These records show the number of WSU employees paid more than $200,000 grew from 61 in 2015 to 73 in 2016.
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The public-university's highest paid employee last year was David Hopkins, who recently stepped down early from his post as president. Hopkins brought in $563,266 in 2016. This is down from previous years, when he was paid more than $800,000 — his total compensation in 2014 was more than $1 million.
The university also gave a pay cut to Marjorie Bowman, who was WSU’s second highest paid employee in 2015, bringing in more than $500,000 even after she stepped down as head of the medical school. Her pay was $283,124 in 2016.
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Among those who got pay hikes were Thomas Sudkamp, whose promotion from vice president of curriculum to provost came with a $35,060 pay bump.
The 10 highest-paid Wright State employees in 2016 were:
1. David Hopkins, president: $563,266
2. Margaret Dunn, dean of surgery $499,297
3. Glen Solomon, professor/chair of medicine $413,894
4. Mary McCarthy, professor of surgery $412,502
5. Timothy Broderick, Wright State Research Institute chief scientist: 412,499
6. Scott Nagy, head men’s basketball coach: $374,772
7. Amit Sheth, professor of computer science $351,706
8. Thomas Sudkamp, provost: $344,694
9. Akpofure Ekeh, professor of surgery: $343,516
10. Robert Sweeney, professor and vice president of planning: $322,209
Go HERE for a searchable database of all WSU employees compensated more than $50,000 in 2014, 2015 and 2016 — as well as in numerous other local and state public agencies.
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