Coconino News

Naomi Annette Nicholls earned $38,759 in 2018 working as an administrative associate at Northern Arizona University, according to data compiled by The Arizona Republic on more than 150,000 employees in the state.

The employee's total compensation is made up of an employee's annual salary with the addition of any overtime pay earned throughout the year.

The highest-paid employee working at Northern Arizona University—Hartung Rita Cheng—earned $390,000.

Rank	Employee	Job title	Salary
1	Hartung Rita Cheng	--	$390,000
2	Daniel Kain	--	$260,000
3	Robert David Schultz	--	$235,000
4	Joseph Daniel Goebel	--	$230,000
4	Steven C. Burrell	--	$230,000
4	Bruce A. Hungate	--	$230,000
7	Paul S. Keim	--	$229,407
8	Karlen Bjorn Flugstad	--	$225,000
9	Wallace William Covington	--	$219,904
10	Paul W. Jagodzinski	--	$217,535
11	Yiqi Luo	Professor	$210,000
11	Daniel T. Okoli	--	$210,000
13	Marie Christine Farley	--	$206,000
14	Lynda B. Ransdell	--	$205,000
15	Karen L. Pugliesi	--	$202,910
16	Jane Sheila Kuhn	--	$200,850
17	Kerry Joanne Keene	--	$200,000
17	Elizabeth T. Mennell	--	$200,000
17	Andrew Richardson	Professor	$200,000
20	Diana Lisa Campos	--	$193,532
21	Jack Murphy	--	$185,400
22	Jerome Souers	--	$185,000
22	Teresa E. Smith	--	$185,000
24	Geneva Michelle Parker	--	$180,000
25	Valerio C. Ferme	--	$177,000
26	Ashley E. Chitwood	--	$175,000
27	Laurie Pauline Entin	--	$173,040
28	Ann Julie Baldwin	Professor	$172,161
29	Lamont Michael Nichols	--	$170,000
30	Van Craig Slyke	Professor	$169,500
31	Laurie K. Dickson	--	$168,000
32	Diane M. Stearns	--	$167,000
33	Ramona N. Mellott	--	$166,999
34	Thomas G. Whitham	--	$165,279
35	Ann Kimberly Ott	--	$165,000
35	Roger G. Bounds	--	$165,000
37	Grissom Bob Kilpatrick	Professor	$161,639
38	Nelson James Morgan	Professor	$161,064
39	Elizabeth Mary Watwood	--	$160,165
40	Diane J. Verkest	--	$160,000
40	Joseph Scott Goetz	Professor	$160,000
42	Edward Larry Watkins	Professor	$156,365
43	Kathryn S. Savage	Professor	$154,757
44	Loren Charles Buck	Professor	$152,594
45	Allen B. Atkins	Professor	$152,280
46	Eric D. Yordy	Associate professor	$152,245
47	Nancy L. Wilburn	Professor	$152,219
48	Mason S. Gerety	Professor	$151,319
49	Lawrence C. Mohrweis	Professor	$150,802
50	S.T. Amer	Professor	$150,457
51	Keith Matthew Wise	--	$150,000
52	Edgar Craig Bain	Professor	$149,034
53	Paul G. Flikkema	Director	$148,946
54	Roxanne Stell	Professor	$146,338
55	Loree L. Payne	--	$145,000
55	Frederic Loulergue	Professor	$145,000
55	John George Gumerman	--	$145,000
55	Julie A. Ryan	--	$145,000
59	Joseph S. Anderson	Professor	$144,487
60	Arthur Von Frank Hippel	Professor	$144,000
61	Lynn Smith Sandra Md	Director	$143,440
62	Frank Daniel Palm	--	$142,800
63	Olmstead Leslie Schulz	Professor	$142,413
64	James I. Hilliard	Associate professor	$142,005
65	Kathleen Erin Grisham	--	$140,595
66	Ann Cynthia Childrey	--	$140,540
67	Arthur George Edward Schuur	Professor	$140,251
67	Cailin Michelle Mack	Professor	$140,251
69	Stephen Chad Hamill	--	$140,000
69	Alonzo Gabriel Montano	Professor	$140,000
69	Kelli J. Smith	Director	$140,000
69	Jane Debera Thomas	Professor	$140,000
69	Nicolette I. Teufel-Shone	Professor	$140,000
69	Susan E. Johnstad	--	$140,000
75	Marie Laura Jones	--	$139,625
76	David M. Wagner	Professor	$138,057
77	Jane C. Marks	Professor	$137,500
77	Lynn Cheryl Heitz	--	$137,500
79	David S. Allen	Associate professor	$136,519
80	Carla Kiisa Nishikawa	--	$136,000
81	Vincent Christopher Michels	--	$135,842
81	Ricky L. Roberts	--	$135,842
83	Nita L. Paden	Professor	$135,556
84	Ann Menning Wendy Swartz	--	$135,407
85	Mark P. Ruppert	--	$135,000
85	Christian Benjamin Nielsen	--	$135,000
87	Robert Galen Collins	Professor	$134,687
88	John Michael Sabath	--	$134,640
89	Marc H. Lord	--	$134,187
90	Alan Craig Vanlengen	--	$133,397
91	William Richard Payne	--	$133,382
92	Michael Zimmer	--	$132,800
93	Jean Bonnie Baker	--	$132,000
94	Russell Donald Carter	Director	$131,883
95	Melvin E. Hall	Professor	$130,593
96	Zachary A. Smith	--	$130,367
97	Raymond J. Michalowski Jr.	--	$130,038
98	Sarah Meghan Frost	--	$130,000
99	Dean H. Smith	Professor	$129,508
100	Lesley Cephas	--	$129,271