Rhode Island's Highest Paid Employees


Total pay, with benefits, for highest compensated employees, by department

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      TOTCOST      TOTPAY TITLE
ADMINISTRATION
1 Rosemary Booth Gallogly 190,837 145,801 Exec Director/Budget Officer
2 Jerome F. Williams 172,085 129,878 Exec Dir, Dept Of Administrati
3 William H. Ferguson 168,450 126,826 Assoc Dir Of Admin/Centrl Serv
4 Louise Bright 168,004 126,892 Assoc Director (Financial Mgmt)
5 Lawrence C. Franklin Jr 167,970 126,436 Controller
6 Robert L. Brunelle 166,546 125,212 Assoc Dir Of Admin/Centrl Serv
7 Tracy E. Williams 165,233 124,104 Chief Information Officer
8 Brian P. Stern 160,961 120,472 Exec Dir, Dept Of Administrati
9 Anthony A. Bucci 159,543 126,266 Personnel Administrator
10 Stephen E. Johnston 159,027 118,833 Exec Dir, Dept Of Administration
ATTORNEY GENERAL
1 Gerald J. Coyne 172,973 135,914 Assistant Attorney General
2 James R. Lee 162,813 122,040 Assistant Attorney General
3 William J. Ferland 158,208 118,903 Exec Asst For Polcy Prog Rev
4 Randall White 158,193 118,146 Exec Asst For Polcy Prog Rev
5 Alan R. Goulart 156,104 116,321 Assistant Attorney General
6 Matthew S. Dawson 140,887 103,503 Assistant Attorney General
7 Rebecca J. Partington 140,117 102,851 Assistant Attorney General
7 Joseph P. Youngs, III 140,117 102,851 Assistant Attorney General
9 Richard B. Woolley 138,753 101,700 Assistant Attorney General
10 Aaron L. Weisman 137,555 100,648 Assistant Attorney General
BUSINESS REGULATION
1 Christophe F. Koller 199,934 153,482 Health Insurance Commissioner
2 Jeffrey J. Greer 141,584 104,094 Assoc Dir,Div Comm Licens  Reg
3 Joseph Torti Iii 139,656 102,464 Assoc Dir Suprnt Of Insurnce
4 A.Michael Marques 138,696 101,598 Director, Dept Of Bus Reg
5 Maria D. D'Alessandro 134,468 98,070 Assoc Dir., Supt Of Secur
6 Anthony V. Arico Jr. 133,615 113,643 Dep Dir, Dept Of Bus Reg
7 Dennis F. Ziroli 130,514 105,147 Assoc Dir Supndnt Bnk Secu
8 Steven L. Cayouette 129,244 93,740 State Chief Bank Examiner
9 Jack Broccoli 128,230 92,920 Chief Insurance Examiner
10 G Rollin Bartlett 122,078 87,990 Chf, Life, Acdnt Hlth Ins Anl
CORRECTIONS
1 Frank E. Cook 202,995 169,203 Corr Officer-Capt
2 Kenneth E. Palmer 196,749 164,480 Correctional Offcr Hospital II
3 O. Juliana Ogunnaiya 193,927 161,326 Correctional Offcr Hospital II
4 Michael T. Poshkus 189,527 144,690 Medical Program Director (Corr
5 Ashbel T. Wall 187,589 142,610 Director, Dept Of Corr
6 Todd M. Amaral 172,628 140,165 Corr Officer-Capt
7 George N. Lockhart 170,840 139,764 Corr Officer Lt.
8 William C. Distasio 167,262 146,812 Correctional Officer
9 William E. Curtin 167,103 137,023 Correctional Officer
10 Ellen E. Alexander 166,488 125,182 Asst. Director Of Administrati
D C Y F
1 John L. Surrette 190,220 161,116 Child Support Technician
2 Thomas M. Bohan 190,220 145,279 Exec Dir Admin
3 Anthony Fratantuono 171,656 136,955 Supvr-Child Protective Invest
4 Patricia Martinez 169,276 127,501 Dir., Dept Of Child The Fam
