Individual Compensation

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 2004:

Individual Compensation
(Chief executives &/or top-paid staff & consultants)

Nonprofit chief executive salaries rose 3.6% in fiscal 2003,
according to a national survey by the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
This was the same increase achieved by for-profit chief executives,
according to the compensation research firm WorldatWork.
Fundraisers’ salaries rose 4.2%, according to the
Association of Fundraising Professionals, while the U.S. rate of
inflation was 2.3%.
The Pay column below combines salaries, benefit plan
contributions (if any), and expense accounts for the few individuals
who are not required to itemize expenses. Individual independent
contractors such as attorneys, accountants, and consultants are
listed as well as directors and regular staff.
Unfortunately it is not possible to identify from IRS Form
990 which individuals receive perquisites such as free housing or use
of a vehicle.
Neither is it possible to accurately identify all of the
individuals who donate office space, or otherwise rebate material
value to their organizations in a manner amounting to returning
compensation. For example, the four employees of ANIMAL PEOPLE
donate the use of three offices in different states. Our head office
is bigger than the living space in the home of publisher Kim Bartlett
and editor Merritt Clifton. Use of donated office space helps
significantly to hold down our operating cost, but Form 990 does not
provide a way to show the value of this contribution.

The IRS does not require disclosure of non-board compensation
under $50,000. British charities must disclose the approximate
amount of their highest salaries, but not who receives them.
Norms identified as AFRP come from the Association of
Fundraising Professionals. Salary norms identified as ChronPhil come
from the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Salary norms identified as GdStr
come from <www.GuideStar.org>. Other norms are as identified on the
line itself.
Volunteers are listed only if working in a senior leadership
capacity full-time or nearly full-time.

Individual Position Group Pay Note

STEVEN SANDERSON Pres WildConsSoc $554,230 A
STEVEN McCORMICK PrCEO NatureCons $402,996 B
JOHN STEVENSON Pres NorthShore $368,680 C
FRED KRUPP Pres EnvironDefense $366,326 D
LARRY HAWK President ASPCA $329,247 E
PAUL IRWIN President/CEO HSUS $324,175 F
John Flicker Pres NatlAudubon $323,257 G
MARK VAN PUTTEN President NWF $291,476 H
JOHN H ADAMS President NRDC $285,624 I
KATHRYN FULLER President WWF $283,232 J
John Calvelli SrVPGov WildConsSoc $278,436
Rodger Schlickeisen CEO Defenders $268,030 K
RICHARD AVANZINO Pres Maddie’s $267,664
Diana Josephson VP EnvironDefense $262,926
Lawrence Selzer CEO ConservFund $261,843 L
CEO $50 million plus budget GdStr $260,200
Richard Erdman GnCnsl ConservFund $259,474
Jennifer Herring SrVP WildConsSoc $256,612
Richard Lattis SrVP WildConsSoc $253,713
Patricia Calabrese VP WildConsSoc $253,072
FRED O’REGAN CEO IFAW $250,218
