Most UH executives getting pay raises
CRAIG T. KOJIMA / JULY 21, 2010
Jerris Hedges, dean of the UH Medical School, is the highest-paid University of Hawaii employee.
Nearly 70 percent of the University of Hawaii’s 252 executives are set to receive merit-based raises under criteria approved earlier this month by the Board of Regents to expend more than $1 million earmarked for management raises.
The raises are designed to reward high-performing employees in executive and managerial positions, under a plan put forward by UH President David Lassner.
The methodology, which was endorsed by the board’s Personnel Affairs Committee, ties individual raises to performance, with those rated satisfactory or higher receiving a $2,000 boost to their base salary; those rated superior getting an additional 1 percent increase; and employees rated outstanding receiving an additional 2 percent raise. Anyone rated less than satisfactory is not eligible for a raise.
The resulting increases would boost the pay of 176 employees, according to a list of personnel actions included on the agenda for today’s Board of Regents meeting on Maui. The positions are excluded from collective bargaining but attached to the bargaining unit representing faculty, and include vice presidents and associate vice presidents, chancellors and vice chancellors, deans and associate deans, and program directors and officers.
The board is scheduled to consider raises for five of the employees — those who report directly to the board or president. The remaining salary adjustments are being disclosed for public comment, as required by law, but do not require board approval.
“The UH Board of Regents and President David Lassner are focused on performance and accountability. The performance-based method for salary adjustments approved by the board reflects that,” university spokesman Dan Meisenzahl said. “Even if approved, our executives will still be below the national average compared to their peers, as is President Lassner. It is important that people understand that these are not 9-to-5 jobs. These positions come with a tremendous amount of responsibility.”
While UH has disclosed the resulting salaries, it did not immediately respond to a request for current management salaries to compare the before-and-after salaries for employees receiving merit raises.
With the increases applied, the deans of UH-Manoa’s medical, law and business schools would earn more than the university president’s $375,000 salary, according to a Honolulu Star-Advertiser analysis. Two executives would earn more than head football coach Nick Rolovich’s $400,008 annual salary.
The salary for Dr. Jerris Hedges, dean of the John A. Burns School of Medicine, would increase to $534,840; Avi Soifer, dean of the William S. Richardson School of Law, would see his pay increased to $416,256; and V. Vance Roley, dean of the Shidler College of Business, would see his salary raised to $393,816. (Soifer in past years has donated his pay raises toward scholarships and a social justice award given by the law school.)
Rounding out the top five among those receiving pay increases are Peter Crouch, dean of Manoa’s College of Engineering, at $333,036, and Guenther Hasinger, director of the Institute for Astronomy, at $314,256.
UH previously estimated the executive raises will cost between $750,000 and $800,000. The Legislature appropriated $1.1 million for salary adjustments for these employees, Meisenzahl said, and any unused money would be returned to the state general fund.
“None of this money is coming out of tuition dollars or any revenue sources from within the University of Hawaii,” he said. “This is not money that was requested by the University of Hawaii. It was specifically set aside for those employees who are excluded from the bargaining unit representing faculty.”
The faculty union, the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly, negotiated across-the-board 4 percent annual raises in its 2015-17 contract. A salary database on the union’s website shows the median faculty salary at the flagship Manoa campus as of July was $105,936, while the maximum faculty salary was $336,144.
The list of executive salary adjustments does not include members of the senior management team — the seven system vice presidents and the three chancellors of the four-year campuses — who have chosen to follow Lassner’s lead and forgo any potential salary increases. (The regents recently gave Lassner a positive annual evaluation but at his request did not consider a salary adjustment. He made the same request last year.)
Meisenzahl said it’s possible others on the list will also decline their pay increases.
