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94 Worcester Business Journal | Book of Lists 2021 | wbjournal.com F O C U S G E N E R A L I N T E R E S T Highest-paid state employees Ranked by total earnings calendar year 2020 Name Previous year's rank Total earnings Salary Title 1 Michael F. Collins 1 $1,108,748 $765,219 Chancellor & senior vice president of health sciences University of Massachusetts Medical School 2 Terence R. Flotte 2 $1,070,736 $800,936 Dean, provost & executive deputy chancellor University of Massachusetts Medical School 3 Matthew McCall 3 $850,750 $250,000 Head coach men's basketball University of Massachusetts Athletics 4 James Glasheen (a) 6 $741,633 $510,683 Former executive vice chancellor for innovation and business development University of Massachusetts Medical School 5 Normand Bazin 17 $701,473 $504,827 Head coach men's ice hockey University of Massachusetts Lowell 6 Mark Klempner (b) 9 $650,739 $518,640 Former executive vice chancellor for MassBiologics University of Massachusetts Medical School 7 Walter Bell 8 $618,683 $368,683 Head coach football University of Massachusetts Athletics 8 Derek R. Lovley 7 $596,112 $448,436 Associate dean, College of Natural Science University of Massachusetts Amherst 9 Kenneth L. Rock 11 $585,399 $547,794 Chair & professor of pathology University of Massachusetts Medical School 10 Martin T. Meehan 5 $584,749 $584,749 President University of Massachusetts (c) 11 Michael Green 4 $547,475 $547,475 Vice provost for strategic research initiatives University of Massachusetts Medical School 12 Lisa Colombo 13 $542,209 $433,834 Executive vice chancellor for Commonwealth Medicine University of Massachusetts Medical School 13 Donald Kilburn 12 $516,652 $394,864 CEO of UMassOnline University of Massachusetts (c) 14 Charles Matthews 18 $515,466 $515,466 Chair & professor for biochemistry and molecular pharmacology University of Massachusetts Medical School 15 Peter Herbert Reinhart 20 $477,735 $477,735 Founding director of the Institute for Applied Life Sciences University of Massachusetts Amherst 16 Jeroan Allison NR $468,314 $408,314 Chair & professor for population and quantitative health sciences University of Massachusetts Medical School 17 Kumble R. Subbaswamy 10 $459,856 $459,856 Chancellor University of Massachusetts Amherst 18 Anne P. Massey NR $454,223 $454,223 Dean of Isenberg School of Management University of Massachusetts Amherst 19 John Lindstedt 23 $448,453 $357,418 Executive vice chancellor of administration and finance University of Massachusetts Medical School 20 Sheldon Benjamin NR $443,800 $314,152 Vice chair for education University of Massachusetts Medical School 21 Robert Johnson (d) 19 $442,274 $269,162 Former chancellor University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 22 Mark A. Fuller 15 $438,145 $438,145 Vice chancellor for advancement & interim chancellor of University of Massachusetts Dartmouth University of Massachusetts Amherst 23 Jacqueline Moloney 12 $435,758 $435,758 Chancellor University of Massachusetts Lowell Source: State Comptroller's Office Note: NR = not ranked on previous year's list which included top 23 highest-paid state employees (a) Stepped down August 2020; succeeded by Parth Chakrabarti in December 2020 (b) Effective July 1, 2021, succeeded by Mireli Fino; Klempner continues his position as professor and researcher (c) Five-campus system (d) In September 2020 left to serve as president of Western New England University; effective Jan. 19, 2021, Mark Fuller serves as interim chancellor. - Compiled by: Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com