WILLIAM MEADOWS Pres Wilderness $248,560 M
Jean-Louis Ecochard NatureCons $241,302
Marcia Aronoff VP EnvironDefense $236,113
PETER SELIGMANN CEO ConservIntl $235,575 N
Deborah Hechinger ExecVP WWF $231,952
RUSS MITTERMEIER Pres ConservIntl $230,340 N
Judy Rapp Smith SVP NatlAudubon $230,116
Reynaldo Smala Prs/CEO BideAWee $228,484
PATRICK NOONAN ChrEmr ConservFund $226,394 L
Alethea Pratt SrVP NatlAudubon $224,800
Peter Theran VP MSPCA $223,172 E
Darryl Vamado MgngDir NatureCons $222,648
David Sandlow ExecVP WWF $222,351
Glenn Olson SrVP NatlAudubon $220,956
Stephen Howell CFO NatureCons $220,799
Rebecca Patton MgngDir NatureCons $220,439
JOHN BERRY ExecDir NatFishWldlf $218,105 O
VAWTER PARKER ExcDir EarthJustice $216,738 P
Louise Mackisack CEO/AAMC MSPCA $215,927
ED SAYRES President SF/SPCA $213,917 E
TIM O’BRIEN CEO/Pres AmerHumane $211,013 Q
W.E. Scott Hoot VP NatlAudubon $205,836
Robert Perciaspe SVP NatlAudubon $202,719
ARTHUR SLADE Pres ARL/Boston $202,582
Karen Goschen Screen AmerHumane $198,182 Q
Lawrence Amon Treasurer NWF $197,765
Donald Barry ExecVP Wilderness $197,388
MADELINE BERNSTEIN Pres SPCA/LA $192,428
ROBERT ROHDE Pres DumbFriends $191,308 R
Charles Orasin SrVP Defenders $189,200
Stephen Musso President ASPCA $189,022
Patricia Forkan ExecVP HSUS $188,975
PETER DAVIES DirGenrl WSPA $188,921
Carter Luke VP MSPCA $187,509
Frances Beinecke ExecDir NRDC $186,755
Andrew Rowan ChiefofStaff HSUS $188,693
Ravindra Murarka ChfDVM PennSPCA $183,875
David Knapp VetSurgeon MSPCA $180,163
Nancy Dunn CFO WWF $176,883
Sybil Graham CEO/RowleyHosp MSPCA $175,053
PATRICK BERGIN Pres AfricanWild $173,646 S
CEO $25 to $49 million bdgt GdStr $173,086
Margaret Ackerley GnrlCnsl WWF $172,716
William Eichbaum VP WWF $169,312
PEGGY CUNNIFF Pres NAVS $167,754 T
ERIC HENDRIKS ExecDir PennSPCA $167,197
G Thomas Waite III CFO/Trs HSUS $166,805
John J. Bowen VP MSPCA $166,370
Natalie Waugh SrVP NWF $166,365
Ginette Hemley VicePresident WWF $164,294
ED SAYRES President ASPCA $162,041 E
JOHN PASSCANTANDO ExDr Greenpeace $161,925
Christine Anderson Oncology MSPCA $161,385
Azzedine Downes EVP IFAW $160,475
Barry McFarlane CEO Wilderness $159,960
Howard Levy VP MSPCA $158,884
Roger Kindler Vp/GenCnsl HSUS $158,168
Nicholas Trout VetSurgeon MSPCA $155,918
Barry Giaquinto CFO NorthShore $155,907
Suzanne Mink VP WWF $155,890
Perry Fina DirMktgPrg NorthShore $155,256
Carole Fox SrDirComm NWF $154,773
Steve Zawistowski SeniorVP ASPCA $154,675
BRENDA BARNETTE ExcDr TonyLaRussa $154,426
Mark Shaffer SrVP Defenders $189,200
LARRY HAWK President ASPCA $153,105 E
Catherine Reese VetSurgeon MSPCA $152,220
Stephen Hansen PoisonCntrl ASPCA $151,048
John Grandy SeniorVP HSUS $151,043
BILL GARRETT President AtlantaHS $148,498
Daniel Crain President SF/SPCA $146,781
Lisa Wilson DirDev NorthShore $145,181
WILLIAM BURNHAM Pres Peregrine $145,167 U
Kenneth Cunniff Attorney NAVS $144,000 T
Barbara Fried VPfnd IFAW $143,033
WARREN COX Pres Dallas/SPCATexas $142,910 V
Barbara Garber Cmmnctns ASPCA $142,593
MICHAEL ARMS Pres HelenWoodward $142,271