UH executive annual salaries
The University of Hawaii has disclosed salary adjustments for public comment as required by law for executives who are eligible for merit-based increases. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser sorted the resulting salaries in descending order.
| Campus | Name | Title | Salary |
| UH Manoa | Jerris R Hedges | Dean, John A. Burns School of Medicine | $534,840 |
| UH Manoa | Aviam Soifer | Dean, William S. Richardson School of Law | $416,256 |
| UH Manoa | Vernon Vance Roley | Dean, Shidler Coll. of Business | $393,816 |
| UH Manoa | Peter E Crouch | Dean, Coll. of Engineering | $333,036 |
| UH Manoa | Guenther G Hasinger | Dir. of Research Institute, Institute for Astronomy | $314,256 |
| UH Manoa | Mary G Boland | Dean, School of Nursing & Dental Hygiene | $307,008 |
| UH Manoa | Reed W Dasenbrock | Vice Chancellor, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs | $304,044 |
| UH Manoa | David Matlin | Dir. of Athletics, Intercollegiate Athletics | $297,828 |
| UH Manoa | Brian Taylor | Dean, School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology | $280,980 |
| UH Manoa | Denise Eby Konan | Dean, Coll. of Social Sciences | $241,500 |
| UH Manoa | Kathleen Cutshaw | Vice Chancellor, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Admin., Finance & Operations | $241,056 |
| UH Hilo | Matthew S Platz | Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs | $240,564 |
| UH Hilo | Carolyn Ma | Dean, Daniel K. Inouye Coll. of Pharmacy | $240,000 |
| UH Manoa | Qimei Chen | Assoc. Dean, Shidler Coll. of Business | $238,044 |
| UH Manoa | William G Chismar | Dean, Outreach Coll. | $237,600 |
| UH Manoa | Robert A Mclaren | Assoc. Dir. of Research Institute, Institute for Astronomy | $234,348 |
| UH Manoa | Daniel S Friedman | Dean, School of Architecture | $232,812 |
| UH Manoa | Margaret Mcfall-Ngai | Dir. of Research Institute, Pacific Biosciences Research Ctr. | $226,416 |
| UH Manoa | Nancy K Foster | Chief Financial Officer, John A . Burns, School of Medicine | $225,360 |
| UH Manoa | Donald B Jr Young | Dean, Coll. of Ed. | $223,188 |
| UH Manoa | Patricia A Blanchette | Assoc. Dean, John A. Burns School of Medicine | $219,996 |
| UH Hilo | Marcia Y Sakai | Vice Chancellor, Administrative Affairs | $219,984 |
| UH Manoa | Peter Julius Arnade | Dean, Coll. of Arts & Humanities | $213,372 |
| UH Manoa | Richard E Rocheleau | Dir. of Research Institute, Hawai’i Natural Energy Institute | $206,472 |
| UH Hilo | Krishna Swaroop Dhir | Dean, Coll. of Business & Economics | $200,940 |
| UH Manoa | Charles H Fletcher, Ill | Assoc. Dean, School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology | $199,680 |
| UH Manoa | Maenette Benham | Dean, Hawaiinuiakea School of Hawaiian Knowledge | $198,876 |
| UH Manoa | Ruth D Gates | Dir. of Research Institute, Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology | $197,844 |
| UH Manoa | Kristin K Kumashiro | Dean, Coll. of Natural Sciences | $197,844 |
| System | Susan X Lin | Dir. of Financial Mgmt. & Controller, Financial Mgmt. Office | $197,796 |
| UH Manoa | Denise E Antolini | Assoc. Dean, William S. Richardson School of Law | $197,628 |
| System | Gwen Ann Jacobs | Dir. of Info. Technology Svcs., Office of the V.P. for Info. Technology I CIO | $195,552 |
| UH Manoa | Velma A Kameoka | Assoc. Vice Chancellor, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research | $194,496 |
| CC System | Michael T Unebasami | Assoc. V.P., Administrative Affairs | $193,320 |
| UH Manoa | Noreen K Mokuau | Dean, Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work | $193,128 |
| System | William T Wrobleski | Dir. of Info. Technology Svcs., Office of the V.P. for Info. Technology / CIO | $192,660 |