5 Thomas L. Dwyer 168,930 127,252 Assoc Dir-Child Welfare 
6 Warren W. Hurlbut 162,987 122,220 Super (Ri Trng Sch Youth)
7 Janet L. Anderson 148,340 109,803 Asst Dir Child Behvl Htlh Educ
8 Linda M. Huguenin 148,148 114,149 Registered Nurse B
9 Arlene J. Chorney 146,700 108,429 Principal
10 Joanne H. Lehrer 145,674 107,557 Chief Of Staff
EDUCATION
1 Todd D. Flaherty 184,647 140,882 Deputy Assistant Commissioner
2 David V. Abbott 175,852 133,409 Deputy Assistant Commissioner
3 Jennifer L. Wood 175,203 132,867 Chief Legal Counsel
4 Peter J. Mcwalters 171,380 149,068 Commissioner Of Elem Sec Ed
5 John F. Plante 161,689 121,023 Director/Principal
6 Victoria A. Gailliard-Garr 156,829 119,907 Director/Principal
7 Carolyn J. Dias 150,089 111,141 Finance Director
8 Diane L. Schaefer 148,348 109,689 Director
9 Maryann Snider 148,346 109,689 Director
10 Paula A. Rossi 148,344 109,689 Director, human resources
ELDERLY AFFAIRS
1 Ralph Rodriguez 141,382 103,883 Assoc Dir Dept Of Elderly Affa
2 Debra A. Capuano 129,966 104,679 Asst Dir Financial Cntr Mgmt
3 Vincent Monafo 122,719 95,063 Assoc Dir Dept Of Elderly Affa
4 Corinne C. Russo 115,507 95,387 Dir (Dept Of Elderly Affairs)
5 Donna M. Cone 110,169 78,408 Coord. Comm Plan Development
6 Lawrence V. Grimaldi 108,079 76,588 Chief, Program Development
7 Marie A. Strauss 106,563 75,372 Asst Admin, Comm Plan Serv
8 Paula M. Lipsey 91,159 62,954 Chief, Program Development
9 Therese M. Lusignan 88,690 60,980 Chf Human Servs Bus Officer
10 Delia C. Rodriguez-Masj 87,950 60,281 Programming Services Officer
ENVIRONMENTAL MGMT
1 W Michael Sullivan 170,458 128,483 Director, Dept Of Envir. Mgn.
2 Mary F. Mcmahon 156,442 116,680 Hearing Officer
3 Kathleen M. Lanphear 156,111 116,416 Chief Hearing Officer
4 Joseph F. Baffoni 150,705 111,818 Hearing Officer
5 Terrence P. Maguire 135,634 99,166 Asst Dir Financial Cntr Mgmt
6 Dean L. Lees 134,301 102,231 Environmental Police Offr3
7 Frances X. Ethier 133,376 111,158 Environmental Police Offr2
8 Janet Keller 130,084 94,432 Chf Of Strategic Plng Plcy
9 Kurt Blanchard 128,553 95,713 Environmtl Police Officer4
10 Francis P. Floor 126,409 94,822 Environmental Police Offr3
EXECUTIVE
1 Jane Hayward 196,229 149,965 Secretary Of Hlth Hum Servic
2 Steven Pare 172,768 159,412 Superintendent (State Police)
3 Michael J. Rosa 172,508 136,637 Corporal (State Police)
4 Eric C. Lariviere 171,469 121,607 Lieutenant (State Police)
5 Jeffrey Grybowski 165,907 131,588 Chief Of Staff To The Governor
6 James M. Manni 165,107 119,833 Detective Sergeant(State Police)
7 Nicholas Tella 164,670 125,295 Sergeant (State Police)
8 Steven G. O'Donnell 160,631 145,708 Major/Field Operations
9 Joseph R. Miech 157,862 145,028 Major (Adm Serv)
10 Andrew M. Hodgkin 156,963 117,115 Executive Director
HEALTH
1 William H. Hollinshead 221,525 171,788 Medical Director,Family Health
2 Peter R. Simon 219,764 170,294 Asst Medical Director
3 Utpala Bandyopadhay   203,980 156,929 Asst Medical Director
4 Dorota Latuszynski 197,730 151,772 Asst Med Exmnr Forensic Pathol