Jeff Proulx VetDirector SF/SPCA $140,734
Kathleen Collins VP MSPCA $140,044
Jan Hartke ExecDirector HSUS $139,301
Christopher Tuite DirWild IFAW $138,820
JOHN DECOCK ExecDir SierraClub $138,004 W
Patrick Ramage DirPubAff IFAW $135,408
Melanie Powers CFO IFAW $135,269
Stephen Eudene SrVP&CFO ASPCA $134,872
Charles Molloy VP AmerHumane $134,604
John Aldridge DVM SF/SPCA $134,295
CHRIS HYDE Pres WWFCanadaFndtn $133,815
Michael Cote CIO IFAW $133,048
CAL MORGAN ExecDir MichiganHS $129,805 X
Lynn Lawrence ChfStaff BideAWee $129,342
Rick Clugston VP HSUS $128,828
Wayne Pacelle SeniorVP HSUS $127,777 F
Jeffrey Cilek VP Peregrine $127,688
CEO $10 to $24 million bdgt GdStr $126,769
ROSEANN TREZZA ExcDir AssocHumane $126,365 Y
MERLIN TUTTLE ExcDir BatConserv $126,332 Z
Martha Armstrong SeniorVP HSUS $124,444
ROBIN STARR ExcDir RichmondSPCA $123,718
David Stein DVM SF/SPCA $123,068
Elln McPeake COO Greenpeace $121,474
Edward Powers DirOps ARL/Boston $120,120
J.P. Jenny VP Peregrine $119,922
VICTORIA WELLENS ExDr WiscHumane $119,598
Bob Roth Mrkt/Comm AmerHumane $118,791 Q
Lee Murray HumanResrces ASPCA $118,506
SHARON HARMAN ExcDir OregonHumane $117,873
RICHARD JOHNSTON Pres ConnHumane $116,502
Lisa Weisberg GovtAffrs ASPCA $116,044
George Nixon DVM SF/SPCA $114,548
Sharon O’Hara VPProg AmerHumane $113,567
MONTE HUMMEL Pres WWF/Canada $113,147 AA
C. Brown-Kossoff DVM NorthShore $112,817
Thomas Nichols CFO AfricanWild $111,835
Grace Gabriel DeptyDir IFAW $109,951
Jean Donaldson AcademyDir SF/SPCA $108,524
George Wirt PubRltns BideAWee $107,642
Helen Gichohi VP/prgm AfricanWild $106,834
S. Cece-Clements DVM MichiganHS $106,473
Lynn Spivak DirComMkt Maddie’s $106,443
Rhonda Albright DVM SNAP $106,312
Robert Fisher DVM MichiganHS $105,575
Dennis Herstein DVM BideAWee $105,048
Lloyd Kiff ScienceDir Peregrine $104,126
Javier Nolasco DVM Holiday $102,791
Lisa Jones VP Dalls/SPCATexas $102,614
David Williams DirOps MichiganHS $101,718
Ann Helene Cohen VP BideAWee $101,662
Nancy Thomas DirFin SierraClub $101,629
Kent Robertson VP Dallas/SPCATex $101,266 V
Sue Utsunomia-Nuding NorthShore $100,924
CEO $5 to $9 million budget GdStr $ 98,594
Cindy Skidmore DVM Dallas/SPCATex $ 97,452
Karen Halligan DirVetSrvs SPCA/LA $ 96,880
Jenny Lindamood Contrl ARL/Boston $ 95,223
Eung Bum Bae DVM Holiday $ 95,040
GEORGE FENWICK Pres AmerBirdCons $ 95,000 BB
B.J. Griffin ExcDr MarineMammal $ 95,000
HOLLY HAZARD ExecDir DDAL $ 95,881
Robert Goldman DVM SNAP $ 94,934
Bosmat Gal DirVetSrv ARL/Boston $ 94,968
John Nagy DirAdmin DumbFriends $ 94,642
Michael Mansfield Mtnce PennSPCA $ 94,383
Elaine Skypala HumRes PennSPCA $ 93,654
Robert DeCray FinDir PennSPCA $ 93,207
CLARE RICHARDSON Pres DFosseyIntl $ 92,951
Cynthia Hockman DVM Holiday $ 92,580
M Ippoliti-Smith PrgDr Maddie’s $ 91,756
Patricia Burnham Admn Peregrine $ 91,009 U
PRISCILLA FERAL President FoA $ 90,920 CC
Wendy Anderson MgngAtty ALDF $ 90,884
Terrence Clark AsstDr AssocHumane $ 89,820
Elena Bicker MrktngDr TonyLaRussa $ 89,060
Charles Spencer RescDir PennSPCA $ 88,798
Alfred Durtschi GM Waystation $ 88,716
