefits).

Compensation for treasurer Amy Krueger Marsh was $437,631; ($372,378 in base compensation; $14,225 in other reportable compensation; $36,251 in retirement and other deferred compensation, and $14,777 in nontaxable benefits).

Compensation for chief financial officer Arthur G. Ramicone was $436,214 ($346,198 in base compensation; $25,140 in other reportable compensation; $50,815 in retirement and other deferred compensation, and $14,061 in nontaxable benefits).

Family members

Institutions are required to report financial information on employees who are family members of senior officers, trustees or highest-paid employees.

Receiving compensation from the University in 2012 were:

• Joshua Cochran of Public Safety, who earned $67,431. He is related to Executive Vice Chancellor Jerome Cochran.

• Erin Nordenberg of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, who earned $38,503. She is related to Chancellor Mark Nordenberg.

• Anita P. Courcoulas, a professor of surgery, who earned $202,448. She is related to trustee Ira J. Gumberg.

• Maryjean Lovett of Alumni Relations, who earned $37,348. She is related to trustee Robert G. Lovett.

• Werner Troesken, a faculty member in economics, who earned $174,468. He is related to Provost Patricia Beeson.

• Robin Maier, who earned $60,398, and John Maier, who earned $51,500, both of family medicine. The two are related to former provost James V. Maher.

Highest paid contractors

Six hundred twenty-three independent contractors received more than $100,000 in compensation from the University in 2012, up from 616 in 2011.

The top five were:

  • Construction contractor PJ Dick, $36,893,915.
  • Food service contractor Sodexo, $30,299,500.
  • Construction contractor Mascaro Construction Co., $29,154,447.
  • Construction contractor BPA II, $9,480,813.
  • Construction contractor Rycon Construction, $9,345,200.

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The University’s FY13 Form 990 is posted at www.cfo.pitt.edu/disclosure.html.

—Kimberly K. Barlow