5 Robert S. Crausman 192,782 147,447 Chief Administrative Officer
6 Sharon L. Marable Md 180,809 148,177 Asst Medical Director
7 Peter A. Gillespie 174,157 131,669 Asst Med Exmnr Forensic Pathol
8 David Gifford 170,271 134,975 Director, Department Of Health
9 Clark M. Greene 160,514 120,122 Dep Chief Of Staff/Policy
10 Walter S. Combs Jr. 158,215 118,178 Executive Director(Envir Hlth)
HUMAN SERVICES
1 Ronald A. Lebel 175,443 134,796 Director, Dept Of Human Ser.
2 Edward Keenaghan 163,716 128,911 Implmnt Dir-Policy Programs
3 Edward P. Sneesby 151,563 112,543 Assc Dir., Program Operation
4 Edward T. Hynes 151,387 112,397 Assc Dir., Hum Resource  Sup
5 Adrienne M. Camara 150,995 116,933 Infection Control Nurse
6 Michael H. Bernstein 148,733 125,402 Admin Family Adult Servs
7 Sharon A. Santilli 148,631 110,056 Assoc Dir Revenue Srv (Chld Sup)
8 Paul J. Agatiello 147,738 108,157 Physician II (General)
9 Ronald H. Gaskin 146,746 108,449 Assoc Director (Financial Mgmt)
10 Claire Licciardi 141,025 116,032 Nursing Instructor
JUDICIAL
1 Paul A. Suttell 258,598 174,833 Asso. Justice (Supreme Court)
2 Frank J. Williams 255,795 172,783 Chief Justice (Supreme Court)
3 Maureen M. Goldberg 253,785 171,326 Asso. Justice (Supreme Court)
4 Laureen D'Ambra 240,491 162,068 Associate Justice (Family Court)
5 George E. Healy 234,567 157,320 Chf Judge Workers Comp Court
6 Gilbert T. Rocha 230,348 154,249 Associate Justice (Family Court)
7 Patricia A. Hurst 225,848 150,967 Associate Justice (Superior Court)
7 Jeffrey A. Lanphear 225,848 150,967 Associate Justice (Superior Court)
9 Francis J. Murray 225,845 150,967 Associate Justice (Family Court)
10 Stephen P. Nugent 224,826 150,221 Associate Justice (Superior Court)
LABOR AND TRAINING
1 Adelita S. Orefice 153,631 113,883 Dir, Dept Of Labor Training
2 Elizabeth J. Severance 152,317 113,169 Deputy Director
3 William G. Brody 143,203 105,467 Chief Legal Counsel Bd Of Rev.
4 Kathleen A. Sohar 138,611 101,581 Dir. Of Gen. Nursing Services
5 Robert J. Langlais 129,453 93,908 Asst Dir Labor Mkt Info Mgmt
6 Mary K. Serrecchia 128,166 92,872 Asst Dir For Emp Trng Sv
7 Lisa C. D'Agostino 127,229 92,084 Asst Dir Pl Pgm Dev
8 Valentino D. Lombardi 125,843 91,019 Legal Counsel - Es
9 Matthew P. Carey III 124,562 89,969 Asst Dir Wrks Comp Sel Ins Dol
10 Frederick C. Smyth 122,778 92,301 Chief Referee, Board Of Review
LEGISLATIVE
1 Ernest A. Almonte 225,473 175,103 Auditor General
2 Michael F. O'Keefe 190,024 145,103 House Fiscal Advisor
3 Richard P. Kearns 188,621 143,925 Chf Legal Counsel/Dir Of Jcls
4 R. David Cruise 182,657 138,875 Chief Of Staff
5 Russell C. Dannecker 172,181 130,005 Senate Financial Adviser
6 Gary L. Ciminero 165,157 124,056 Economist
7 William E. Carnes 161,642 121,714 Legal Counsel To The President
8 Frank J. Anzeveno Jr. 161,482 120,906 Chief Of Staff
9 Edward M. Fogarty 161,163 120,675 Chief Legal Counsel
10 William R. Guglietta 159,289 126,045 Legal Counsel House Majority Leader
M H R H
