Debbi Smith earns $96,500 working on the Illinois State Board of Education during 2019

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By Metric Media News Service

Nov 2, 2020

Debbi Smith was ranked in the 88th percentile among public employees in Illinois in terms of pay in 2019, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.

The employee earned $96,500 working as an executive secretary on the Illinois State Board of Education.

The highest-paid Illinois public employee was Faiza Kareemi, with a total compensation earning $392,600 working as a physician specialist for the Illinois Department of Human Services.

The 100 highest paid Illinois public employees

Rank	Employee	Employer	Job Title	2019 Earnings
1	Faiza Kareemi	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$392,600
2	Hasina Javed	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$379,900
3	Terrence Casey	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$378,100
4	America Evans	Illinois Department of Employment Security	Public Service Administrator	$335,700
5	Sanghee Kim-Ansbro	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$317,400
6	Mirella Susnjar	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$312,400
7	Gregory Turk	Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois	Director	$311,600
8	Richard Ingram	Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois	Executive Director	$308,300
9	Kasturi Kripakaran	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$296,600
10	Stanislav Pavlovsky	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$288,900
11	Rita Pavate	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$284,000
12	Heidi Scott	Illinois Department of Corrections	Public Service Administrator	$281,800
13	Vera Davis	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$281,300
14	Shahnaz Rahman	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$279,200
15	Madhurita Malhotra	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$278,000
16	Ajay Jeetwani	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$277,300
17	Comfort Okorie	Illinois Department of Human Services	Registered Nurse	$277,100
18	Dimitrios Tsambikou	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	Senior Master Trooper	$272,800
19	Ofonmbuk Akpan	Illinois Department of Human Services	Registered Nurse	$272,700
20	Subhash Goyal	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$272,600
21	Dorothy Daggs	Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs	Registered Nurse	$270,800
22	Raymond Smith	Illinois Department of Corrections	Public Service Administrator	$269,300
23	Maria Vazquez-Scott	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$268,800
24	Timothy Olenek	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$267,100
25	Anatoliy Pyslar	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$266,300
26	Subhash Waikar	Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs	Physician Specialist	$261,700
27	Tanveer Shan	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$261,200
28	Loreatha Coleman	Illinois Department of Corrections	Corrections Nurse	$260,100
29	Maung Win	Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs	Physician Specialist	$256,100
30	Abdul Saboor	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$252,400
31	Indira Vazzalwar	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$251,900
32	Jelveh Jahangiri	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$251,700
33	Kumar Swamy	Illinois Department of Human Services	Registered Nurse	$248,500
34	Quadrat Shareef	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$248,200
34	Malaya Tuazon	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$248,200
36	Dong Chung	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$248,100
36	Zhihong Zhang	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$248,100
38	Brett Smith	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	Sergeant	$248,000
39	Muhammed Nasib	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$247,200
40	George Likouresis	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	Senior Master Trooper	$246,400
41	Gabriel Valdes	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$246,200
42	Uday Talwalkar	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$244,100
43	Richard Malis	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$242,900
44	Vikramit Gill	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$240,600
45	Randy Malkowski	Illinois Department of Corrections	Shift Supervisor	$240,500
46	Maria Soutar	Illinois Department of Corrections	Correctional Lieutenant	$240,300
46	Humaira Saiyed	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$240,300
48	Mercedes Martinez	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$239,700
49	Mir Obaid	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$238,900
50	Deborah Folga	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	Public Service Administrator	$238,600
51	Shah Syed Warsi	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$238,300
52	Charlotte Mitchell	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$238,200
53	Joseph Pruett	Illinois Department of Corrections	Shift Supervisor	$237,000
54	Olajumoke Adubifa	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$232,100
54	Aura Eberhardt	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$232,100
56	Kevin Kelliher	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	Sergeant	$231,900
57	Paul Mocaby	Illinois Department of Corrections	Shift Supervisor	$231,400
58	Eva Kurilo	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$230,700
59	Arthur Bloch	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$230,200
59	John Ngwe	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$230,200
61	Stuart Rich	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$230,000
62	Dorothy Bassey	Illinois Department of Human Services	Registered Nurse	$229,300
63	Elisa Scott	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$229,200
64	Mohammad Hosain	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$228,300
65	Rita Lewis-Perry	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$226,200
66	Hubert Fernandes	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$224,100
67	Jovita Anyanwu	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$223,100
68	Ade Ajagbe	Illinois Department of Corrections	Correctional Lieutenant	$222,500
69	Stanley Orndorff	Illinois Department of Corrections	Corrections Senior Parole Agent	$221,900
70	Mathew George	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$220,000
71	Stacey Horstman	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$217,900
72	Stanley Sims	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$217,000
73	Salil Vasanwala	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$216,700
74	George Hardin	Illinois Department of Human Services	Internal Security Investigator	$215,300
75	John Kroese	Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice	Juvenile Justice Supervisor	$215,200
76	Daniel Traylor	Illinois Department of Corrections	Shift Supervisor	$212,300
77	Jason Thompson	Illinois Department of Corrections	Shift Supervisor	$212,200
78	Julie Cummings	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	Public Service Administrator	$211,200
79	Arturo Fogata	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$211,000
79	Ronald Lotesto	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$211,000
81	Anita McKeever	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	Public Service Administrator	$210,200
82	Michael Eck	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$208,000
83	Anthony Nidea	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$207,800
84	Jehanzeb Sheikh	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$207,700
85	Wesley Fuchs	Illinois Department of Corrections	Correctional Lieutenant	$207,500
86	Kathleen Farney	Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois	Director	$207,300
87	Carolyn Trelka-Rojas	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$206,800
88	Angela Smith	Illinois Department of Human Services	Registered Nurse	$206,700
89	John Gac	Illinois Department of Children and Family Services	Public Service Administrator	$205,600
90	Diana Corso	Illinois Department of Corrections	Public Service Administrator	$204,700
91	Wade Horrocks	Illinois Department of Human Services	Public Service Administrator	$204,600
91	William Ness	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	Senior Master Trooper	$204,600
93	Nwadiutor Ifezue	Illinois Department of Corrections	Corrections Nurse	$204,000
94	Anna Rohrbacher	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$203,700
95	Seema Khan	Illinois Department of Human Services	Physician Specialist	$203,300
96	Kevin York	Illinois State Toll Highway Authority	Master Trooper	$202,800
96	Kevin Page	Illinois Department of Corrections	Shift Supervisor	$202,800
98	Robert Cox	Illinois Department of Public Health	Public Service Administrator	$202,400
99	Eric Childs	Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice	Juvenile Justice Supervisor	$201,900
100	Brian Posey	Illinois Department of Corrections	Shift Supervisor	$201,800