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Sonya Stephens

Fmr President · The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College

Fmr President at The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 4 organizations on the Form 990 record.

Ambiguous identity This name matches 2 other individuals we could not verify as the same person. Each is kept as a separate record below — treat them as distinct people unless an explicit match is confirmed.
Organizations
4
Roles reported
4
Reported compensation
$798K
Others who share this name
2

Who this is

Profile

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✓ Verified from filings
Reported as Fmr President of The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College, based in South Hadley, MA.
Received $798K in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
Also listed as Director of Association of Independent Colleges & Univ in Massachusetts INC, uncompensated.
Also listed as Vice President of Five Colleges Incorporated, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Former President of Mount Holyoke College (2018-2022); currently President of American University of Paris. Scholar of French literature and culture; author of 'Baudelaire's Prose Poems: The Practice and Politics of Irony' and editor of works on women's writing and translation.

Joined Mount Holyoke as Dean of Faculty in 2013.

Compiled from public web sources (4 cited), grounded to the filed record.

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Tenure here
President 2018-2022
Education
  • University of Cambridge · B.A. in Modern and Medieval Languages, Murray Edwards College (formerly New Hall)
  • Université de Montréal · M.A. in French Studies
  • University of Cambridge · Ph.D. in French

Body of work

Publications

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Baudelaire's Prose Poems: The Practice and Politics of Irony
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A History of Women's Writing in France (editor)
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Translation and the Arts in Modern France (editor)

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Affiliations

Organizations

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The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College Fmr President · $283.9M revenue · South Hadley, MASEE SCHEDULE Opay $582K → $798KFiled FY2022 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$798Kreported comp
Willits Hallowell Center INC Former President · $1.7M revenue · South Hadley, MAWillits Hallowell Center Inc. is a full-service conference and banquet facility for use by Mount Holyoke College faculty, staff, trustees, students…Filed FY2022 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
Five Colleges Incorporated Vice President · $10.4M revenue · Amherst, MATO PROMOTE THE BROAD EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL OBJECTIVES OF THE AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS OF AMHERST, SMITH, HAMPSHIRE AND MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGES AND…Filed FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
Association of Independent Colleges & Univ in Massachusetts INC Director · $1.7M revenue · Belmont, MATO REPRESENT THE COMMON INTERESTS OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY PROPOSING, SUPPORTING AND WORKING WITH THE LEGISLATURE…Filed FY2019 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Disambiguation

Other people named Sonya Stephens

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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Sonya Stephens 1 organization · Annapolis, MDThe Annapolis Group of Liberal Arts Colleges INC
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Sonya Stephens 1 organization · Paris, COThe American University of Paris INC

Network

Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

A
Chief Investment Officer · FY2024
$1.0M
D
President · FY2024
$624K
T
Managing Director, Investment Office · FY2024
$473K
R
President · FY2020
$404K
K
VP for College Relations · FY2024
$381K
N
Director, Investment Office · FY2024
$374K
C
VP for Fin & Admin & Treasurer · FY2024
$359K
S
Executive Director/Clerk · FY2024
$325K
L
Provost & Dean of Faculty · FY2024
$317K
S
Fmr VP for Fin & Admin & Treas · FY2022
$313K
R
President · FY2024
$298K
S
VP for Fin & Admin & Treasurer · FY2019
$298K

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org