TOP 50 BASE PAY VS.

ACTUAL PAY
The Sunday Republican compared projected annual earnings of state employees, based on scheduled bi-
weekly pay rates, to actual amounts they were paid in 2009 based on their W2 reports, and ranked them
by the difference between the two. Among those who made considerably more than their base salaries:
ACTUAL
NAME, TITLE, DEPARTMENT SCHEDULED 2009 DIFFERENCE
Edward A. Blanchette, Hospital Clinical Director, Correction 151,256.30 412,557.30 261,301.00
Suzanne E. Ducate, Principal Psychiatrist, Correction 196,024.14 411,862.36 215,838.22
Ronald L. Watson, Supervising Nurse, Ment. Health & Addic. 100,720.62 290,937.21 190,216.59
Kim E. Michalsky, Supervising Nurse, Ment. Health & Addic. 79,227.46 251,834.37 172,606.91
Lilly B. Phillips, Supervising Nurse, Ment. Health & Addic. 83,586.62 255,018.49 171,431.87
Milind V. Kale, Principal Psychiatrist, Children & Families 191,431.76 362,579.39 171,147.63
Henry A. Allen, Principal Psychiatrist, Children & Families 196,024.14 364,573.87 168,549.73
Akashdeep Aujla, Principal Psychiatrist, Children & Families 177,647.86 335,096.93 157,449.07
James Gusfa, Principal Psychiatrist, Children & Families 177,647.86 329,831.59 152,183.73
Tharunemattie Buddhu, Supervising Nurse, Ment. Health & Addic. 93,036.32 243,161.94 150,125.62
Brian E. Mohl, State Police Sergeant, Public Safety 86,001.24 234,721.13 148,719.89
Michael Fortin, Ment. Health Ast. 1, Ment. Health & Addic. 36,150.14 181,603.45 145,453.31
Vittorio Ferrero, Principal Psychiatrist, Ment. Health & Addic. 196,024.14 338,827.20 142,803.06
Zahur Mohiuddin, Principal Psychiatrist, Children & Families 163,865.78 306,505.34 142,639.56
Clement C. Ezete, Head Nurse, Ment. Health & Addic. 70,835.70 212,615.30 141,779.60
Saintil Eragene, Nurse, Ment. Health & Addic. 58,701.24 196,542.79 137,841.55
Mohammed S. Ghani, Principal Psychiatrist, Ment. Health & Addic. 173,053.66 305,593.53 132,539.87
Michael Tress, Principal Psychiatrist, Ment. Health & Addic. 182,243.10 313,674.54 131,431.44
Gweneth M. Douglas, Supervising Nurse, Ment. Health & Addic. 100,720.62 230,789.43 130,068.81
Charlton A. White, Devlpmtl. Svces. Worker 2, Devlpmtl. Svces. 51,040.86 180,538.13 129,497.27
John G. Pitegoff, Principal Physician, Children & Families 196,024.14 322,313.73 126,289.59
Jainamma Cherian, Supervising Nurse, Ment. Health & Addic. 87,968.66 212,958.34 124,989.68
Kuruba B. Santhappa, Staff Physician, Ment. Health & Addic. 165,395.10 290,108.67 124,713.57
Michael P. Alogna, State Police Sergeant, Public Safety 86,001.24 209,647.63 123,646.39
Donna M. Krol, Head Nurse, Ment. Health & Addic. 83,764.98 206,231.84 122,466.86
Victoria Soovajian, Principal Physician, Children & Families 191,431.76 313,845.22 122,413.46
Kirk A. Ramsey, Principal Psychiatrist, Children & Families 159,270.54 281,513.85 122,243.31
Howard B. Dickenman, State University Coach 4, State Universities 123,701.24 245,795.41 122,094.17
Yvonne J. Anderson, Ment. Health Ast. 1, Ment. Health & Addic. 51,040.86 172,730.41 121,689.55
Corey S. Craft, State Police Sergeant, Public Safety 86,001.24 205,816.83 119,815.59
Cecilia Ezete, Licensed Practical Nurse, Ment. Health & Addic. 51,556.96 170,589.72 119,032.76
Marianne Wudarsky, Staff Psychiatrist, Children & Families 161,313.62 279,651.45 118,337.83
Dorothy Olojuola, Ment. Health Ast. 2, Ment. Health & Addic. 63,789.70 180,913.12 117,123.42
Kevin Gonzalez, Ment. Health Ast. 1, Ment. Health & Addic. 49,707.06 166,705.78 116,998.72
Carolyn Baker, Ment. Health Ast. 1, Ment. Health & Addic. 41,893.02 157,948.74 116,055.72
Lydia Richards, Ment. Health Ast. 1, Ment. Health & Addic. 43,223.96 158,870.61 115,646.65
Crystal E. Goldson, Lead Devlpmtl. Svces. Worker, Devlpmtl. Svces. 52,937.56 165,628.16 112,690.60
Francesca Egbuna, Nurse, Ment. Health & Addic. 52,564.98 165,003.50 112,438.52
George H. Leitkowski, State Police Trooper 1st Class, Public Safety 77,801.88 190,072.37 112,270.49
Jolly Mathew, Head Nurse, Ment. Health & Addic. 71,383.52 182,781.33 111,397.81
Marcia R. Lambert, Devlpmtl. Svces. Worker 2, Devlpmtl. Svces. 51,040.86 162,288.94 111,248.08
Matthew J. Satkowski, State Police Sergeant, Public Safety 86,001.24 196,373.52 110,372.28
John R. Torres, Nurse, Ment. Health & Addic. 72,621.90 181,452.33 108,830.43
Ann Abraham, Head Nurse, Ment. Health & Addic. 67,707.64 176,027.72 108,320.08
Michael J. Cristofaro, Rehabilitation Therapist 2, Ment. Health & Addic. 80,008.50 188,221.33 108,212.83
Daphne L. McKinney, Transportation Planner 2, Transportation 88,307.44 195,915.70 107,608.26
Robert M. Pierro, Principal Psychiatrist, Ment. Health & Addic. 196,024.14 303,388.89 107,364.75
D.Y. Shuler-Mcknight, Super. Devlpmtl. Svces. Worker 1, Devlpmtl. Svces. 61,056.32 167,968.17 106,911.85
Marie Cosgrove, Head Nurse, Ment. Health & Addic. 63,938.16 170,628.91 106,690.75
Sivaprasad V. Katrapati. Supervising Nurse, Ment. Health & Addic. 74,720.62 181,257.55 106,536.93
Source: Office of the State Comptroller