Rhode Island's Highest Paid Employees


Scheduled Salaries

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.

1 James E. Baron, URI men's basketball coach $286,840
2 Robert L. Carothers, URI President 201,115
3 John Nazarian, RIC President 185,000
4 Jeffrey R. Seemann, URI dean, environmental & life sciences 184,863
5 Mark M. O'Brien, MHRH Director 181,049
6 Bahram Nassersharif, URI professor, mechanical engineering 180,060
7 Peter Alfonso, URI dean, grad school & VP research 180,000
7 Ray M. DiPasquale, CCRI president 180,000
9 William H. Hollinshead III, Medical director, family health 179,075
10 Frank J. Williams, Supreme Court Chief Justice 179,037
11 M. Beverly Swan, URI provost & VP academic affairs 179,034
12 Ernest A. Almonte, Auditor General 177,691
13 Paul A. Suttell, Associate Justice, Supreme Court 177,557
14 Robert M. Beagle, URI VP, university advancement 175,903
15 Albert E DeRobbio, Chief Judge, District Court 175,846
15 Joseph F. Rodgers Jr., Presiding Justice, Superior Court 175,846
17 Edward W. Martin, MHRH Chief of Medical Staff 174,748
18 Maureen M. Goldberg, Associate Justice, Supreme Court 173,858
19 Robert A. Weygand, URI VP, administration 172,899
20 Peter R. Simon, Asst. Medical Director, Dept. of Health 172,710
21 Mark M. Higgins, URI dean, business admin. 172,500
22 Jeremiah S. Jeremiah Jr., Chief Judge, Family Court 172,182
23 David M. Farmer, URI dean, graduate school of oceanography 170,515
24 Thomas Gilson, Chief Medical Examiner 169,382
25 George E. Healy, Chief Judge, Worker's Comp. Court 168,519
26 Donald E. Letendre, URI College of Pharmacy 167,390
27 Winifred E. Brownell, URI dean, College of Arts and Sciences 165,150
28 Laureen A. D'Ambra, Associate Justice, Family Court 162,806
29 Raymond E. Shawcross, Associate Justice, Family Court 160,296
30 Haiganush R. Bedrosian, Associate Justice, Family Court 159,859
30 Francis J. Darigan, Associate Justice, Superior Court 159,859
30 Michael A. Higgins, Administrative Judge, District Court 159,859
30 Pamela M. Macktaz, Associate Justice, Family Court 159,859
30 Vincent A. Ragosta, Associate Justice, Superior Court 159,859
35 Christopher F. Koller, Health Insurance Commissioner 159,401
36 Utpala M. Bandyopadhyay, Asst. Medical Dir., Dept. of Health 159,144
37 Michael B. Forte, Associate Justice, Family Court 156,529
37 Alice B. Gibney, Associate Justice, Superior Court 156,529
37 Gilbert V. Indeglia, Associate Justice, Superior Court 156,529
37 Robert D. Krause, Associate Justice, Superior Court 156,529
37 Mark A. Pfeiffer, Associate Justice, Superior Court 156,529
37 Gilbert T. Rocha, Associate Justice, Family Court 156,529
37 Melanie W. Thunberg, Associate Justice, Superior Court 156,529
37 Kathleen A.Voccola, Associate Justice, Family Court 156,529
45 Peter J. McWalters, Commissioner, Elem. & Secondary Ed. 155,843
46 Garrett A. Bozylinsky, URI vice provost, information technology 154,000
47 Stephen P. Erickson, Associate Justice, District Court 153,859
47 John M. McLoughlin, Associate Justice, District Court 153,859
47 John Rotondi Jr., Judge, Worker's Comp. Court 153,859
50 Debra L. Olsson, Judge, Worker's Comp. Court 153,541
51 Edward C. Clifton, Associate Justice, Superior Court 153,198
51 Patricia A. Hurst, Associate Justice, Superior Court 153,198
51 Jeffrey A. Lanphear, Associate Justice, Superior Court 153,198
51 Francis J. Murray, Associate Justice, Family Court 153,198
51 John A. Mutter, Associate Justice, Family Court 153,198
51 Stephen P. Nugent, Associate Justice, Superior Court 153,198
51 Judith C. Savage, Associate Justice, Superior Court 153,198
51 O. Rogeriee Thompson, Associate Justice, Superior Court 153,198
59 Scott W. Nixon, URI professor of oceanography 151,718
60 John H. McCray Jr., URI dean of the Providence campus 151,604
61 Frank J. Cenerini, Associate Justice, District Court 151,479
62 Edward M. Mazze, URI dean, business school 151,166
63 Elaine T. Bucci, Associate Justice, District Court 150,654
63 Patricia D. Moore, Associate Justice, District Court 150,654
63 Bruce Q. Morin, Judge, Worker's Comp. Court 150,654
63 Hugo L. Ricci Jr., Judge, Worker's Comp. Court 150,654
67 John J. O'Brien Jr., General Magistrate, Family Court 150,383
68 Joseph P. Ippolito, Magistrate, District Court 149,884
69 Robert S. Crausman, Chief Admin. Officer, med. discipline bd. 149,581
70 Timothy Stowers, URI Football Coach 149,487
71 Jane Hayward, Secretary, Health & Human Services 148,944
72 Brendan P. Doherty, Supt. State Police 148,937
73 Sharon L. Marable, Asst. Medical Director, Dept. Of Health 148,288
74 Fortunato Procopio, URI director of medical services 148,120
75 Michael F. O'Keefe, House Fiscal Advisor 147,979
76 Francis X. Flaherty, Associate Justice, Supreme Court 147,964
76 William P. Robinson III, Associate Justice, Supreme Court 147,964
78 Rosemary L. Booth-Gallogly, Exec. Director/Budget Officer 147,828
79 Nancy E. Carriuolo, Program & Planning, Higher Ed 147,485
80 Walter Gorman, Associate Justice, District Court 147,448
80 Madeline Quirk, Associate Justice, District Court 147,448
82 Thomas M. Bohan, Exec. Director, DCYF 147,426
82 William H. Hurry Jr., Exec. Director, Higher Ed Ast. Auth. 147,426
84 Thomas R. Dougan, URI VP for student affairs 146,995
85 Michael T. Poshkus, Medical Program Director, Dept. of Corr. 146,784
86 Debra E. DiSegna, Magistrate, Family Court 146,761
86 William J. McAtee, Magistrate, Superior Court 146,761
88 Stephen J. Capineri, Associate Justice, Family Court 146,538
88 Howard I. Lipsey, Associate Justice, Family Court 146,538
88 Susan E. McGuirl, Associate Justice, Superior Court 146,538
88 Michael A. Silverstein, Associate Justice, Superior Court 146,538
88 Netti C. Vogel, Associate Justice, Superior Court 146,538
93 Richard P. Kearns, Chf Legal Counsel, Legislate 146,052
94 Dorota Latuszynski, Asst. Med. Examier, Forensic Pathologist 145,138
95 Angela M. Paulhus, Magistrate, Family Court 143,638
96 Edmund T. Parker Jr., Chief Engineer, DOT 143,188
97 Jerome F. Williams, Director, DOT 143,000
98 Raymond M. Wright, URI interim dean, College of Engineering 142,848
99 Ashbel T. Wall, Director, Dept. of Corrections 142,610
100 Dennis W. Nixon, URI assoc. dean, environmental & life sci. 141,122
 
SOURCE: R.I. Dept. of Administration, personnel management office.
THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL / Bill Troberman