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6 years ago 02/26/2018 5:12pm EST

re: The Angel of Death

USATF salaries according to filed Form 990s (most recent available on GuideStar is 2015).

Max - $1,063,113 (that's a million folks)

Renee - $292, 488 (more than 70% less than the CEO - wild!!! - but does 70% of Max's work)

Jill - $201,810

Norm - $183,063 (for a lawyer - keep in mind that Max & Co. also use a law firm based in DC that cost a lot more)

Duffy - $146,856 (a lot of money to pay someone to take credit for the work of the elite coaches)

Adam - $107,488 (I imagine this increased a lot when he took over Events as well)

Terry - $102,854 (again... a lot of money to pay a person to take credit for what coaches do or what volunteers manage)

Sara - $100,665

I am curious to know what Aretha and Robin earn. A lot has changed since 2015 and I would imagine they are over the $100k threshold.

TrackTown USA salaries according to Filed Form 990s (2015 is also the most recent available online)

Vin - $335,000 (also gets $289,855 from the University of Oregon = Total: $624,855) - I wonder which job gets the most attention

Michael - $174,900 (this is what was earned as the Secretary/Treasurer - might be higher now that he is CEO)

Now that TrackTown USA is Eugene 2021, I wondered what they are paying their people. I would imagine a few others are over the $100k threshold.

6 years ago 02/26/2018 7:14pm EST

re: Fun with Numbers

6 years ago 02/27/2018 12:02am EST

re: Fun with Numbers

Fun with Numbers wrote:
Max - $1,063,113 (that's a million folks)

The 2016 tax return is on USATF's website. Max's base salary is around $500,000, which is not completely outrageous, but his bonuses have been outrageous and there has been no explanation of what he has done to earn them.

6 years ago 02/27/2018 7:16am EST

re: polevaultpower

For a non-profit, that salary is pretty ridiculous, considering the organization basically depends on volunteers. Just cap the salary based on a certain amount or percentage over the average salary of other paid employees.

And use the cost savings to hire a decent web team. Because, good lord, that website is awful.

I'm sure there is the argument that "we need to pay a certain salary to attract a certain level of talent". That's garbage and you hear that a lot in the executive world. Corporate executives have been whacking themselves off with their inflated values for decades now. I had a few friends that went down the corporate executive path. All that matters is if somebody important likes you and you slaveishly dedicate your life to the company.

Few people get into track and field for thr money, and if they do, I question their intelligence and ethics because there are a lot better ways to get paid.

6 years ago 02/27/2018 10:44am EST

re: vivalarepublica

vivalarepublica wrote:
For a non-profit, that salary is pretty ridiculous, considering the organization basically depends on volunteers. Just cap the salary based on a certain amount or percentage over the average salary of other paid employees.
And use the cost savings to hire a decent web team. Because, good lord, that website is awful.
I'm sure there is the argument that "we need to pay a certain salary to attract a certain level of talent". That's garbage and you hear that a lot in the executive world. Corporate executives have been whacking themselves off with their inflated values for decades now. I had a few friends that went down the corporate executive path. All that matters is if somebody important likes you and you slaveishly dedicate your life to the company.
Few people get into track and field for thr money, and if they do, I question their intelligence and ethics because there are a lot better ways to get paid.

His base salary is not too far out of line with what the CEOs of USA Gymnastics and USA Swimming were making. I'm not going to lose sleep over $500,000 for Max, I am infinitely more concerned with the fact that his bonuses have been more than double that most of the years he has been in the job.

6 years ago 02/27/2018 12:48pm EST

re: polevaultpower

polevaultpower wrote:
vivalarepublica wrote:
For a non-profit, that salary is pretty ridiculous, considering the organization basically depends on volunteers. Just cap the salary based on a certain amount or percentage over the average salary of other paid employees.
And use the cost savings to hire a decent web team. Because, good lord, that website is awful.
I'm sure there is the argument that "we need to pay a certain salary to attract a certain level of talent". That's garbage and you hear that a lot in the executive world. Corporate executives have been whacking themselves off with their inflated values for decades now. I had a few friends that went down the corporate executive path. All that matters is if somebody important likes you and you slaveishly dedicate your life to the company.
Few people get into track and field for thr money, and if they do, I question their intelligence and ethics because there are a lot better ways to get paid.
His base salary is not too far out of line with what the CEOs of USA Gymnastics and USA Swimming were making. I'm not going to lose sleep over $500,000 for Max, I am infinitely more concerned with the fact that his bonuses have been more than double that most of the years he has been in the job.

Yes, thank you, good point. I wondered if the salary might be comparable to other sports governing bodies. Which leads me to believe that people get comfortable with their high salaries rather than try to move the sport forward.

I guess the pay level is similar to the salary inflation in top level salaries in many institutions. Sport governing bodies, corporate executives, school administrators, university officials and adminstrators, etc. All keeping up with the competition without delivering bette value.

But I think all management salaries at USATF should be frozen until they do something about that website. For real. It's awful.

6 years ago 02/28/2018 4:37pm EST

re: Fun with Numbers

Lananna deserves twice the money that Max gets, and Michael Reilly deserves thrice what Jill Geer gets.

6 years ago 02/28/2018 4:49pm EST

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