Executive Vice President and Chief Legal, Government Affairs, and Communications Officer · SLM Corp (SLM)

Nicolas Jafarieh

A named executive officer of SLM in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$2,633,532

FY2024: $2,539,342

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 27, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-09-24.

Nicolas Jafarieh compensation by year

SLM Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as SLM reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$480,000$504,000$504,000
Bonus$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,007,983$988,698$1,107,963
Option awards$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$709,800$1,008,000$976,500
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0
All other$1,477$38,644$45,069
Total$2,199,260$2,539,342$2,633,532

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: SLM Corp DEF 14A filed April 27, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-182200, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$2.2M
$2.5M
$2.6M
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU123,277$3,335,876—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in SLM Corp's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

2 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 27, 2026)
current to 2026-09-24 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-05-01Gift—4,390$0.00280,964.52
2026-05-01Gift—1,098$0.00285,354.52

The 2 most recent of 2 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments SLM discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Change in control and involuntary termination$2,268,000$3,335,875$47,027$5,650,902
Involuntary termination without cause$1,134,000$3,335,875$23,514$4,508,389
Death$1,134,000$3,335,875$0$4,469,875
Disability$1,134,000$3,335,875$0$4,469,875

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in SLM Corp's FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

SLM’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Jonathan WitterChief Executive Officer$11,261,733
Peter GrahamCo-President and Chief Financial Officer$3,349,647
Kerri PalmerCo-President and Head of Financial Services and President of Sallie Mae Bank$2,871,656
Donna VieiraFormer Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer$2,660,225
Nicolas Jafarieh · this pageExecutive Vice President and Chief Legal, Government Affairs, and Communications Officer$2,633,532

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