Rhode Island's Highest Paid Employees


Top 100 earners

The Providence Journal requested these lists of state employees' salaries and earnings -- which must be made available to the public under the state's Open Records Law -- to take a closer look at the cost of state government as state leaders have been debating issues such as layoffs and the privatizing of some state jobs.

  NAME TITLE      BASE        OT      TOTAL
1 James E. Baron URI men's basketball coach 281,324 20,000 301,324
2 Albert Sevigny Non-classified, CCRI 251,890 0 251,890
3 Allan R. Lebeau Supervising registered nurse, MHRH 88,538 126,239 214,777
4 Edward M. Mazze URI, dean business school 180,278 28,574 208,851
5 Robert L. Carothers URI president 207,844 0 207,844
6 Thomas D. Sepe Non-classified, CCRI 170,221 34,936 205,156
7 James R. Capaldi Director, dept. of transportation 203,397 0 203,397
8 Stella E. Adeniyi Registered nurse, MHRH 79,180 117,929 197,109
9 Timothy Stowers URI  football coach 155,301 40,726 196,027
10 Moraine M. Burns Supervising registered nurse, MHRH 81,726 109,971 191,697
11 Mohammad K. Zaman Psychiatrist IV, MHRH 101,451 89,542 190,993
12 Jeffrey R. Seemann URI, dean environment & life sco. 189,191 0 189,191
13 Pedro F. Tactacan Psychiatrist IV, MHRH 104,601 82,277 186,879
14 James H. McCroskery Non-classified, RIC 143,743 41,454 185,197
15 John Nazarian President, RIC 184,956 0 184,956
16 Bahram Nassersharif Non-classified, URI 184,859 0 184,859
17 M. Beverly Swan Non-classified, URI 183,660 0 183,660
18 Wasim Rashid Psychiatrist IV, MHRH 98,690 84,805 183,494
19 Anthony R. Leone Commissioner's office, higher ed 134,010 47,515 181,525
20 Arun Shukla Non-classified, URI 181,507 0 181,507
21 Robert M. Beagle URI VP, univ. advancement 179,576 0 179,576
22 Mark M. O'Brien medical program dir., MHRH 178,588 0 178,588
23 Robert A. Weygand URI VP, administration 178,420 0 178,420
24 Ernest A. Almonte Auditor general 175,103 0 175,103
25 Paul A. Suttell Assoc. justice, supreme court 174,833 0 174,833
26 David M. Farmer Non-classified, URI 174,204 0 174,204
27 Albert E. DeRobbio Chief judge, district court 173,285 0 173,285
27 Joseph F. Rodgers Jr. Presiding justice, supreme court 173,285 0 173,285
29 Frank J. Williams Chief justice, supreme court 172,783 0 172,783
30 William H. Hollinshead Medical director, family health 171,788 0 171,788
31 Maureen M. Goldberg Assoc. justice, supreme court 171,326 0 171,326
32 Donald E. Letendre URI College of Pharmacy 171,156 0 171,156
33 Peter R. Simon Asst. medical director, DOH 170,294 0 170,294
34 Jeremiah S. Jeremiah Jr. Chief Judge, family court 169,675 0 169,675
35 Frank E. Cook Capt. Correctional officer 67,788 101,415 169,203
36 Ray M. DiPasquale President, CCRI 168,692 0 168,692
37 Winifred E. Brownell URI, dean coll. arts & sciences 168,597 0 168,597
38 Edward W. Martin Chief, medical staff, MHRH 167,482 0 167,482
39 Judith M. Swift Non-classified, URI 167,399 0 167,399
40 Fortunato Procopio URI, director medical services 165,434 0 165,434
41 Rena B. Mate Asst. medical director, MHRH 140,604 24,412 165,017
42 Kenneth E. Palmer Correctional officer, hospital II 59,210 105,270 164,480
43 Cecilia M. Falguera Registered nurse B, MHRH 77,301 87,152 164,453
44 Abella T. Corpus Sup. registered nurse, MHRH 86,075 78,294 164,369
45 Laureen D'Ambra Assoc. justice, family court 162,068 0 162,068
46 O. Juliana Ogunnaiya Correctional officer, hospital II 61,450 99,877 161,326
47 Audra Di Chiaro Registered nurse A, MHRH 70,016 91,203 161,219
48 John L. Surrette Child support technician, DCYF 49,742 111,375 161,116
