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Displaying salaries for time period: 10/01/19 - 03/31/20

Full salary listings

Payee Name	Start date	End date	Salary Title	Amount	Notes	PDF
Payee Name Meeran Ahn	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $40,899.96	Notes
Payee Name Austin Pappas Altenburg	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/27/20	Salary Title Press Secretary	Amount $36,262.50	Notes
Payee Name Sonia Alvarez	Start Date 01/09/20	End Date 03/31/20 †	Salary Title Intern	Amount $3,349.25	Notes † Employed to Mar 4 and from Mar 17
Payee Name Roy S. Awabdeh	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $45,000.00	Notes
Payee Name Patrick J. Bailey	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Chief Counsel, Governmental Affairs	Amount $68,946.43	Notes
Payee Name April M. Beasley	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Office Manager	Amount $22,500.00	Notes
Payee Name Caroline K. Bender	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Research Assistant	Amount $22,939.93	Notes
Payee Name Michelle M. Benecke	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Senior Counsel	Amount $55,999.93	Notes
Payee Name Colleen E. Berny	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Professional Staff Member	Amount $36,335.78	Notes
Payee Name Roberto Carlos Berrios	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $40,899.96	Notes
Payee Name Christopher Boness (Chris)	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Professional Staff Member	Amount $34,588.30	Notes
Payee Name Delia A. Brennan	Start Date 01/16/20	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Law Clerk	Amount $4,550.00	Notes
Payee Name Claudine J. Brenner	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $37,500.00	Notes
Payee Name Taylor O. Burnett	Start Date 12/13/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $15,599.96	Notes
Payee Name Eric A. Bursch	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Staff Director, Minority	Amount $54,837.48	Notes
Payee Name Charles Carroll	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Professional Staff Member	Amount $45,792.00	Notes
Payee Name Lena Chee Chang	Start Date 11/14/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Governmental Affairs Director/Senior Counsel	Amount $48,711.08	Notes
Payee Name Rachit J. Choksi	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $39,766.64	Notes
Payee Name Annika W. Christensen	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Professional Staff Member	Amount $24,999.96	Notes
Payee Name Jaimie N. Clark	Start Date 11/18/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $48,604.56	Notes
Payee Name Katie A. Conley	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Professional Staff Member	Amount $23,499.96	Notes
Payee Name Jacob D. Cox	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/13/20	Salary Title Intern	Amount $8,150.00	Notes
Payee Name William Benson Dargusch (Will)	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 02/07/20 †	Salary Title Professional Staff Member/Investigator	Amount $20,833.33	Notes † Employed to Jan 7 and from Jan 10
Payee Name Andrew Charles Dockham	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20 †	Salary Title Staff Director/Chief Counsel	Amount $81,125.00	Notes † Employed to Oct 6 and from Oct 8 to Jan 7 and from Jan 10
Payee Name Brian Downey	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Senior Investigator	Amount $57,238.45	Notes
Payee Name Megan Petry Edgette	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Investigative Counsel	Amount $39,999.96	Notes
Payee Name Michael J. Flynn (Mike)	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Senior Counsel	Amount $61,564.93	Notes
Payee Name Joseph Charles Folio III (Joe)	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Chief Counsel	Amount $83,899.98	Notes
Payee Name Margaret E. Frankel (Maggie)	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Research Assistant	Amount $25,439.94	Notes
Payee Name Andrew C. Gall	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 11/25/19	Salary Title Intern	Amount $4,210.54	Notes
Payee Name Ashanée S. Gardner	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Digital Press Assistant	Amount $17,499.96	Notes
Payee Name Harlan C. Geer	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Staff Director, Democratic/ Senior Adviser, Cybersecurity and Counter Terrorism	Amount $68,688.00	Notes
Payee Name Aaron Gottesman	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Professional Staff Member	Amount $21,375.00	Notes
Payee Name Allison E. Green	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Communications Director	Amount $49,999.93	Notes
