Leslie Hale is President, Chief Executive Officer & Trustee of RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ). The company reported total compensation of $9,460,014 for fiscal year 2025.
| Salary | $882,000 |
|---|---|
| Bonus | $0 |
| Stock awards | $6,900,250 |
| Option awards | $0 |
| Non-equity incentive plan | $1,622,116 |
| Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation | $0 |
| All other compensation | $55,648 |
| Total | $9,460,014 |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed, without adjustment.
Cited to the compensation disclosure RLJ Lodging Trust filed March 23, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-033293.
| Fiscal year | Role | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | President, Chief Executive Officer & Trustee | $882,000 | $0 | $6,900,250 | $0 | $1,622,116 | $0 | $55,648 | $9,460,014 |
| FY2024 | President and Chief Executive Officer | $882,000 | $0 | $6,889,568 | $0 | $1,536,100 | $0 | $51,179 | $9,358,847 |
| FY2023 | President and Chief Executive Officer | $840,000 | $0 | $6,510,572 | $0 | $1,727,000 | $0 | $51,329 | $9,128,901 |
| FY2022 | President and Chief Executive Officer | $840,000 | $0 | $5,801,716 | $0 | $1,664,000 | $0 | $48,654 | $8,354,370 |
| FY2021 | President and Chief Executive Officer | $800,000 | — | $5,500,054 | — | $1,560,000 | — | $24,573 | $16,300,593 |
| FY2020 | President and Chief Executive Officer | $800,000 | — | $4,499,986 | — | $0 | — | $24,531 | $5,324,517 |
| FY2019 | President and Chief Executive Officer | $800,000 | — | $4,499,986 | — | $1,600,000 | — | $25,200 | $6,925,186 |
Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for RLJ Lodging Trust.
| Peer-group chief executive median | $5,461,700 |
|---|---|
| Difference from that median | $3,998,314 |
| Percentile within the disclosed peer group | 73rd |
| Peers with a disclosed figure | 14 |
Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group RLJ Lodging Trust discloses in its own compensation disclosure.
| Named executive officer | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Leslie Hale this page | President, Chief Executive Officer & Trustee | $9,460,014 |
| Thomas Bardenett | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | $2,982,009 |
| Robert L. Johnson | Founder and Executive Chairman of the Board | $2,794,016 |
| Nikhil Bhalla | Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | $1,290,763 |
| Chad Perry | Former Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | $1,231,452 |
| Frederick D. McKalip | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | $920,790 |
| Sean Mahoney | Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | $485,674 |
The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2025, and what it reported for each. See the full RLJ Lodging Trust compensation brief.
Leslie Hale's compensation sits inside RLJ Lodging Trust's full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.