| UH Manoa | Charles M Kinoshita | Assoc. Dean, Coll. of Tropical Agriculture & HR | $191,220 |
| UH Manoa | Krystyna S Aune | Dean, Grad. Ed. | $190,164 |
| UH Manoa | Thomas R Bingham | Dean, School of Travel Industry Mgmt. | $189,624 |
| System | Donna Fay K Kiyosaki | Assoc. V.P., Office of the V.P. for Admin. | $188,664 |
| UH Manoa | Lori M Ideta | Vice Chancellor, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Students | $185,604 |
| UH Hilo | Carolyn S J Ma | Dean, Coll. of Pharmacy | $185,604 |
| UH Manoa | Alexander N Shor | Assoc. Dean, School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology | $185,100 |
| UH Manoa | R Anderson Sutton | Dean, School of Pacific & Asian Studies | $183,576 |
| UH Manoa | Roxie Mitsuko Shabazz | Asst. Vice Chancellor, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Students | $179,952 |
| Leeward CC | Manuel J Cabral | Chancellor, Office of the Chancellor | $178,236 |
| UH Manoa | Jack Kenneth Jr Grace | Assoc. Dean, Coll. of Tropical Agriculture & HR | $177,876 |
| System | Daniel M Ishii | Assoc. V.P., Office of the V.P. for Research & Innovation | $175,200 |
| System | Joanne K ltano | Assoc. Vice President, Office of the V.P. for Academic Planning & Policy | $172,236 |
| Windward CC | Douglas Dykstra | Chancellor, Office of the Chancellor | $169,800 |
| UH Manoa | Mary E Pateman | Assoc. Dean, Coll. of Ed. | $169,188 |
| System | Hae K Okimoto | Dir. of Info. Technology Svcs., Office of the V.P. for Info. Technology I CID | $168,108 |
| Honolulu CC | Erika Lynn Lacro | Chancellor, Office of the Chancellor | $168,084 |
| UH Manoa | Andrew Rossiter | Dir. of State Aquarium, WaikikiAquarium | $165,624 |
| Kaua’i CC | Helen A Cox | Chancellor, Office of the Chancellor | $165,360 |
| CC System | Peter S Quigley | Assoc. V.P., CC Academic Affairs | $162,240 |
| UH Hilo | G Makuakane-Lundin | Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs | $160,884 |
| System | Debra Ann C Ishii | System Dir. of HR, Office of HR | $160,860 |
| System | Yaa-Yin Fong | Dir. of Research Svcs., Office of Research Svcs. | $160,668 |
| Maui Coll. | Lui K Hokoana | Chancellor, Office of the Chancellor | $160,320 |
| UH Manoa | Ronald Edmund Cambra | Asst. Vice Chancellor, Undergrad. Ed. | $159,960 |
| UH Manoa | Ronette M Kawakami | Assoc. Dean for Student Svcs., William S. Richardson School of Law | $158,316 |
| System | Joanne Y Taira | Academic Program Officer, Office of the V.P. for Academic Planning & Policy | $155,652 |
| UH Manoa | Debora J Halbert | Assoc. Vice Chancellor, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs | $155,544 |
| System | Glenn Y Shizumura | Dir. of Internal Audit, Office of Internal Audit | $155,004 |
| System | William K Richardson | Dir. of Technology Transfer & Economic Dev., Office of Technology Transfer & Economic Dev. | $154,116 |
| UH Manoa | Carl I Evensen | Dir. of Lyon Arboretum, Harold L. Lyon Arboretum | $154,020 |
| System | Gary Y Takeuchi | Assoc. V.P., Office of the V.P. for Legal Affairs & Univ. General Counsel | $153,504 |
| UH Manoa | Russell H Messing | County Admin., Coll. of Tropical Agriculture & HR | $153,504 |
| UH Manoa | Kelvin T Sewake | Assoc. Dean, Coll. of Tropical Agriculture & HR | $153,504 |
| UH Manoa | Beverly A Mccreary | Asst. Vice Chancellor, Academic Personnel Office | $152,904 |
| System | Jennifer Rose | Dir. of Institutional Equity, Office of the V.P. for Admin. | $152,496 |
| System | Karen C Lee | Assoc. V.P., Office of the V.P. for Academic Planning & Policy | $152,028 |
| UH Manoa | Thomas Brislin | Assoc. Dean, Coll. of Arts & Humanities | $151,980 |
| UH Manoa | Michael Kaptik | Assoc. Vice Chancellor, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Students | $151,656 |
| UH Manoa | Carl R Clapp | Assoc. Athletic Dir., Intercollegiate Athletics | $151,500 |