1 Allan R. Lebeau 252,515 214,777 Supervising Registered Nurse B
2 Stella E. Adeniyi 233,014 197,109 Registered Nurse A
3 Mohammad K. Zaman 230,660 190,993 Psychiatrist IV
4 Mark M. O'Brien Md 229,553 178,588 Medical Program Director
5 Moraine M. Burns 227,969 191,697 Supervising Registered Nurse A
6 Pedro F. Tactacan 227,013 186,879 Psychiatrist IV
7 Wasim Rashid 222,610 183,494 Psychiatrist IV
8 Edward W. Martin 216,530 167,482 Chf Of Med Stf Clin Sv/El Sl
9 Rena B. Mate 201,701 165,017 Asst Medical Program Director
10 Abella T. Corpus 200,975 164,369 Supervising Registered Nurse B
OFF HIGHER EDUCATION
1 Anthony R. Leone 201,814 181,525 Assoc. comm., higher ed
2 Stephen P. Mc Allister 193,197 147,877 Assoc. commissioner
3 Nancy E. Carriuolo 178,865 145,057 Program planning
4 Jack R. Warner 157,502 136,641 Comm Of Bd Of Govern Highr Edu
5 Ronald A. Cavallaro 119,119 85,424 General counsel
6 Sandra A. Lanni 95,376 70,851 General counsel
7 Marie Gallante 94,125 80,642 Purchasing
8 Walter C. Moore 92,970 64,335 Commissioner's office
9 Phyllis A. Harnick 91,765 67,409 Academic affairs
10 Robin M. Beaupre 88,172 64,574 Commissioner's office
OTHER COMM, AGENCIES
1 Grover J. Fugate 173,796 131,343 Director
2 John J. Hardiman 170,183 128,312 Public Defender
3 Terrence N. Tehan 169,092 137,818 Dir., R. I. Atomic Energy Comm
4 Barbara Hurst 168,119 127,382 Deputy Public Defender
5 Juan F. Mariscal 163,997 122,982 Gen Manger (Wtr Resources Bd)
6 Thomas F. Ahern 157,787 128,238 Adminstr,Div Pub Utl Carries
7 Kent A. Willever 149,657 110,907 Exec. Director/Chf Prosecutor
8 Paula E. Rosin 145,940 107,856 Staff Attorney VII
9 Anthony Capraro 140,113 102,851 Chief/Trial Division
10 Michael A. Dilauro 139,324 102,176 Trainer/Asst Public Defender
REVENUE
1 Joseph V. Pomposelli 174,447 131,923 Director
2 John J. Nugent Jr. 157,748 117,784 Assoc Dir Revenue Serv (Taxation)
3 Robert P. Godin 146,048 107,876 Chf Of Exam. (Taxation)
4 Charles F. Dolan 141,382 114,339 Assoc Dir Revenue Serv (Mtr Veh)
5 Gerald S. Aubin 141,000 113,963 Lottery Director
6 Richard P. Smith 134,875 98,416 Chief, Compliance Collection
7 Susan E. Galvin 133,470 97,219 Chf Of Tax Processing Services
8 John J. Ditomasso 126,814 102,011 Asst Mtr Veh Adm For Saf Req
9 Darlene M. Walsh 126,534 91,557 Asst Mtr Vech Admtr Cust Serv
10 Michael F. Canole 125,438 90,693 Chief Revenue Agent
RI HIGHER ED AST ATH
1 William H. Hurry Jr. 179,102 145,279 Executive Director
2 Gail E. Mance-Rios 127,735 98,763 Dpty Dir,R.I.Hghr Ed Asst Auth
3 Marc M. Lacroix 121,734 89,696 Asst Dir Financial Cntr Mgmt
4 Charlie F. Miller 107,099 87,906 Programmer/Analyst Manager
5 Maureen M. Guertin 101,394 76,441 Human Res Analyst III
6 Kimberly G. Cournoyer 96,123 67,147 Tech Support Spec
7 Steven M. Mollica 95,407 70,114 Supervising Accountant
8 Mary Ann Welch 92,164 70,395 Director Prog Admin
9 Nancy Ann Dooley 83,863 60,719 Director Prog Admin
10 Marisol Garcia 78,816 59,723 Chf Of Info Public Relations
RI PUB TELE AUTH
1 Robert E. Fish 157,702 118,160 President, CEO
