NE Valley Times

Michelle Morton earned $43,472 in 2018 working for the Board of Nursing, 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 for the Board of Nursing—Jo Ridenour—earned $131,040 as the director.

Rank	Employee	Job title	Salary
1	Jo Ridenour	Director	$131,040
2	Janeen Dahn	Assistant director	$115,003
3	Emma Mamaluy	--	$104,000
4	Robert Ellis	Assistant director	$95,000
5	Kristi Hunter	--	$89,981
5	Eileen Owen-Williams	--	$89,981
7	Cindy Mand	Program administrator	$88,000
8	Katherine Watson	--	$85,010
9	Kevin Castleman	--	$77,500
10	Kathleen Harrington	Program administrator	$72,800
11	Paulette Jones	--	$71,564
12	Stephanie Chambers	--	$71,552
12	Marla Moore	--	$71,552
12	Loral Pultz	--	$71,552
15	Ruth Kish	--	$71,548
16	Valerie Smith	Assistant director	$70,823
17	Kevin Rapkoch	--	$70,720
18	Michael Pilder	--	$68,640
19	Michelle Butler	Accounting supervisor	$67,500
20	Robert Digan	Accounting supervisor	$65,000
20	Chien-Chieh Kuan	--	$65,000
22	Tran Tran	--	$62,001
23	Kathleen Malloch	Assistant director	$60,575
24	Regine Mussotte	--	$60,000
25	Pamela Millben	--	$59,812
26	Susan Bushong	--	$59,800
27	Kirk Olson	Program manager	$58,885
28	Lynette Drafton	--	$54,766
29	Jennifer Ingram	--	$52,821
30	Dolores Hurtado	--	$52,312
31	David Elson	--	$52,000
32	Cindy George	--	$51,480
33	Bonnie Richter	--	$50,898
34	Peter Wittenberg	--	$48,048
35	Theresa Scott-Benford	Accountant	$48,000
36	Erika Floyd	Administrative assistant	$47,840
37	Trina Smith	Legal assistant	$45,968
38	Susie Flores	Administrative assistant	$45,823
39	Michelle Morton	--	$43,472
40	Eric Blake	Accountant	$42,000
41	Stephanie Cruz	--	$41,250
42	Brent Sutter	--	$39,832
43	Lyn Ledbetter	Administrative assistant	$39,457
44	Amelia Steinbinder	--	$38,730
45	Rebecca Melton	--	$38,315
46	Glenn Cook	--	$37,440
46	Gari Carroll	Legal secretary	$37,440
46	Veronica Diaz	--	$37,440
49	Tanya Vasquez	Legal secretary	$36,192
49	Richard Carr	Legal secretary	$36,192
51	Donna Frye	--	$36,057
52	Patricia Midkiff	--	$35,360
53	Naira Kutnerian	Legal secretary	$34,840
54	He Helen Tay	--	$34,299
55	Heather Reed	--	$33,435
55	Irene Barajas	--	$33,435
57	Janel Berry	Custody service representative	$33,280
58	Olga Zuniga	Administrative secretary	$32,240
59	Monica Ortiz	--	$30,160
59	Karen Johnson	Clerk typist	$30,160
61	Frank Curatola	--	$29,900
62	Jamie Salinas-Fivecoat	Custody service representative	$29,120
63	Nancy Davis	Clerk typist	$23,920
64	Judith Bontrager	--	$22,568
65	Lila Wiemann	Administrative assistant	$21,412
66	Shawna Bonner	--	$17,888
67	David Hrabe	--	$13,620
68	Theresa Berrigan	Board commisioner or committee member	$13,000
68	Cecelia Andersen	Board commisioner or committee member	$13,000
68	Lori Gutierrez	Board commisioner or committee member	$13,000
68	Randy Quinn	Board commisioner or committee member	$13,000
68	Jana Machesky	Board commisioner or committee member	$13,000
68	Melinda Preston	Board commisioner or committee member	$13,000
68	Melanie Logue	Board commisioner or committee member	$13,000
68	Brandon Dale	Board commisioner or committee member	$13,000
68	Elizabeth Boyer	Board commisioner or committee member	$13,000
68	Carmen Hill-Mekoba	Board commisioner or committee member	$13,000
78	Shawn Harrell	Board commisioner or committee member	$520