| UH Manoa | Ross A Sutherland | Assoc. Dean, Coll. of Social Sciences | $150,948 |
| System | David Wright Lonborg | Asst. to Sr. Exec., Office of the President | $150,408 |
| UH Hilo | Bruce W Mathews | Dean, Coll. of Agriculture, Forestry & Natural Resources Mgmt. | $148,716 |
| System | Pearl I lboshi | Dir. of Institutional Research & Analysis, Institutional Research & Analysis Office | $146,592 |
| System | Carleton K L Ching | Dir. of L& Dev., Office of the V.P. for Admin. | $145,020 |
| CC System | Suzette T Robinson | Academic Affairs Program Officer, Academic Affairs | $142,284 |
| Leeward CC | Michael H Pecsok | Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs | $140,736 |
| UH Manoa | Clifton S Tanabe | Asst. to Sr. Exec., Office of the Chancellor | $139,464 |
| UH Manoa | Cynthia Lynn Reeves | County Admin., Coll. of Tropical Agriculture & HR | $138,408 |
| UH Manoa | Deborah T Huebier | Dir. of Campus Svcs., Office of Campus Svcs. | $136,572 |
| UH Hilo | Stephanie E Nagata | Dir. of Mauna Kea Mgmt., Office of Mauna Kea Mgmt. | $135,528 |
| UH Manoa | Darren T Lerner | Dir. of Research Institute, Sea Grant Coll. Program | $135,480 |
| UH Manoa | Marilyn Moniz- Kahoohanohano | Asst. Athletic Dir.- Sr. Woman Admin., Intercollegiate Athletics | $135,012 |
| UH-West O’ahu | Jacqueline Honda | Assoc. Vice Chancellor, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs | $134,604 |
| System | Daniel T Meisenzahl | Univ. & Community Relations Program Officer, Office of the V.P. for Admin. | $133,296 |
| UH Manoa | Ann Bristol Crawford | Assoc. Univ. Librarian, Library Svcs. | $133,104 |
| UH Manoa | Juanita C Andaya | Dir. of Administrative Svcs., School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology | $133,080 |
| UH Hilo | Jerry Leslie Chang | Dir. of Univ. Relations, Office of Univ. Relations | $133,044 |
| System | Mie Watanabe | Dir. of Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action, Office of Equal Employment Opportunity & Affirmative Action | $132,540 |
| System | Bruce Y Matsui | Univ. Assoc. General Counsel, Office of the V.P. for Legal Affairs & Univ. General Counsel | $132,228 |
| Honolulu CC | Katy W Ho-Middleton | Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs | $129,768 |
| UH Hilo | Patrick James Guillen | Dir. of Athletics, Office of Intercollegiate Athletics | $129,528 |
| UH Manoa | Lauren F Anzai | Dir. of Administrative Svcs., Institute for Astronomy | $128,496 |
| Windward CC | Ardis R Eschenberg | Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs | $128,184 |
| Hawai’i Community‡ Coll. | Joni Y Onishi | Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs | $127,980 |
| System | Presley W Pang | Univ. Assoc. General Counsel, Office of the V.P. for Legal Affairs & Univ. General Counsel | $127,956 |
| Leeward CC | Ronny T Umehira | Dean, Career & Technical Ed. | $127,860 |
| UH Manoa | Song K Choi | Asst. Dean for Student Svcs., Coll. of Engineering | $127,692 |
| Maui Coll. | Jonathon V Mckee | Vice Chancellor (Academic Affairs), Academic Affairs | $127,380 |
| System | Sarah Reiko Hirakami | Univ. Assoc. General Counsel, Office of the V.P. for Legal Affairs & Univ. General Counsel | $127,260 |
| UH Manoa | Adrienne Susan Lee | Dir. of Administrative Svcs., Coll. of Tropical Agriculture & HR | $127,260 |
| UH-West O’ahu | Judy Ann Oliveira | Vice Chancellor, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs | $127,260 |
| UH Hilo | Cathy Ann Wiltse | Dir., Hawai’i Small Business Dev. Ctr., Hawai’i Small Business Dev. Ctr. | $126,024 |
| System | John D Rand | Academic Program Officer, Office of the V.P. for Academic Planning & Policy | $124,848 |
| UH Manoa | Kimi Kondo-Brown | Assoc. Dean, Coll. of Languages, Linguistics & Literature | $124,536 |