Ronald Cohn Vp/Trs GorillaFndtn $ 88,584 DD
Amy Marder Behaviorist ARL/Boston $ 88,174
Steve Ann Chambers Pres ALDF $ 87,886
Mariclare Haggerty DirCom NAVS $ 87,360
Scott Anderson SeniorVP FSAP $ 86,818
Rose Channer VP SPCA/LA $ 86,776
David Foster DVM BideAWee $ 86,582
Janet Frake AsstSecty HSUS $ 85,603
Bill Clark DirIntlProg FoA $ 85,223 CC
THEO CAPALDO ExecDir NEAVS $ 84,907
JOYCE TISCHLER ExecDir ALDF $ 84,193
Stephen Zulli CFO ConnHumane $ 83,144
Robin Greenwald ExDir WaterKeeper $ 82,500 EE
Paul Kelley Comptroller FoA $ 81,020
LEE BERNSTEIN ExDir AssocHumane $ 80,934 Y
Richard Wood ExecDir FACT $ 80,688
Wallace Waas DVM AssocHumane $ 80,300
John Walsh IntlProjectsDir WSPA $ 79,685
TINA NELSON ExecDir AAVS $ 79,335
Toni Price DVM MarylandSPCA $ 79,170
Gil Costas DVM/ChiefStaff SNAP $ 78,768
SEAN HAWKINS President SNAP $ 78,676
Frank Dave Garcia Dallas/SPCATex $ 78,436
Jeff Kerr GeneralCounsel FSAP $ 78,298
Denis Frappier MoroccoHosp MSPCA $ 78,000 E
Pamela Frasch MgngAtty ALDF $ 77,351
Denise Deisler COO RichmondSPCA $ 76,871
Diane Forthman DirAdmin FoA $ 76,825
David Havard VP SPCA/LA $ 76,286
Gary Kish DevDir OregonHumane $ 72,858
Dan Constantineau Director FSAP $ 72,179
Ellen Clark OpsMgr WiscHumane $ 72,071
Herman Kaufman Attorney FoA $ 72,000
Jodi Jordan FinanceDirector API $ 71,966 FF
Randall Zeman VetMgr WiscHumane $ 71,923
Joseph Lozano Fclts HelenWoodward $ 71,877
RICHARD GILBRETH ExDr IntlExtcFln $ 71,662
Dan Matthews VP/MediaRltns PETA $ 71,373
John Bergman ZooMgr AssocHumane $ 71,046
CEO $1 to $2.5 million bdgt GdStr $ 70,939
Rita Trudering Ops HelenWoodward $ 70,693
Aileen Gabbey ExcDr MarylandSPCA $ 70,118
David Drake DirDev MarylandSPCA $ 69,464
Dana Campbell StaffAtty ALDF $ 69,268
Enviro/Animal fundraiser AFRP $ 68,750
ADELE DOUGLASS ExecDir HFAC $ 68,667
Marybeth Sweetland VP PETA $ 68,559
Jane Pohlman VetMgr WiscHumane $ 68,030
Eileen Beattie Cntl HelenWoodward $ 67,411
Susan Mentley OpsDir OregonHumane $ 67,277
Dieter Steklis SrSci DFosseyIntl $ 66,455
ELLIOT KATZ President IDA $ 66,039
Margaret Devoe DataSystems FSAP $ 64,828
Peggy Hilden Development PCRM $ 64,757
DAVID PHILLIPS ExDrVP EarthIsland $ 64,618
Robert Orabona DirOperatns FoA $ 64,584 CC
Lesley Allen DevDir Greenpeace $ 63,580
Liz Visco HumanRes SPCA/LA $ 64,309
Kenneth Hall Publications PCRM $ 62,872
Francis Battista Dir BestFriends $ 62,696
Gregory Castle Dir BestFriends $ 62,696
Ernest Eckhoff Dir BestFriends $ 62,696
Celeste Fripp Secty BestFriends $ 62,696
Christopher Fripp Dir BestFriends $ 62,696
Faith Maloney Dir BestFriends $ 62,696
Jonathan DePeyer Dir BestFriends $ 62,696
Steven Cybela DVM WiscHumane $ 62,241
Camille Fox Wildlife API $ 61,700
Laura Salter DirUSA WSPA $ 61,430
Jessica Sandler FedLiaison PETA $ 61,375
Steven Hirano MngEd BestFriends $ 60,746
Mary Ann DePeyer Dir BestFriends $ 60,746
MARTINE COLLETTE Pres Waystation $ 60,000
John Bruzzese DVM RichmondSPCA $ 59,997
Kate Downey Production PETA $ 59,875
Barbara Baugnon Mktg OregonHumane $ 59,635
Renee Resko Dvlpmt HelenWoodward $ 59,369
Lisa Lange VP/Communications PETA $ 59,365
