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Megan Fa Koppenhafer earned $6,265 during 2018, a 198.3 percent increase over the previous year, working for Iowa State University, according to the The Des Moines Register.

Kevin J. Dresser saw the largest increase at Iowa State University, making $145,978 more in 2018 with a total compensation of $305,000.

Salary figures are reported on an annual basis and do not take into account someone’s hiring or termination date. Figures can change for a variety of other factors such as retirement, job advancement, or time off.

Rank	Employee	Position	Salary
1	Jon Robert Heacock	Asst Coach	589682.0
2	Wendy Wintersteen	Dean	460800.0
3	Anumantha Kanthasamy	Distg Prof & Chair	423809.0
4	David Peter Spalding	Dean	409831.0
5	Joe Paul Colletti	Senior Assoc Dean	314013.0
6	Kevin J. Dresser	Head Coach	305000.0
7	James Mat Kurtenbach	Vice President/cio	299465.0
8	Patrick Gerar Halbur	Interim Dean	286699.0
9	Ashfaq A. Khokhar	Prof & Chair	281111.0
10	Darrell Kei McDonald	Asst Coach	280345.0
11	Aleksey Golesh	Asst Coach	275345.0
12	Richard Tyson Veidt	Asst Coach	273058.0
13	Bryan Robert Gasser	Strgth Coach	269308.0
14	John D. Lawrence	Interim Vice Pres	267566.0
15	William Richa Graves	Dean	260667.0
16	Rudy Wade	Strgth Coach	250345.0
17	Richard J. Martin	Distg Prof	250213.0
18	Eli Abdul Ha Rasheed	Asst Coach	249515.0
19	Dimitrios Argyriou	Director III	244800.0
20	Mary Jean Wickham	Assoc Dean	240267.0
21	Ann Mar Vanderzanden	Assoc Provost	232714.0
22	Francis Xavier Quinn	Director III	231304.0
23	Haozhe Chen	Assoc Prof	214992.0
24	Eulanda Sanders	Prof & Chair	210009.0
25	Benjamin J. Allen	Interim President	207188.0
26	James Bradley Bice	Staff Physician	200000.0
27	Thimmase Thippeswamy	Prof	189218.0
28	Arnold Richard Cowan	Prof	175920.0
29	Michael Najee Zadick	Asst Coach	175000.0
30	Aaron Micha Hillmann	Contract Associate	166715.0
31	John David Nason	Prof & Chair	165000.0
32	Jonathan Paul Mochel	Assoc Prof	153333.0
33	Joel E. Gordon	Contract Associate	148608.0
34	Hongwei Zhang	Postdoc Res Assoc	145833.0
35	Gregory Jos Brabenec	Dir Operations	136300.0
36	Sunil Prasad Singh	Director Its II	136000.0
37	Michael Ray Newton	Asst Vp	134000.0
38	Sunghyun Ryoo Kang	Interim Assoc Dean	128789.0
39	Chen XI	Res Assoc I	128014.0
40	Tamara M. Swor	Clin Asst Prof	128000.0
41	Li Wang	Postdoc Res Assoc	121186.0
42	Brett Way Lohoefener	Assoc Counsel	120000.0
43	Grant Raybur Johnson	Program Mgr II	118450.0
44	Kristin Ann Failor	State Rel Officer	117300.0
45	Toma Gonzalez-Torres	Senior Lecturer	116111.0
46	Jayasooriya-Arachchi	Asst Prof	115867.0
47	Curtis T. Brundy	Director II	115000.0
48	Sanjeev Agarwal	Prof	109835.0
49	Gunnar R. Mair	Asst Prof	109555.0
50	Virginia Su Wangerin	Clin Asst Prof	108000.0
51	Chong Wang	Postdoc Res Assoc	107686.0
52	Cassandra Rutherford	Asst Prof	106667.0
53	Sandra Smith	Clerical Helper	105104.0
54	Ranae M. Roberts	Mental Health Arnp	104022.0
55	Stuart S. Nielsen	Lecturer	102045.0
56	Larry J. Halverson	Assoc Prof	100916.0
57	David P. Herzog	Asst Prof	100711.0
58	Katarzyna Agn Dembek	Clin Asst Prof	100000.0
59	Joseph Micha Houston	Contract Associate	99150.0
60	Kris McCallum-Beatty	Director I	98900.0
61	Ping Lu	Prof	97218.0
62	Brent Allen Black	Mgr Info Tech II	95000.0
63	Lucia Mercede Suarez	Assoc Prof	93333.0
64	Vergara-Lopes-Serao	Asst Prof	92083.0
65	Grace Mari Wilkinson	Asst Prof	91667.0
66	Adrienne M. Lyles	Assoc Dir Eo	91500.0
67	Kyle R. Briese	Acad Fiscl Off II	90000.0
68	John William Shaw	Program Mgr I	85000.0
69	Derek M. Hoodjer	Contract Associate	83483.0
70	Jeremy Joseph Neppl	Budget Analyst IV	81000.0
71	Andrea Rachel Nelson	Reg Ext Educ Dir	80000.0
71	Jennifer Scaccianoce	Clin Asst Prof	80000.0
73	Jaron Hillel Naiman	Adj Instructor	79436.0
74	Ivonn Santoyo-Orozco	Asst Prof	77111.0
75	Theopolis J. Wertz	Sys Analyst II	74500.0
76	Nora Ellen Wiseman	Program Coord III	72000.0
77	Justin James Akers	Program Mgr II	71500.0
78	Teri Sieve	Mgr Facilities Mnt	68919.0
79	Russell T. Stratton	Hr Spec IV	68000.0
80	Taylor Willia Mouser	Contract Associate	67820.0
81	Kevin J. Wey	Clerical Helper	67708.0
82	Alan F. Gavin	Info Sys Ldr	65527.0
83	Yasasvy Nanyam	Sys Analyst II	65520.0
84	Stephanie Re Sobotka	Hr Spec IV	63817.0
85	George Courides	Asst Strgth Coach	63650.0
86	Joseph Khadori Awino	Lecturer	61111.0
87	John Satprim Misra	Engr Designer II	58674.0
88	Jennifer Mi Schieltz	Lecturer	58500.0
89	Nicole Elizabe Tramp	Lecturer	58075.0
90	Lisa M. Stephany	Program Coord II	58000.0
91	Prabath Delpechitre	Sys Sup Spec IV	57500.0
92	Kristen Patri Hayman	Postdoc Res Assoc	55000.0
92	Thomas K. Warburton	Predoc Assoc	55000.0
94	Sook Hyun Lee	Postdoc Res Assoc	53000.0
95	Jason Christo Fugere	Program Coord I	52000.0
96	Colleen Chris Koppes	Enroll Srv Adv II	48283.0
97	Kelly Stephen Wenig	Program Coord I	48000.0
97	Nicole Marie Fannin	Program Coord I	48000.0
99	Hieu Trung Nguyen	Postdoc Res Assoc	45894.0
100	Bo Liu	Postdoc Res Assoc	44848.0