| Leeward CC | Mark D Lane | Vice Chancellor, Administrative Svcs. | $124,380 |
| CC System | Scott Tadao Murakami | Academic Affairs Program Officer, CC Academic Affairs | $124,116 |
| Maui Coll. | David S Tamanaha | Vice Chancellor (Administrative Affairs), Administrative Affairs | $123,408 |
| System | M Bernadette Howard | State Dir. for Career & Technical Ed., Office of the State Dir. for Career & Technical Ed. | $122,772 |
| System | Elisabeth Contrades | Univ. Assoc. General Counsel, Office of the V.P. for Legal Affairs & Univ. General Counsel | $122,004 |
| System | Michael M Ng | Dir. of Univ. Budget, Univ. Budget Office | $122,004 |
| CC System | Deborah K Nakagawa | Asst. to Sr. Exec., Office of the V.P. for CC | $121,668 |
| Kapi’olani CC | Conrad I Nonaka | Program Dir., Culinary Institute of the Pacific | $121,632 |
| Maui Coll. | Debra A Nakama | Vice Chancellor (Student Affairs), Student Affairs | $121,248 |
| System | John M Hashimoto | Dir. of Risk Mgmt., Office of Risk Mgmt. | $120,012 |
| UH Manoa | Yang Zhang | Univ. Academic Affairs Program Officer, Manoa Institutional Research | $119,484 |
| Hawai’i CC | James M Yoshida | Vice Chancellor, Administrative Affairs | $119,352 |
| Kapi’olani CC | Patricia O’Hagan | Dean, Health Academic Program | $119,280 |
| Hawai’i CC | Christopher Manaseri | Dean, Liberal Arts & Public Svcs. | $118,788 |
| Kapi’olani CC | Brian K Furuta | Vice Chancellor, Administrative Svcs. | $118,164 |
| UH Manoa | Harriet Y Abe | Assoc. Dean, Outreach Coll. | $116,508 |
| Windward CC | Charles S Sasaki | Dean, Division II | $116,508 |
| UH Manoa | Julienne K Maeda | Assoc. Dean, Grad. Ed. | $116,124 |
| UH Manoa | Wendy L Pearson | Univ. Academic Affairs Program Officer, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs | $115,812 |
| Hawai’i CC | Joyce Elaine Hamasaki | Dean, Career & Technical Ed. | $115,740 |
| Leeward CC | James Goodman | Dean, Arts & Sciences | $115,620 |
| Honolulu CC | Marcia Roberts-Deutsch | Dean, Univ. Coll. | $115,020 |
| Hawai’i CC | Jason Santos Cifra | Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs | $115,008 |
| Honolulu CC | Derek T Inafuku | Vice Chancellor, Administrative Svcs. | $115,008 |
| Kapi’olani CC | Brenda Ivelisse | Vice Chancellor, Student Svcs. | $115,008 |
| Kaua’i CC | James R Dire | Vice Chancellor, Instructional Svcs. | $115,008 |
| Kaua’i CC | Brandon Shimokawa | Vice Chancellor, Administrative Svcs. | $115,008 |
| Leeward CC | Curtis A Washburn | Dean of Student Svcs., Student Svcs. | $115,008 |
| Windward CC | Brian J Pactol | Vice Chancellor, Administrative Svcs. | $115,008 |
| Windward CC | Amy-Jean Rozek | Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs | $115,008 |
| System | Lynne Keala Monaco | Asst. to Sr. Exec., Office of the President | $114,528 |
| UH Manoa | Laura RN Reichhardt | Dir. of Hawai’i State Ctr. for Nursing, School of Nursing & Dental Hygiene | $114,276 |
| UH Manoa | Raymond S Uchida | County Admin., Coll. of Tropical Agriculture & HR | $114,240 |
| UH Hilo | Kelly Denise Oaks | Assoc. Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs | $113,832 |
| Leeward CC | Paul l Kuehn | Dean, Academic Svcs. | $112,212 |
| Honolulu CC | Steven W Auerbach | Dir. Pacific Ctr. for Advance Technology Training, Pacific Ctr. for Advanced Technology Training & Continuing Ed. & Lifelong Learning | $111,000 |
| UH Manoa | Amrita Mallik | Univ. Academic Affairs Program Officer, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs | $110,004 |
| Kapi’olani CC | Maria L Bautista | Dean, Arts & Sciences Academic Program | $110,004 |
| Windward CC | Thomas M Moser | Dir. of Continuing Ed. & Training, Career & Community Ed. | $109,716 |
| Maui Coll. | Robert M Albert | Vice Chancellor for Info. Technology, Info. Technology | $109,080 |