Payee Name Matthew W. Hawes	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 12/01/19	Salary Title Professional Staff Member	Amount $12,030.54	Notes
Payee Name Clark A. Hedrick	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $55,967.94	Notes
Payee Name Adam C. Henderson	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Professional Staff Member	Amount $26,499.96	Notes
Payee Name Roland Hernandez Jr.	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Staff Assistant	Amount $20,351.95	Notes
Payee Name Amanda R. Hill	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 12/20/19	Salary Title Deputy Staff Director	Amount $20,993.06	Notes
Payee Name Robert Wayne Jones (Wayne)	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20 †	Salary Title Policy Adviser	Amount $61,444.41	Notes † Employed to Jan 7 and from Jan 30
Payee Name Jillian R. Joyce	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Professional Staff Member	Amount $33,071.94	Notes
Payee Name Alan S. Kahn	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Senior Investigative Counsel	Amount $57,499.93	Notes
Payee Name Brian Patrick Kennedy	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Senior Professional Staff Member	Amount $49,433.41	Notes
Payee Name Katherine M. Kielceski (Kate)	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Subcommittee Clerk	Amount $26,856.21	Notes
Payee Name Laura W. Kilbride	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Chief Clerk	Amount $65,043.96	Notes
Payee Name John Parker Kilvington	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Staff Director	Amount $82,500.00	Notes
Payee Name Yogin J. Kothari	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Professional Staff Member	Amount $40,999.93	Notes
Payee Name Erin Elizabeth Kuhls	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20 †	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $44,994.37	Notes † Employed to Jan 7 and from Jan 10
Payee Name Agata T. Kuzniar (Aggie)	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 12/06/19	Salary Title Law Clerk	Amount $3,300.00	Notes
Payee Name Clay R. Leland	Start Date 01/13/20	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Law Clerk	Amount $3,900.00	Notes
Payee Name Jacqueline A. Maffucci (Jackie)	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Policy Adviser	Amount $48,750.00	Notes
Payee Name Rachel Nitsche Mairella	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Financial Clerk	Amount $48,057.87	Notes
Payee Name John R. Maniscalco	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Policy Adviser	Amount $53,333.28	Notes
Payee Name James D. Mann	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Senior Counsel/Regulatory Policy Adviser	Amount $51,624.93	Notes
Payee Name David G. McGonigal	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Deputy Press Secretary	Amount $24,000.00	Notes
Payee Name Joshua P. McLeod (Josh)	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Senior Professional Staff Member	Amount $46,831.45	Notes
Payee Name Gregory McNeill (Greg)	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Staff Director	Amount $56,250.00	Notes
Payee Name Colton M. Mennig	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 11/25/19	Salary Title Intern	Amount $3,894.73	Notes
Payee Name William W. Morris (Will)	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 12/20/19	Salary Title Intern	Amount $2,000.00	Notes
Payee Name Daniel M. Muchow (Dan)	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Systems Administrator/Webmaster	Amount $52,035.00	Notes
Payee Name Christopher J. Mulkins (Chris)	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Senior Professional Staff Member	Amount $52,500.00	Notes
Payee Name Cara Grace Mumford	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20 †	Salary Title Professional Staff Member	Amount $26,716.67	Notes † Employed to Jan 7 and from Jan 10
Payee Name Kara A. Naseef	Start Date 01/13/20	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Law Clerk	Amount $6,759.99	Notes
Payee Name Amanda Haynes Neely	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20 †	Salary Title Deputy Chief Counsel	Amount $69,323.42	Notes † Employed to Oct 1 and from Oct 13 to Jan 7 and from Jan 16
Payee Name Mallory Blaise Nersesian	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Subcommittee Clerk/Documents Clerk	Amount $28,619.41	Notes
Payee Name Alexa E. Noruk	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Homeland Security Director	Amount $57,499.93	Notes
Payee Name Anthony James Papian	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Senior Professional Staff Member	Amount $40,500.00	Notes
Payee Name Barrett F. Percival	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Professional Staff Member	Amount $27,058.45	Notes
