SLM · SLM Corp · Executive Compensation

$22.26 +0.69 (+3.20%)

S&P 400 member Russell 1000 member Rebalance outlook locked

Market Cap

$4.05B

187.95M

Volume · Oct 20 2.47M Avg daily vol (3M) 2.32M

Named-executive compensation from the company's DEF 14A proxy statements — salary, bonus, stock and option awards, non-equity incentive, and the company-reported total per executive per fiscal year, exactly as disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table.

Fiscal 2025

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
PETER M	GRAHAM Co-President and Chief Financial Officer	$580,000	—	$1,899,393	—	$826,500	$43,754	$3,349,647
KERRI A	PALMER Co-President and Head of Financial Services and President of Sallie Mae Bank	$566,500	—	$1,450,944	—	$807,262	$46,950	$2,871,656
DONNA F	VIEIRA Former Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer	$535,545	—	$1,319,028	—	$763,152	$42,500	$2,660,225

Fiscal 2024

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
PETER M	GRAHAM Co-President and Chief Financial Officer	$580,000	—	$1,352,664	—	$1,392,000	$7,277	$3,331,941
KERRI A	PALMER Co-President and Head of Financial Services and President of Sallie Mae Bank	$566,500	—	$1,043,973	—	$1,572,038	$48,443	$3,230,954
DONNA F	VIEIRA Former Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer	$535,545	—	$1,005,777	—	$1,238,448	$42,250	$2,822,020

Fiscal 2023

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Jonathan Witter	CEO	$1,100,000	—	$5,789,457	—	$2,475,000	$35,028	$9,399,485
Jonathan W. Witter	Chief Executive Officer	$1,100,000	—	$5,789,457	—	$2,475,000	$35,028	$9,399,485
Kerri A. Palmer	Executive Vice President and Chief Operational Officer and President of Sallie Mae Bank	$566,500	—	$2,265,984	—	$1,147,162	$35,916	$4,015,562
KERRI A	PALMER Co-President and Head of Financial Services and President of Sallie Mae Bank	$566,500	—	$2,265,984	—	$1,147,162	$35,916	$4,015,562
Steven J. McGarry	Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	$670,519	—	$834,276	—	$1,242,150	$33,412	$2,780,357
DONNA F	VIEIRA Former Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer	$506,844	—	$999,411	—	$956,330	$33,482	$2,496,067
Peter M. Graham	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	$156,154	$460,000	$849,991	—	$290,000	$0	$1,756,145
PETER M	GRAHAM Co-President and Chief Financial Officer	$156,154	$460,000	$849,991	—	$290,000	$0	$1,756,145

Fiscal 2022

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Jonathan W. Witter	Chief Executive Officer	$1,076,923	—	$5,373,654	—	$1,320,000	$38,559	$7,809,136
Jonathan Witter	CEO	$1,076,923	—	$5,373,654	—	$1,320,000	$38,559	$7,809,136
Kerri A. Palmer	Executive Vice President and Chief Operational Officer and President of Sallie Mae Bank	$563,962	—	$752,314	—	$920,563	$29,450	$2,266,289
Steven J. McGarry	Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	$512,692	—	$967,257	—	$733,875	$29,450	$2,243,274
Daniel P. Kennedy	Former Executive Vice President and Chief Operational Officer and President of Sallie Mae Bank	$487,058	—	$967,257	—	$489,250	$25,000	$1,968,565

Fiscal 2021

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Jonathan W. Witter	Chief Executive Officer	$950,000	—	$2,223,345	$2,000,000	$1,809,750	$63,967	$7,047,062
Jonathan Witter	CEO	$950,000	—	$2,223,345	$2,000,000	$1,809,750	$63,967	$7,047,062
Steven J. McGarry	Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	$500,000	—	$500,241	$449,997	$900,000	$29,450	$2,379,688
Kerri A. Palmer	Executive Vice President and Chief Operational Officer and President of Sallie Mae Bank	$516,154	—	$389,074	$349,997	$800,000	$4,450	$2,059,675
Daniel P. Kennedy	Former Executive Vice President and Chief Operational Officer and President of Sallie Mae Bank	$472,116	—	$389,074	$349,997	$700,000	$27,177	$1,938,364
Donna F. Vieira	Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer	$472,116	—	$389,074	$349,997	$655,000	$25,000	$1,891,187