| CC System | Mary S Perreira | Dir. of CC Equal Employment Opportunity & Affirmative Action Programs, Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action | $108,816 |
| UH Manoa | James B Friday | County Admin., Coll. of Tropical Agriculture & HR | $108,768 |
| Kapi’olani CC | Joanne S Whitaker | Asst. to Sr. Exec., Office of the Chancellor | $108,132 |
| UH Manoa | Jean H Imada | Administrative Asst. to the Chancellor, Office of the Chancellor | $106,932 |
| Kapi’olani CC | John Lindsay Richards | Dean, Hospitality, Business, & Legal Ed. Academic Program | $106,020 |
| Hawai’i CC | Kenneth Fletcher | Dir. of Univ. of Hawai’i Ctr., Univ. of Hawai’i Ctr., West Hawai’i | $105,516 |
| Honolulu CC | Kasey J K Chock | Dean, Transportation & Trades | $103,212 |
| Honolulu CC | Wayne N Sunahara | Dean, Academic Support | $103,212 |
| Maui Coll. | David G Grooms | Asst. Dean of Instruction, Academic Affairs | $102,804 |
| UH Hilo | Helen M Rogers | Univ. Librarian, Library Svcs. | $102,324 |
| UH Manoa | April Nozomi Goodwin | Univ. Academic Affairs Academic Officer, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs | $102,204 |
| UH Hilo | Leslie K Kimura | Program Dir., lmiloa Astronomy Ctr. | $101,244 |
| CC System | C A Chappell-Long | Institutional Research & Analysis Program Officer, CC Academic Affairs | $101,196 |
| Honolulu CC | Billie K T Lueder | Asst. to Sr. Exec., Office of the Chancellor | $100,152 |
| UH Manoa | Robin Julian Hadwick | Asst. Dean of Student Svcs., Shidler Coll. of Business | $97,968 |
| Kapi’olani CC | Carol A Hoshiko | Asst. Dean, Community & Continuing Ed. | $96,132 |
| Maui Coll. | Tomone Hanada | Dir. of Univ. of Hawai’i Ctr., Univ. of Hawai’i Ctr., Maui | $95,988 |
| UH-West O’ahu | Daniel Ken Inouye Jr | Asst. to Sr. Exec., Office of the Chancellor | $94,968 |
| UH Manoa | Christine A Quemuel | Asst. Vice Chancellor, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Students | $93,804 |
| Maui Coll. | Brian Tetsuo Mato | Asst. to Sr. Exec., Office of the Chancellor | $91,920 |
| Honolulu CC | Lara H Sugimoto | Dean of Student Svcs., Student Svcs. | $91,776 |
| UH Hilo | SuIma Gandhi | Program Dir., Student Health & Wellness Svcs. | $91,596 |
| Hawai’i CC | Deborah S Shigehara | Dir. of Continuing Ed. & Training, Continuing Ed. & Training | $86,028 |
| System | Philip Dureza | Institutional Equity Officer, Office of Institutional Equity | $81,000 |
| System | Melissa Matsuura | Exec. Asst. to the Board of Regents, Office of the Exec. Admin. & Secretary of the Board of Regents | $80,940 |
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You could cut every one of those salaries by 50%, and nobody would flinch.
True. The three biggest Hawaii taxpayer endless money pits are DOE, UH and the Rail project. Would be great if UH should signs of excellence, like being able to lead and get the 30 M telescope built because it is a positive and beneficial project, be able protect their students and maintain their building upkeep and proper oversight unlike the grad student who got her arm blown off because of sloppy and improper setup of an experiment that uses highly explosive gases, a football team that shows signs of positive improvement after the Chow disaster, etc. Instead UH is around 2nd to 3rd rate school and these UH employees all get raises. Would be different if UH showed signs of excellence and they got rewarded for high performance. That ain’t the case here. The irony is these UH people who are getting raises can now better bay for their kids PRIVATE school tuition in Hawaii and better afford to help pay their kids MAINLAND college tuition. Unless their kids got serious academic or other problems they would NEVER send their own kids to UH.
