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82 Worcester Business Journal | Book of Lists 2024 | 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 in 2023 ((11)) Employee Total earnings 2023/ 2022 Salary 2023/ 2022 Title/ employer 1 Francisco (Frank) Martin $1,657,581 $1,094,616 $1,038,831 $704,616 Head coach of men's basketball (2) University of Massachusetts Athletics 2 Michael F. Collins $1,405,435 $1,255,381 $925,385 $835,981 Chancellor & senior vice president of health sciences University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 3 Terence R. Flotte $1,139,628 $1,105,911 $876,637 $842,920 Dean, provost & executive deputy chancellor University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 4 Kumble R. Subbaswamy $997,169 (3) $605,126 $473,624 (3) $494,328 Former chancellor (4) University of Massachusetts Amherst 5 Parth Chakrabarti $853,500 $650,589 $657,500 $531,794 Executive vice chancellor for innovation and business development University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 6 Donald Brown $831,065 $793,769 $831,065 $781,769 Head football coach (5) University of Massachusetts Athletics 7 Martin T. Meehan $802,448 $755,769 $670,733 $624,054 President University of Massachusetts 8 Ryan Bamford $651,196 $634,807 $556,196 $516,157 Director of athletics University of Massachusetts Athletics 9 John Lindstedt $640,584 $604,330 $513,639 $479,032 Executive vice chancellor of administration and finance University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 10 Lisa Colombo $629,024 $603,585 $503,568 $480,710 Executive vice chancellor, ForHealth Consulting (6) University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 11 Kenneth L. Rock $628,296 $582,174 $591,296 $552,174 Chair & professor of pathology University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 12 Marcelo Suárez-Orozco $601,583 $526,663 $513,461 $475,962 Chancellor University of Massachusetts Boston 13 Mireli W. Fino $577,284 $551,094 $477,064 $444,921 Executive vice chancellor, MassBiologics University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 14 Gregory Carvel $562,775 $554,103 $555,775 $522,953 Head coach of men's ice hockey University of Massachusetts Athletics 15 Katherine Fitzgerald $554,347 $467,509 $504,791 $420,203 Vice chair of research, professor & director, Division of Innate Immunity University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 16 Mark A. Fuller $552,586 $531,958 (7) $491,557 $468,998 (7) Chancellor University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 17 Mark Klempner $550,742 $528,599 $549,742 $528,599 Executive vice chancellor emeritus University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 18 Donald Kilburn $547,010 (8) $622,425 $237,462 (8) $411,159 Former CEO, UMass Online University of Massachusetts 19 Anne P. Massey $527,843 $521,725 $527,843 $514,104 Dean, Isenberg School of Management University of Massachusetts Amherst 20 Julie Chen $524,650 $394,005 (9) $495,000 $394,005 Chancellor (10) University of Massachusetts Lowell 21 Peter H. Reinhart $518,867 $515,956 $518,867 $506,464 Director, Institute for Applied Life Sciences University of Massachusetts Amherst 22 Donald Towsley $507,967 $411,069 $359,238 $320,666 Director of the Quantum Information Systems Institute & professor University of Massachusetts Amherst 23 Anand Shah $504,784 $401,691 $292,633 $274,520 Physician specialist Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Source: State Comptroller's Office. Note: 2022 figures have been revised since this list was published in December 2023. (1) Pay-through dates were Dec. 16 for 2023 and Dec. 17 for 2022, unless otherwise noted. (2) As of March 2022 (3) For two paid positions including chancellor & interim senior vice president for academic affairs, student affairs and equity, paid through July 1, 2023 (4) Succeeded by Javier A. Reyes, upon retirement in June 2023 (5) As of December 2021 (6) ForHealth Consulting was formerly known as Commonwealth Medicine. (7) For two paid positions including vice chancellor for development and alumni relations, paid through May 21, 2022, & chancellor of UMass Dartmouth (8) Paid through July 1, 2023 (9) For two paid positions including vice chancellor of research and economic development & chancellor (10) As of July 1, 2022 -Compiled by Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com