Eiland Palmer RanchAsst Fund $ 58,936
Amy Dielschneider OregonHumane $ 57,996
CEO $500,000/$999,999 bdgt GdStr $ 57,735
Jonathan Rowe RchWrtg EarthIsland $ 57,500
BECKY ROBINSON NatlDir AlleyCat $ 57,000
Donna Wilcox ExecDir AlleyCat $ 57,000
Barbara Lawrie C/ServDir API $ 56,750
Yvette Nash AdminDir EarthIsland $ 56,653
John Knox ExDirVP EarthIsland $ 56,584
Sherry Greenblatt VP AtlantaHS $ 56,548
Julie Richard Editor BestFriends $ 56,033
MERCEDES FLETT President UAN $ 55,923
Karen Ruane DirectorFinance NAVS $ 55,650
Paul Berry CIO BestFriends $ 55,100
Mandi Billinge ProgDir EarthIsland $55,000
James Barstad Acct BestFriends $ 54,996
Gillian Battista CoDr BestFriends $ 54,996
Rita Landis Secty PennSPCA $ 54,918
MIKE MARKARIAN President Fund $ 54,830
Robert Tishman DVM MarylandSPCA $ 54,783
Tracy Reiman VP/Intl PETA $ 54,770
Lynda Tyrrell OperationsDir FSAP $ 53,698
Jannette Patterson ExecDir PETA $ 53,483
Matt Penzer LegalCounsel PETA $ 53,191
CAROLE NOON Pres SaveTheChimps $ 53,269
ROBIN LOHNES Director AHPA $ 53,000
Maggie Davis FinanceDir FSAP $ 52,979
Mindy Kursban VicePres PCRM $ 59,695
Nicole Paquette LegalDir API $ 52,750
James Taylor ProgramServ NHES $ 52,412
ROBERT A. BROWN Pres FACT $ 51,708
Mike Mahrer MrktngDir NHES $ 51,056
Marcia Kramer Director NAVS $ 50,715
Laura Ell SrProgramAssc NAVS $ 50,085
Cindy Williamson Cntrlr NHES $ 50,023
Bonnie Miller Scty/Tres HFA $ 49,932 GG
BRAD MILLER President HFA $ 48,836 GG
CAROL ASVESTAS Pres AnmlSanctryUS $ 47,800
CATHY LISS President AWI $ 47,680
John Gleiber Treasurer AWI $ 47,000 HH
ANNA BRIGGS MrktgRep NHES $ 46,410
CEO $250,000/$499,999 bdgt GdStr $ 46,130
Teri Barnato OfficeMgr AVAR $ 45,724
Nicole Otoupalik PlannedGiv IDA $ 45,573
KIM BARTLETT Pblshr ANIMALPEOPLE $ 45,500 II
Merritt Clifton Edtr ANIMALPEOPLE $ 45,500 II
Kevin Connelly DevelDir IDA $ 45,000
Hector Menjivar TechMgr Holiday $ 44,692
Gil Lamont Webmaster API $ 44,250
Eric Kleiman Programs IDA $ 44,153
Holly Bridges Secretary HFAC $ 43,333
Rebecca Sarsfield CFO/Tres UAN $ 42,734
JILL STARR President Lifesavers $ 42,600 JJ
DANIEL MORAST President IWC $ 40,379
Lorri Bauston VP FarmSanctuary $ 40,295 KK
ALAN BERGER ExecDir API $ 37,194 EE
Heather Rockwell AsstDirScty IWC $ 36,739
Tina Lococo-Mosio Secty FACT $ 36,178
GENE BAUSTON Pres FarmSanctuary $ 35,526 KK
Holly McNulty SecTr FarmSanctuary $ 33,892
INGRID NEWKIRK President PETA $ 33,836
CEO less than $250,000 bdgt GdStr $ 32,093
MICHELLE THEW ExecDir API $ 25,000 FF
Robert Price Treasurer IWC $ 24,141
KAY McELROY President Cedarhill $ 23,760
CAROL BUCKLEY Pres ElephHohenwald $ 21,000
Scott Blais VP ElephHohenwald $ 21,000
Jack Norris Pres VeganOutreach $ 18,733
Paul Shapiro VicePresident COK $ 17,026
KYENAN KUM President IAKA $ 16,500
FRANCINE PATTERSON GorillaFndtn $ 15,090 DD
Karen Budke SAEN $ 14,805 LL
Matt Ball Secty VeganOutreach $ 14,203
TANYA SMITH Pres Turpentine $ 14,025 MM
Scott Smith VP Turpentine $ 14,025 MM
Robert Jackson Cofnder Turpentine $ 13,650 MM
BRIAN KORTIS Prs NeighborhoodCats $ 12,750 NN