49 R. Achindiba Physician II, MHRH 159,812 0 159,812
50 Richard G. Tavis Registered nurse B, MHRH 79,155 80,587 159,742
51 Steven Pare Supt., state police 148,937 10,476 159,412
52 John H. Mc Cray Jr. Non-classified, URI 158,435 0 158,435
53 John J. O'Brien Jr. General magistrate, family court 158,369 0 158,369
54 Raymond E. Shawcross Assoc. justice, family court 157,968 0 157,968
55 Kang Won W. Lee Non-classified, URI 157,736 0 157,736
56 Francis J. Darigan Jr. Assoc. justice, superior court 157,531 0 157,531
56 Haiganush R. Bedrosian Assoc. justice, family court 157,531 0 157,531
56 Pamela M. Macktaz Assoc. justice, family court 157,531 0 157,531
56 Vincent A. Ragosta Assoc. justice, superior court 157,531 0 157,531
60 George E. Healy Chief judge, worker's comp court 157,320 0 157,320
61 Utpala Bandyopadhay Asst. medical director, DOH 156,929 0 156,929
62 Otto J. Gregory Non-classified, URI 154,866 2,002 156,868
63 Michael A. Higgins Admin. judge, district court 155,931 0 155,931
64 Richard Brown Non-classified, URI 154,310 0 154,310
65 Gilbert T. Rocha Assoc. justice, family court 154,249 0 154,249
65 Kathleen A. Voccola Assoc. justice, family court 154,249 0 154,249
65 Mark A. Pfeiffer Assoc. justice, superior court 154,249 0 154,249
65 Michael B. Forte Assoc. justice, family court 154,249 0 154,249
65 Alice B. Gibney Assoc. justice, superior court 154,249 0 154,249
65 Gilbert V. Indeglia Assoc. justice,superior court 154,249 0 154,249
65 Melanie W. Thunberg Assoc. justice,superior court 154,249 0 154,249
72 Christophe F. Koller Health insur. Commissioner 153,482 0 153,482
73 Mary Ann Moretti Sup. registered nurse B, MHRH 82,191 71,185 153,376
74 Stephen J. Fortunato Jr Assoc. justice, superior court 150,967 1,848 152,815
75 Dorota Latuszynski Asst. med. examiner, forensic 151,772 0 151,772
76 Robert D. Krause Assoc. justice, superior court 151,224 0 151,224
77 Scott W. Nixon Non-classified, URI 149,153 2,002 151,155
78 Patricia A. Hurst Assoc. justice, superior court 150,967 0 150,967
78 Jeffrey A. Lanphear Assoc. justice, superior court 150,967 0 150,967
78 Francis J. Murray Assoc. justice, ???? court 150,967 0 150,967
78 O. Rogeriee Thompson Assoc. justice, superior court 150,967 0 150,967
82 Thomas R. Dougan Non-classified, URI 150,792 0 150,792
83 Mohammad Faghri Non-classified, URI 150,737 0 150,737
84 Stephen P. Nugent Assoc. justice, superior court 150,221 0 150,221
85 Stephen P. Erickson Assoc. justice, district court 150,175 0 150,175
86 Jane Hayward Sec., health, human services 149,965 0 149,965
87 Peter J. McWalters Comm., elem. & secondary ed 149,068 0 149,068
88 William J. McAtee Magistrate, Superior Court 148,824 0 148,824
89 Frank J. Cenerini Assoc. justice, district court 146,799 2,002 148,801
90 John M. Mc Loughlin Assoc. justice, dist. court 148,531 0 148,531
91 Thomas P. McElroy URI athletic director 140,914 7,500 148,414
92 Raymond M. Wright Non-classified, URI 148,310 0 148,310
93 James O. Prochaska Non-classified, URI 148,207 0 148,207
94 Sharon L. Marable Asst. med. Director, DOH 146,175 2,002 148,177
95 Debra L. Olsson Judge, worker's comp. court 148,109 0 148,109
96 Stephen P. Mc Allister Non-classified, higher ed 147,877 0 147,877
97 Francis X. Flaherty Assoc. justice, supreme court 145,809 2,002 147,811
98 Wayne F. Velicer Non-classified, URI 147,693 0 147,693
99 Thomas E. Needham Non-classified, URI 147,622 0 147,622
100 Marco A. Calvo Physician administrator, MHRH 94,409 53,047 147,457
TOTALS MAY INCLUDE payments in addition to base wages and overtime

SOURCE: State Controller's office