“Soifer in past years has donated his pay raises toward scholarships and a social justice award given by the law school.”
What a baller.
Agree. Why the heck are they going to increase those generous salaries when the campus is in need of major renovations? The condition of Manoa campus is SAD compared to even smaller colleges on the mainland.
Far too many chiefs draining school coffers!
Is this was a private company, there wouldn’t be so many positions. But why? Yes, it’s not taken out of the tuitions, but us tax payers pay for their salaries.
How about overall performance rating based on ranking of universities? At least top 25 or even to 100 would be a goal for performance based increases. Smaller universities on the mainland have higher rankings than UH.
4% annual raises across the board, what justifies this? Inflation running at 0 – 1% these past years, no raises from Social Security proves this. Just think if inflation/cost of living was 3 – 4%. Total ripoff of tax payers money to a bunch of incompetents.
“None of this money is coming out of tuition dollars or any revenue sources from within the University of Hawaii,” just where did this money come from?, UH got a money tree growing somewhere on campus
yeah that big kala tree gets a lot of fertilizer
How about raising tuition to offset these raises, not taxpayers.
I teach at UHM. Many of my students are working two and three jobs to make ends meet and pay tuition, as it is. They don’t have time or energy to study. Don’t raise their tuition.
Show me the UHPA scales with names attached!
None of these people are in UHPA.
I know that! I want to know what the UHPA people are making and how many hours they actually work!
Some time ago, CB published a document with the salary ranges of all State employees. I believe it’s still available there.
cellodad, here you go, have at it, every government employees pay…
http://www.civilbeat.org/2016/01/civil-beat-database-of-public-employee-salaries/
High performing? Where? Why? Under performing is more correct. Too much non value added overhead.
Yes, let’s make a college education even more expensive than it is sending young folks into intolerable debt even deeper for something that does little to advance their way in life. This is a fine example of the inverse relationship between the cost of a college degree and the benefits derived therefrom.
Just did a quick-sum of the numbers listed above and it adds up to just over $27.4 Million
These are only the chiefs! I guess no pay raises for the worker bees like the professors that actually teach and do real work rather than sit around and debating where the next tree should be planted on campus.
wow what is the executive/ student ratio ? I’am sure they have assistants and all got free parking
And this is for the excellent job they’ve done. Right? A few maybe.
I guess the “price of paradise” doesn’t apply to everyone.
https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Harvard-University-Professor-and-Dean-Salaries-E2817_D_KO19,37.htm
whoa lol
What can I say? Work for UH and get raises….whether you deserve them or not. All the while the buildings at UH crumble away. Go figure!
How many vice chancellors, deputy, directors, officers, associates, assistants, are needed ? Way too many admin positions. Where else can an assistant (= secretary) make > $100,000 besides UH ? Ridiculous.
For those curious about faculty salaries, they tend to be a lot lower than these. But a good comparison would be between these administrative salaries and those of adjunct lecturers who teach up to 5 courses a semester at very low wages and have no job security. That’s where the awful is.
Kirk Caldwell makes only $160,000 or so as a Mayor, but that’s OK because he gets over $200,000 a year with his side job at Territorial Savings.
Don’t kid yourself, Caldwell probably received over $500 million in kickbacks for pushing the most expensive rail project on the face of the Earth down our throats and will likely cost us $20 billion after they finalize all the numbers.
Agree 100%. I’m sure he has plenty of cash lined up for himself for life. That guy is so crooked his nickname should be corkscrew.
Over $300,000, I believe is the number I read in a recent column. A public “servant”…
Over $300,000, I believe is the number I read in a recent column. A public “servant”…taking a generous private salary.
Over $300,000, I believe, is the number I read in a recent column. A public “servant”…taking a generous private salary.
With UH paying over $100K for safety violations that caused the explosion at their laboratory, why are the Deans of the Earth Science and Technology Department and Hawaii Energy Institute that run the laboratory getting a raise? The bosses should be responsible for the safety violations and not get raises.
Do you hear that sucking sound from your purse or wallet?……..and will only get louder as time goes by.
choo-chooooooooooo
You’d think with all that merit pay everyone’s getting the UH would be so much better than only average, if that.