Jose Truda Palazzo Jr. Brazil IWC $ 12,500
MICHAEL BUDKE Pres SAEN $ 12,038 LL
MYUN PARK President COK $ 11,526
Darla Lesher Jackson Turpentine $ 11,300 MM
Hilda Jackson Curator Turpentine $ 10,400 MM
KAREN DAVIS Pres UnitedPoultry $ 9,720
NEDA DeMAYO Pres ReturnFreedom $ 8,937
MICHAEL MOUNTAIN Pres BestFriends $ 992 OO
JEANNE ANGER Trustee Holiday OthrIncm
DIANA CHONTOS President WildBurro OthrIncm PP
KAY DUFFY Pres PetAdoptionFund OthrIncm
LEO GRILLO President DELTARescue OthrIncm QQ
ALEX HERSHAFT President FARM OthrIncm
STEVE HINDI President SHARK OthrIncm
CAROLE LEWIS Pres BigCatRescue OthrIncm
SHIRLEY McGREAL President IPPL OthrIncm
MARK MEYERS Pres PeacefulValley OthrIncm RR
SUSAN MICHAELS Pres Pasado’s OthrIncm
WALLY SWETT Prs PrimarilyPrimates Housing SS
PAUL WATSON Pres SeaShepherd OthrIncm
BRIAN WERNER President TigerCreek OthrIncm TT
ELLEN WHITEHOUSE Prs NoahsLostArk OthrIncm UU
Opposition group heads
PETER DART ExecDir SafariClubIntl $187,262
Donna Marie Artuso FBR $137,500
Ken James FinDir SafariClubIntl $101,923
JACQUELINE CALNAN Pres AmMedPrg $ 98,763
Valerie Cole Secty AmMedPrg $ 64,074
Anthony DeNicola WhiteBuffalo $ 62,000
Deborah Cuddy WhiteBuffalo $ 55,000
Barbara Rich VP AmMedPrg $ 32,606

A – The Wildlife Conservation Society paid 278 additional
salaries above $50,000. At least 10 topped $150,000.
B – The Nature Conservancy paid 961 additional salaries above
$50,000. At least 10 topped $189,000.
C – The North Shore Animal League America paid 25 additional
salaries above $50,000.
D – The Environmental Defense Fund paid 130 additional
salaries above $50,000. At least 10 topped $100,000.
E – Larry Hawk was ASPCA president through April 2003;
former San Francisco SPCA president Ed Sayres thereafter. Hawk is
now president of the Massachusetts SPCA, succeeding Gus Thornton,
who retired. Hawk’s listed MSPCA compensation includes pay from four
subsidiaries. Hawk had total compensation from animal charities in
fiscal 2003 of $482,352. Sayres had total compensation from animal
charities in fiscal 2003 of $375,958. Sayres was succeeded at the
San Francisco SPCA by Daniel Crain. Peter Theran, Carter Luke,
John Bowen, and Howard Levy were also paid by MSPCA subsidiaries.
Denis Frappier directs the subsidiary American Fondouk Association
hospital in Fez, Morocco. In addition to the salaries listed here,
the ASPCA paid 85 other people in excess of $50,000. The MSPA paid
109 other people salaries in excess of $50,000.
F – Paul Irwin retired in May 2004, succeeded by Wayne
Pacelle. HSUS paid 80 other salaries over $50,000.
G – The National Audubon Society paid 230 additional salaries
above $50,000. At least seven topped $100,000.
H – The National Wildlife Federation paid 171 other salaries
above $50,000. At least five topped $100,000.
I – The Natural Resources Defense Council paid 124 other
salaries over $50,000. Seven topped $100,000.
J – The World Wildlife Fund paid 228 additional salaries
above $50,000. At least three topped $150,000.
K – Defenders of Wildlife paid 35 additional salaries above
$50,000. At least five exceeded $100,000.