Payee Name Andrew F. Polesovsky (Andy)	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 01/12/20 †	Salary Title Chief Investigator/Counsel	Amount $37,500.00	Notes † Employed to Jan 7 and from Jan 10
Payee Name Brandon Everett Reavis	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Chief Counsel	Amount $58,500.00	Notes
Payee Name Sonja Nicole Riley-Swanbeck	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 11/25/19	Salary Title Law Clerk	Amount $4,766.66	Notes
Payee Name Samuel Rodarte Jr. (Sam)	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Professional Staff Member	Amount $39,999.96	Notes
Payee Name Jeffrey D. Rothblum (Jeff)	Start Date 12/20/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Senior Professional Staff Member	Amount $44,497.58	Notes
Payee Name Courtney Allen Rutland	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/15/20	Salary Title Deputy Chief Counsel, Governmental Affairs	Amount $56,361.01	Notes
Payee Name Corban G. Ryan	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Research Assistant	Amount $20,648.85	Notes
Payee Name William W. Sacripanti (Will)	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Research Assistant	Amount $25,439.94	Notes
Payee Name Adam J. Salmon	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Deputy Director, Homeland Security	Amount $34,249.97	Notes
Payee Name Zachary I. Schram (Zack)	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Chief Counsel	Amount $75,000.00	Notes
Payee Name Benjamin J. Schubert (Ben)	Start Date 02/28/20	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Staff Assistant	Amount $3,208.32	Notes
Payee Name Kathleen Hunter Shannon	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 02/07/20 †	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $28,819.41	Notes † Employed to Jan 7 and from Jan 10
Payee Name Charles Wesley Emmanuel Shaw	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/27/20	Salary Title Investigative Counsel	Amount $36,874.99	Notes
Payee Name Gabrielle D'Adamo Singer	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Staff Director	Amount $86,303.71	Notes
Payee Name Peter H. Spectre	Start Date 01/14/20	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Intern	Amount $2,310.00	Notes
Payee Name Thomas J. Spino	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Hearing Clerk	Amount $20,351.95	Notes
Payee Name Daniel J. Spino	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Professional Staff Member	Amount $29,862.48	Notes
Payee Name Tristan S. Strong	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 11/22/19	Salary Title Investigative Law Clerk	Amount $2,253.33	Notes
Payee Name Marie Elizabeth Talarico	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Research Assistant	Amount $19,412.80	Notes
Payee Name Andrew Jonathan Timm	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Professional Staff Member	Amount $30,528.00	Notes
Payee Name Allison M. Tinsey	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Governmental Affairs Counsel	Amount $33,071.94	Notes
Payee Name Yelena L. Tsilker	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Professional Staff Member	Amount $26,250.00	Notes
Payee Name Medha Venugopal	Start Date 01/21/20	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Governmental Affairs Law Clerk	Amount $2,426.66	Notes
Payee Name Jackson G. Voss	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 02/21/20	Salary Title Professional Staff Member	Amount $17,625.00	Notes
Payee Name Patrick T. Warren (Pat)	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20 †	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $32,138.85	Notes † Employed to Jan 7 and from Jan 10
Payee Name James Robert Webb (Jim)	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Legislative Assistant	Amount $39,375.00	Notes
Payee Name David M. Weinberg (Dave)	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Staff Director	Amount $80,381.27	Notes
Payee Name Lauren E. Weinert	Start Date 01/27/20	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Law Clerk	Amount $4,783.32	Notes
Payee Name Lydia Morgan Westlake	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Senior Policy Adviser	Amount $43,713.24	Notes
Payee Name Christopher Julian White (Chris)	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Staff Director/General Counsel	Amount $55,913.28	Notes
Payee Name Scott D. Wittmann	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Senior Professional Staff Member	Amount $47,391.21	Notes
Payee Name Michelle D. Woods	Start Date 10/01/19	End Date 03/31/20	Salary Title Homeland Security Director	Amount $65,067.48	Notes

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