2 David W. Piccerelli 150,957 112,099 VP, chief financial officer
3 Dexter B. Merry 127,418 92,337 Director, broadcast operations
4 Robert W. Knott 114,957 89,733 chief engineer
5 Kathryn A. Larsen 103,047 72,383 Program director
6 James L. Garrett 91,352 66,201 Producer and director
7 Donald E. Connolly 88,753 61,687 Maintenance engineer
8 Madeline Marino 87,299 61,220 Director Of Scheduling
9 David V. Marseglia 86,880 66,161 Producer and director
10 Maria D. Velasquez 86,204 65,632 Director of education services
STATE
1 Albert A. Dahlberg 138,286 101,300 Assoc Director Plan,Polcy, Reg
2 S James Willis 133,578 97,393 Chief Information Officer
3 Janet L. Ruggiero 126,418 91,551 Executive Director
4 Nellie M. Gorbea-Diaz 125,115 101,737 Exec Asst For Polcy Prog Rev
5 Matthew A. Brown 122,812 88,584 Secretary Of State
6 Timothy M. Patterson 117,422 95,190 Director
7 R. Gwenn Stearn 108,439 77,002 Asst Admintr/Mgmt And Finance
8 Peter Kerwin 107,331 76,126 Public Information Officer
9 Christophe T. Fowler 103,472 72,800 Exec Asst Comm Public Info
10 Marianne J. Beirne 101,273 77,762 Executive Director
STATE COLLEGES
1 James E. Baron 349,703 301,324 URI men's basketball coach
2 Albert Sevigny 273,314 251,890 CCRI controller
3 Robert L. Carothers 248,317 207,844 URI president
4 Edward M. Mazze 246,752 208,851 URI dean, business school
5 Thomas D. Sepe 239,361 205,156 CCRI president, retired
6 Timothy Stowers 231,494 196,027 URI football coach
7 Robert A. Weygand 229,213 178,420 URI VP administration
8 Jeffrey R. Seemann 227,609 189,191 URI dean, environmental & life sciences
9 Bahram Nassersharif 222,825 184,859 URI prof., mechanical engineering
10 John Nazarian 220,291 184,956 RIC president
TRANSPORTATION
1 James R. Capaldi 249,050 203,397 Director, Dept Of Trans
2 Edmund T. Parker Jr. 177,090 141,116 Chief Engineer
3 J. Michael Bennett 164,185 123,231 Deputy Chief Engineer
4 William Alves 163,846 133,339 Deputy Director
5 David J. Sasso 162,973 122,198 Transprt Supprt Admstr
6 Kazem Farhoumand 158,313 118,253 Deputy Chief Engineer
7 Frank Corrao III 154,907 115,381 Deputy Chief Engineer
8 James R. Choquette 154,412 114,983 Chf Audit   Final Review
9 Robert A. Shawver 151,574 112,612 Associate Chief Engineer
10 Phillip Kydd 148,746 110,146 Asst Dir For Admistr Svs  
TREASURY
1 Frank J. Karpinski 160,510 120,122 Exec Dir (Retirement System)
2 Catherine K. Avila 144,267 106,365 Dep. Gen. Treasurer For Adm.
3 M. George Carvalho 144,115 116,664 Director
4 Joan M. Caine 135,304 108,367 Dpty General Treasurer For Fin
5 Corsino Delgado 134,454 98,058 Cash Manager
6 Kerry F. Walsh 130,570 105,190 Assoc Director Plan,Polcy, Reg
7 Paul J. Tavares 122,820 88,584 General Treasurer
8 Maria Demelo Olsson 107,331 76,126 Chief Fiscal Manager
9 Diane S. Bourne 107,073 82,493 Asst Dir Retir Syst Adim Plann
10 Stephen F. Iafrate 105,149 74,526 Fis. Mgn./Admin. Officer
SOURCE: Rhode Island state controller's office / TOTALS MAY INCLUDE payments in addition to base wages and overtime