L – The Conservation Fund paid 53 other salaries above
$50,000. At least 16 exceeded $100,000. Founding chair Patrick
Noonan retired in July 2003. He was succeeded by Charles Jordan, a
board member since 1986, who was paid $15,000 for the remainder of
the fiscal year.
M – The Wilderness Society paid 63 additional salaries above
$50,000. At least five exceeded $100,000.
N – Conservation International paid 190 additional salaries
above $50,000, including at least 14 above $100,000.
O – The National Fish & Wildlife Foundation paid 31 other
salaries above $50,000. At least six topped $100,000.
P – EarthJustice paid 71 additional salaries above $50,000,
including at least 11 above $100,000.
Q – American Humane in February 2004 hired former American
Red Cross interim CEO Marie Belew Wheatley as president and CEO.
The Wheatley hiring followed the separate exits in June 2003 of
former president and CEO Tim O’Brien, former Film & TV Unit chief
Karen Goschen, and former marketing and communications director Bob
Roth, after the earlier departure of Free Farmed program founder
Adele Douglass. Longtime American Humane Film & TV Unit staff member
Karen Rosa succeeded Goshen. Former Colorado Pork Producers Council
executive director Elena Metro was hired in November 2003 to head
Free Farmed.
R – The Denver Dumb Friends League paid five other salaries
above $50,000.
S – The African Wildlife Foundation paid 19 additional
salaries in excess of $50,000.
T – Peggy & Kenneth Cunniff are wife/husband. National
Anti-Vivisection Society Form 990 filings in 1989-1994 listed Kenneth
Cunniff as an independent contractor. ANIMAL PEOPLE noted in June
1996 that his pay from NAVS often exceeds $100,000/year plus use of a
vehicle, while he runs his own law firm. Since then, NAVS lists
him as “Kenneth Cunniff, Ltd.” Mrs. Cunniff is daughter of previous
NAVS head George Trapp.
U – William & Patricia Burnham are husband and wife.
V – Warren Cox retired from the SPCA of Texas in November
2003, succeeded by James Bias, who previously headed the Humane
Society & SPCA of Bexar County in San Antonio, Albuquerque Animal
Services, and the Humane Society of North Texas in Fort Worth, and
was operations director for Citizens for Animal Protection in
Houston. Cox, running animal shelters since 1952, spent most of
2004 as interim executive director at the Montgomery County Animal
Shelter in Dayton, Ohio. Gary Hendel, formerly executive director
of the Maui County Humane Society and director of Multnomah County
Animal Services in Portland, Oregon, was named permanent executive
director in Dayton in November 2004. Kent Robertson, formerly
executive director at the Humane Society of Missouri, left the
Dallas/SPCA of Texas earlier in 2003 to head Dallas Animal Services.
W – Sierra Club salaries are from the 2002 filing of IRS Form
990. The 2003 filing was unavailable at deadline. Other Sierra Club
data is from the organization’s annual report.
X – The Michigan Humane Society paid 13 other salaries of
more than $50,000. A board member is a partner in a law firm which
is the MHS’ primary legal counsel. The firm was paid $45,929 in 2003.
Y – Roseann Trezza, Associated Humane Societies assistant
director since 1968, in mid-2003 succeeded Lee Bernstein, executive
director since 1967. Associated Humane paid three other salaries in
excess of $50,000.
Z – Bat Conservation International paid six other salaries in
excess of $50,000.
AA – Mike Russell, 59, was in June 2004 named president and
CEO of WWF/Canada, succeeding Monte Hummel, president since 1978.
BB – The American Bird Conservancy paid eight other salaries
in excess of $50,000.
CC – Priscilla Feral and Robert Orabona are wife & husband.
Bill Clark left FoA in late 2002. He now works for IFAW.
DD – Ronald Cohn and Francine Patterson are identified by
other media as “partners.”
EE – Robin Greenwald left the Water Keeper Alliance in
mid-2003. The Water Keeper Alliance paid four other salaries in
excess of $50,000. Water Keeper Alliance president Robert F. Kennedy
Jr. is a partner in Kennedy & Madonna LLP, to which the Alliance
paid $112,000 in 2003.
FF – Alan Berger, API executive director since July 1994,
resigned in April 2003. His successor, Michelle Thew, previously
headed the British Union Against Vivisection. Jodi Jordan also left
API in mid-2003.
