Willamette University
Donations deductibleWillamette University's network
37 people8 organisationsi37 people and 8 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (37). Violet dotted lines (8) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
37 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 36 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Smith Chair | Chair | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Lynne Saxton Chair | Immediate Past Chair | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Anne Gallagher | VP of Finance & CFO | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Blythe Butler | Trustee | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Bonnie Flynn | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Brian Hufft | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Charlotte Carpenter | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Cortlandt A Cuffee (also filed as Cortlandt Cuffee) | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Daniel Valles SR Vice | President, COO & Treasurer - 11/1/24 | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| David Drinkward | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Elizabeth Large | Vice Chair | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Eloise Damrosch | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Eva Kripalani | Assistant Secretary - 06/30/2025 | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Heidi Patterson | Trustee - 06/30/2025 | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| James Cuno | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Janelle Bovell | Trustee - 06/30/2025 | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Jasmine Ames | Assistant Professor, Trustee | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Jeff Chung | Trustee | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Jill Terry Hall | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Johnny Vong | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Jon Thomsen | Trustee - 06/30/2025 | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Joseph Hoffman | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Julie Filizetti | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Karyn Richards-Kuan | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Katherine Cahill | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Kenneth Morris | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Konrad Kruger | Trustee - 06/30/2025 | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Laurie Day | Trustee | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Linda Hutchins | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Lynn Ristig | Company secretary | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Mariam K Higgins (also filed as Mariam Higgins) | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Michael Martinez | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Patrick Waite | Trustee - 06/30/2025 | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Robin Brena | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Sean O'Hollaren | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Stephen Thorsett | President | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Truman Collins JR | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
34 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Anne Gallagher Associate | VP of Budget & Facilities | since 2022 |
| Brian Gallini | Dean, College of Law | since 2021 |
| Carol Long | Provost and Senior Vice President | since 2018 |
| Colleen Kawahara | Administrative Secretary | since 2018 |
| Colleen Kawahara Chief of | Staff, Administrative Secretary | since 2021 |
| Curtis Bridgeman | Dean, College of Law | since 2018 |
| Curtis Bridgeman Roderick | Carol Wendt Chair in Business Law | 2021 |
| Debra Ringold | Jeld_wen Professor of Free Enterprise | since 2018 |
| Debra Ringold Jeld-WEN | Professor of Free Enterprise | since 2021 |
| Edward Whipple | Vice President for Student Affairs | since 2018 |
| Edward Whipple - 53120 | Vice President for Student Affairs | 2020 |
| James R Bauer | VP for Planning, Facilities & External Affairs | 2018 |
| Jameson Watts Dean | School of Computing & Info Science | 2025 |
| Jeffrey Dobbins Interim Dean | School of Law | 2025 |
| Jennifer Cole | Dean, Pnca | since 2023 |
| Kenneth Pifer | Controller | since 2018 |
| Lisa Landreman | VP for Student Affairs | since 2022 |
| Michael Hand | Professor, Atkinson Graduate School of Management | since 2019 |
| Norman Williams | Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Law Professor | since 2018 |
| Norman Williams Ken | Claudia Peterson Professor of Law | since 2023 |
| Norman Williams Ken and | Claudia Peterson Professor of Law | since 2021 |
| ORN Bodvarsson Dean Atkinson | Graduate School of Management | 2024 |
| Romana Autrey Interim Dean | Atkinson Grad School of Management | 2025 |
| Ruth Feingold | Dean, College of Liberal Arts | since 2018 |
| Seung HO Sam Park | Dean, Agsm - 10/31/18 | 2019 |
| Shana Sechrist | Vice President for Human Resources and Risk Manage | since 2019 |
| Shana Sechrist General | Counsel & VP of Human Resources | since 2022 |
| Shelby Radcliffe | VP for Advancement | since 2018 |
| Symeon Symeonides | Parks Distinguished Profes | since 2018 |
| Symeon Symeonides Alex L | Parks Distinguished Prof. of Law | since 2021 |
| Tyler Reich Associate VP | For Advancement & Exec. Director | 2022 |
| William Mullen | VP for Enrollment Management | since 2024 |
| Yvonne Tamayo | Professor of Law, General Counsel | since 2018 |
| Yvonne Tamayo Professor of | Law & University Counsel | 2022 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Thorsett | President | 40 | $501k | $163k | |
| Shelby Radcliffe | Vice President for Advancement | 40 | $273k | $31k | |
| Carol Long | Provost & Senior Vice President | 40 | $251k | $35k | |
| Daniel Valles Sr Vice | President, COO & Treasurer - 11/1/24 | 40 | $246k | $39k | |
| Shana Sechrist | Vice President & General Counsel | 40 | $241k | $50k | |
| William Mullen | VP for Enrollment Management | 40 | $240k | $29k | |
| Romana Autrey Interim Dean | Atkinson Grad School of Management | 40 | $225k | $50k | |
| Ruth Feingold | Dean of Willamette College | 40 | $223k | $38k | |
| Jennifer Cole | Dean of Pnca | 40 | $219k | $74k | |
| Jameson Watts Dean | School of Computing & Info Science | 40 | $207k | $42k | |
| Jeffrey Dobbins Interim Dean | School of Law | 40 | $197k | $75k | |
