As expected, the Arizona Board of Regents approved $285,000 in bonuses for University of Arizona President Sureseh Garimella at its meeting Thursday in Flagstaff.
Garimella received the bonuses for achieving individual and collective annual goals pertaining to areas including budgeting, research and athletics.
ABOR, which oversees the state’s three public universities, approved his bonus of $225,000 for achieving his individual goals, and an additional bonus of $60,000 for achieving his collective goals as part of the Enterprise Executive Committee.
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The Enterprise Executive Committee is comprised of Garimella, Arizona State University President Michael Crow, Northern Arizona University President José Luis Cruz Rivera and ABOR Executive Director Chad Sampson.
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The regents also approved a total of $305,000 in annual bonuses for Crow for achieving his goals, and a total of $250,000 for Cruz Rivera.
Garimella’s bonuses come on top of his $810,000 annual base salary. Crow’s annual compensation is $892,500 and Cruz Rivera’s is $712,925.
Reporter Prerana Sannappanavar covers higher education for the Arizona Daily Star and Tucson.com. Contact her at psannappa1@tucson.com or DM her on Twitter.
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