3. Roxanne Spillett, president, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Atlanta, GA - $1.8 million
Founded in 1860 as the Boys’ Club, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (or BGCA) provides after-school programs for young people at over 4,000 local chapters and serving some 4 million children and teens. It’s also tax-exempt and partially funded by the government. Spillett has been with the organization for more than 30 years and became the president in 1996. Her base salary in 2011 was $455,829 with an additional $116,000 bonus and $1.2 million in deferred compensation and retirement.