GG – Bonnie & Brad Miller are wife and husband.
HH – John Gleiber recently retired after 26 years with AWI.
He remains on the AWI board.
II – Kim Bartlett & Merritt Clifton are wife and husband.
JJ – Explains Statement 8 of the Lifesavers filing of IRS
Form 990, “Jill Starr leases her property to the organization. She
also receives a salary of $3,500 per month. She borrowed $5,000 from
the organization and is making monthly payments. The current balance
is $4,039.” Lifesavers paid $10,800 for occupancy in fiscal 2003.
KK – Lorri & Gene Bauston are wife & husband.
LL – Karen & Michael Budke are wife/husband.
MM – Recent Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge filings of IRS
Form 990 omit statements which on earlier filings declared that
co-founder Tanya Smith, whose husband is Scott Smith, leased land
to the foundation “at the same cost as her mortgage payment,”
receiving both housing plus equity in the 463-acre site, relatively
little of which is used for the care of sanctuary animals. The most
recent available Turpentine Creek filing of Form 990, filed on
November 15, 2003, covering calendar year 2002, indicates that it
still pays $5,000 per month ($60,000/year) in “occupancy”–but also
showed that Tanya Smith was owed $144,442, $114,286 of it in unpaid
rent. In 1998 Tanya Smith settled charges filed as felonious theft
of public benefits by pleading guilty to illegal use of food stamps,
in a case resulting from her failure to declare income received from
leasing land and vehicles to the sanctuary. Hilda Jackson and
Robert Jackson were also Turpentine Creek cofounders. Robert Jackson
died on September 25, 2002. Darla Jackson is his widow.
NN – Brian Kortis is also a lawyer and film maker.
OO – “I gave up my salary a couple of years ago and get paid
from the proceeds of the Best Friends Pet Club, which is a side
venture run by Steven Hirano, myself, and one other person,”
Michael Mountain wrote to ANIMAL PEOPLE in January 2004. “It sells
T-shirts, mugs, the small books I did, etc. It is our hope that
the Pet Club will make sufficient money in years to come to be able
to provide for some of the older founders of Best Friends when they
retire (some are in their late sixties already), and to do other
things for animals and rescuers that we approve of but that don’t
quite meet the strict standards of what we feel we should be using
members’ donations for. I took home approximately $30,000 [in 2003] from the Pet Club after taxes were paid. I do still get a few
hundred dollars from Best Friends–enough for me to be able to pay
back into our health insurance plan.”
PP – Diana Chontos lives at Wild Burro Rescue. Her living
expenses during the fiscal year were met by repayment of a past
personal loan of $10,000 to WBR.
QQ – Leo Grillo heads direct mail and videography companies
which perform contract services for DELTA Rescue at competitive rates.
RR – Mark S. Meyers and his wife, Amy L. Meyers, claimed no
remuneration from Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue on IRS Form 990.
Statement #2 listed $17,632 in “administrative expense” not itemized
as professional fundraising, accounting, or legal fees.
SS – The Primarily Primates board in 2002 voted to pay Wally
Swett total compensation of $61,649. Swett actually cashed only half
of the checks, and has been living on that money ever since, he
told ANIMAL PEOPLE on December 4, 2004, after calling to ask how
two years’ worth of checks never cashed should be reported on IRS
Form 990.
TT – Brian Werner claimed no remuneration from Tiger Creek
a.k.a. Tiger Missing Link. His fiance Terri Block received $6,650.
Statement #1 listed $11,756 in “administrative expense” not itemized
as professional fundraising, accounting, or legal fees; $3,028 for
“auto expense”; $3,803 for “meals and entertainment”; $1,208 for
“mileage”; $5,600 for “rent”; and $4,258 for “contract labor.” The
recipients and beneficiaries of these amounts were not identified.
UU – Ellen Whitehouse claimed on IRS Form 990 to be working
“100+” hours a week for Noah’s Lost Ark. Her husband, Douglas
Whitehouse, was said to be working “60+” hours a week for Noah’s
Lost Ark. Neither claimed remuneration from the sanctuary. Kristen
Gelineau of Associated Press reported on November 3, 2003 that
Douglas Whitehouse also “works long hours as a truck driver for Toys
‘R’ Us.”