Fiscal 2020

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Jonathan Witter	CEO	$657,692	—	$8,824,635	—	$1,623,930	—	$11,106,257
Jonathan W. Witter	Chief Executive Officer	$657,692	—	$8,824,635	—	$1,623,930	—	$11,106,257
Raymond J. Quinlan	Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	$479,308	$976,500	$3,487,623	—	—	$4,876,195	$9,819,626
Paul F. Thome	Former Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer	$467,308	$562,500	$590,207	—	—	$1,085,778	$2,705,793
Steven J. McGarry	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	$519,231	—	$697,510	—	$811,188	$43,700	$2,071,629
Donna F. Vieira	Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer	$467,308	—	$590,206	—	$621,212	$39,250	$1,717,976
Daniel P. Kennedy	Former Executive Vice President and Chief Operational Officer and President of Sallie Mae Bank	$417,308	—	$399,993	—	$621,212	$39,250	$1,477,763

Fiscal 2019

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Raymond J. Quinlan	Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	$920,769	—	$3,665,958	—	$1,361,520	$114,000	$6,062,247
Donna F. Vieira	Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer	$415,385	$550,000	$449,995	—	$554,625	$152,065	$2,122,070
Steven J. McGarry	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	$500,000	—	$680,817	—	$732,000	$43,450	$1,956,267
Paul F. Thome	Former Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer	$444,231	—	$576,076	—	$554,625	$39,000	$1,613,932

Fiscal 2018

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Raymond J. Quinlan	Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	$817,308	—	$3,909,131	—	$1,347,452	$113,750	$6,187,641
Steven J. McGarry	Executive Vice President andChief Financial Officer	$476,155	—	$890,168	—	$720,563	$38,750	$2,125,636
Paul F. Thome	Former Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer	$384,616	—	$721,325	—	$514,001	$38,750	$1,658,692

Fiscal 2017

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Raymond J. Quinlan	Chairman and Former ChiefExecutive Officer	$834,615	—	$3,740,675	—	$1,097,106	$82,131	$5,754,527
Steven J. McGarry	Executive Vice President andChief Financial Officer	$450,771	—	$788,899	—	$566,740	$40,558	$1,846,968
Paul F. Thome	Executive Vice President andChief Administrative Officer	$400,000	—	$589,487	—	$418,504	$37,304	$1,445,295

Executive changes

Person	Role	Change	Effective	Filed
Peter M. Graham	Chief Financial Officer	Appointed	2026-04-22	2026-04-27
Donna F. Vieira	employee of the Company	Retired	2026-04-03	2025-09-30
Donna F. Vieira	Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer	Resigned	2025-12-31	2025-09-30
Robert S. Strong	director	Retired	2025-06-17	2025-04-25
Gary Millerchip	director	Appointed	2025-04-23	2025-04-25
Dr. Daniel Greenstein	director	Appointed	2025-04-23	2025-04-25
Henry F. Greig	director of the Company	Appointed	2025-01-12	2025-01-13
Samuel T. Ramsey	member of the Board of Directors	Resigned	2024-09-03	2024-09-06
Peter M. Graham	principal accounting officer	Appointed	2024-04-11	2024-04-15
Jonathan R. Boyles	Senior Vice President and Controller and the Principal Accounting Officer	Retired	2024-07-01	2024-03-28
Shannon Watkins	director	Resigned	2024-03-11	2024-03-14
Robert S. Strong	director	Retired	—	2023-11-16
Paul G. Child	director	Retired	—	2023-11-16
Christopher T. Leech	director	Appointed	2024-01-02	2023-11-16
Shannon Watkins	director	Appointed	2024-01-02	2023-11-16
Janaki Akella	director	Appointed	2024-01-02	2023-11-16
Peter M. Graham	Chief Financial Officer	Appointed	2023-10-27	2023-08-28
Steven J. McGarry	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	Retired	2024-02-29	2023-03-03
Kerri A. Palmer	President and Chief Operational Officer of Sallie Mae Bank	Appointed	2023-01-09	2023-01-10
Kerri A. Palmer	Executive Vice President and Chief Operational Officer	Appointed	2023-01-09	2023-01-10
R. Scott Blackley	director	Appointed	2022-11-16	2022-11-16

Leadership

Jonathan W. Witter CEO, Board Member
PETER M CFO
Daniel P. Kennedy COO
Kerri A. Palmer COO
Nicolas Jafarieh General Counsel, Board Member
Peter M. Graham Chief Accounting Officer
Christopher T. Leech Board Member
Daniel Greenstein Board Member
Dr. Daniel Greenstein Board Member
Dr. Janaki Akella Board Member
Frank C. Puleo Board Member
Gary Millerchip Board Member
Henry F. Greig Board Member
Janaki Akella Board Member
Jim Matheson Board Member
Kirsten O. Wolberg Board Member
Marianne M. Keler Board Member
Mark L. Lavelle Board Member
Mary Carter Warren Franke Board Member
R. Scott Blackley Board Member
Shannon Watkins Board Member
Ted Manvitz Board Member
Vivian C. Schneck-Last Board Member
William N. Shiebler Board Member

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