| Lisa Landreman | VP for Student Affairs | 40 | $187k | $27k | |
| Colleen Kawahara Chief of | Staff, Administrative Secretary | 40 | $177k | $17k | |
| Anne Gallagher | VP of Finance & CFO | 40 | $175k | $25k | |
| Kevin Smith | Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Elizabeth Large | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Lynne Saxton | Immediate Past Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Lynn Ristig | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Eva Kripalani | Assistant Secretary - 06/30/2025 | 1 | $0 | ||
| Blythe Butler | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Bonnie Flynn | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Brian Hufft | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Charlotte Carpenter | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Cortlandt Cuffee | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| David Drinkward | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Eloise Damrosch | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Heidi Patterson | Trustee - 06/30/2025 | 1 | $0 | ||
| James Cuno | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Janelle Bovell | Trustee - 06/30/2025 | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jasmine Ames | Assistant Professor, Trustee | 8 | $0 | ||
| Jeff Chung | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jill Terry Hall | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Johnny Vong | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jon Thomsen | Trustee - 06/30/2025 | 1 | $0 | ||
| Joseph Hoffman | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Julie Filizetti | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Karyn Richards-Kuan | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Katherine Cahill | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kenneth Morris | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Konrad Kruger | Trustee - 06/30/2025 | 1 | $0 |
Colorado roster
46 listediOfficers, directors and trustees from the latest filing with the Colorado Secretary of State (document 20263008563). Titles are as filed; some entries are registered agents or custodians of records rather than board members. Source: data.colorado.gov, public domain.| Name | Title as filed |
|---|---|
| Cole Jennifer | Dean of Pnca |
| Colleen Kawahara | Chief of Staff, Administrative Secretary |
| Benjamin Joshua McHugh | Senior Executive Director, Advancement |
| Lynne Saxton | Immediate Past Chair |
| Blythe Butler | Trustee |
| Jeff Chung | Trustee |
| Laurie Day | Trustee |
| Johnny Vong | Trustee |
| Jill Terry Hall | Trustee |
| Elizabeth Large | Vice Chair |
| Julie Filizetti | Trustee |
| Stephen E. Thorsett | President |
| Jasmine Ames | Assistant Professor, Trustee |
| Shana Sechrist | Vice President & General Counsel |
| Anne Gallagher | |
| Mullen William | VP for Enrollment Management |
| Bonnie Flynn | Trustee |
| Katherine Cahill | Trustee |
| James Cuno | Trustee |
| Joseph Hoffman | Trustee |
| Konrad Kruger | Trustee - 06/30/2025 |
| Michael Martinez | Trustee |
| Jameson Watts | Dean School of Computing & Info Science |
| Kevin Smith | Chair |
| Autrey Romana | Interim Dean Atkinson Grad School of Management |
| Patrick Waite | Trustee - 06/30/2025 |
| Truman Collins Jr | Trustee |
| Karyn Richards-Kuan | Trustee |
| Jon Thomsen | Trustee - 06/30/2025 |
| Linda Hutchins | Trustee |
| Anne Gallagher | VP of Finance & CFO |
| Kenneth Morris | Trustee |
| Lisa Landreman | VP for Student Affairs |
| Radcliffe Shelby | Vice President for Advancement |
| Charlotte Carpenter | Trustee |
| Lynn Ristig | Secretary |
| Robin Brena | Trustee |
| Heidi Patterson | Trustee - 06/30/2025 |
| Sean O'hollaren | Trustee |
| Eloise Damrosch | Trustee |
| Jeffrey Dobbins | Interim Dean School of Law |
| Stephen Thorsett | President |
| Brian Hufft | Trustee |
| David Drinkward | Trustee |
| Eva Kripalani | Assistant Secretary - 06/30/2025 |
| Mariam Higgins | Trustee |
About
- Legal name
- Willamette University
- EIN
- 930386972
- Address
- 900 State St, Salem, OR, 97301-3922
- State
- Oregon
- Mission
- Through nationally distinctive programs connecting liberal education to professional practice, willamette university prepares graduates to turn knowledge into action and lead lives of achievement, contribution, and meaning. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- B430 Education
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Education
- Size band
- 9 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1842
- Principal officer
- Anne Gallagher (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 September 1935
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 8, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Related organisations (Schedule R)
Longest observed on the filings
≥6years on the filingsJeff Chung
≥5years on the filingsDaniel Valles SR Vice
≥4years on the filingsCortlandt A Cuffee
≥4years on the filingsDavid Drinkward
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $552.1m
- Total liabilities
- $153.8m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $398.4m
- Contributions and grants received
- $18m
- Program service revenue
- $152.4m
- Grants and similar paid out
- $81.8m
- Employees
- 2,057
- Volunteers
- 455
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $163.3m | $190.5m | Deficit $27.3m |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
Grants paid
1 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Willamette Institute for Continued Learning | The institute for continued learning (icl) was spun off as an independent nonprofit entity | $82k |
State registration
2 entitiesiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Willamette University likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Colorado Secretary of State (CDOS), business entities (data.colorado.gov 4ykn-tg5h). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Colorado
- Entity type
- nonprofit corporation
- Status
- Good Standing
- Formed
- 3 February 2026
- Registered agent
- Colorado Registered Agents Inc (city and state not held)
This register does not publish officers or directors.
Willamette University likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Oregon Secretary of State, active business entities (data.oregon.gov tckn-sxa6). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Oregon
- Entity type
- nonprofit corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 20 January 1853
- Registered agent
- Registered Agents Inc (city and state not held)