University President Elaine Maimon was the highest-earning individual at Governors State University in 2016, with total compensation reaching $340,000, according to a Will County Gazette analysis of Illinois Board of Higher Education data.
The 100 highest-earning administrators and faculty members were paid a total of $12,837,731.24 in 2016.
Senior Adviser to the President and Visiting Professor Gebeyehu Ejigu was the second-highest earning individual, with $212,418 in 2016, followed by Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Deborah Bordelon ($205,393), Dean of College of Health and Human Services Elizabeth Cada ($198,719), and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Reinhold Hill ($198,223).
The following table list the top 100 salary earners at GSU.
| Name | Title | Position | Base Salary | Additional Salary | Total Compensation |
| Elaine Maimon | President | $305,000.00 | $35,000.00 | $340,000.00 | |
| Gebeyehu Ejigu | Sr Adv To Pres/Visting Prof | Senior Officer | $212,418.00 | $0.00 | $212,418.00 |
| Deborah E. Bordelon | Provost/VP Academic Affairs | Vice President | $205,393.92 | $0.00 | $205,393.92 |
| Elizabeth A. Cada | Dean CHHS/Graduate Studies | Unit Director | $198,719.04 | $0.00 | $198,719.04 |
| Reinhold Hill | Dean, College Of Arts And Scie | Unit Director | $198,223.71 | $0.00 | $198,223.71 |
| Ellen Foster Curtis | Dean | Unit Director | $197,860.08 | $0.00 | $197,860.08 |
| David Meadows | Executive Vice President | Vice President | $172,621.70 | $8,108.11 | $180,729.81 |
| Yun-Yau Shih | Division Chair, Science | Unit Director | $179,951.52 | $0.00 | $179,951.52 |
| Linda Samson | Full Professor | Professor | $168,415.47 | $360.00 | $168,775.47 |
| Jane Rhoades Hudak | Full Professor | Professor | $167,405.37 | $0.00 | $167,405.37 |
| Jeffrey S. Slovak | Vice President, Interim | Vice President | $164,326.81 | $0.00 | $164,326.81 |
| John G. Buenger | Director | Other Administrator | $152,737.20 | $9,000.00 | $161,737.20 |
| Alexis Kennedy | General Counsel | Vice President | $160,000.08 | $0.00 | $160,000.08 |
| Sajid Saeed Mian | Associate VP Fac Dev Mgmt | Senior Officer | $159,209.52 | $0.00 | $159,209.52 |
| Colleen M. Sexton | Assoc Provost/AVP Academic | Senior Officer | $156,769.92 | $0.00 | $156,769.92 |
| Soon-Ok Park | Full Professor | Professor | $134,295.21 | $21,668.00 | $155,963.21 |
| David Green | Division Chair | Unit Director | $141,376.32 | $12,958.69 | $154,335.01 |
| Andrea Evans | Dean | Unit Director | $150,000.00 | $0.00 | $150,000.00 |
| Peter Mizera | Associate Vice President | Senior Officer | $140,322.00 | $8,250.00 | $148,572.00 |
| Aurelio Valente | VP, Student Affairs | Vice President | $145,000.08 | $0.00 | $145,000.08 |
| Ann M. Vendrely | Assoc Provost/AVP Academic | Senior Officer | $145,000.08 | $0.00 | $145,000.08 |
| William Alfred Davis | VP for Development, Interim | Vice President | $144,900.00 | $0.00 | $144,900.00 |
| Jun Zhao | Division Chair | Unit Director | $141,376.08 | $0.00 | $141,376.08 |
| Yonghong Jia | Assistant Professor | $137,806.59 | $2,400.00 | $140,206.59 | |
| Carlos Ferran | Associate Professor | $122,796.25 | $16,912.23 | $139,708.48 | |
| Cheryl L. Mejta | Department Chair | Unit Director | $133,022.64 | $4,500.00 | $137,522.64 |
| Xiuqing Ji | Associate Professor | $129,140.16 | $8,160.00 | $137,300.16 | |
| Joyce Coleman | Associate VP for HR | Senior Officer | $137,249.76 | $0.00 | $137,249.76 |
| Linda S. Buyer | Full Professor | Professor | $125,355.72 | $10,963.22 | $136,318.94 |
| Randi Schneider | Associate VP For EM | Senior Officer | $135,696.00 | $0.00 | $135,696.00 |
| Xinghua Gao | Assistant Professor | $132,231.33 | $2,400.00 | $134,631.33 | |
| Melinda Gieseke | Assoc VP for Finance | Senior Officer | $132,237.68 | $0.00 | $132,237.68 |
| Xueqing Tang | Full Professor | Professor | $122,899.47 | $9,198.00 | $132,097.47 |
| Michael R. Williams | Assistant Professor | $127,078.71 | $4,380.00 | $131,458.71 | |
| Diana L. Alexander | University Professor | Professor | $131,126.58 | $0.00 | $131,126.58 |
| Stephen Wagner | Associate Professor | $115,521.66 | $15,140.00 | $130,661.66 | |
| Shannon Dermer | Division Chair | Unit Director | $130,295.68 | $0.00 | $130,295.68 |
| Charles H. Nolley | Assistant VP, Interim | Senior Officer | $126,444.00 | $3,311.25 | $129,755.25 |
| Lydia A. Morrow Ruetten | Dean, University Library | Unit Director | $129,663.12 | $0.00 | $129,663.12 |
| Ting Jie Wang | Associate Professor | $120,189.40 | $8,314.28 | $128,503.68 | |
| Maureen Connor Kelly | Director, Govermental And Comm | Other Administrator | $126,684.00 | $0.00 | $126,684.00 |
| Olumide Ijose | Associate Professor | $106,962.09 | $18,660.00 | $125,622.09 | |
| Steven C. Russell | Full Professor | Professor | $123,102.51 | $0.00 | $123,102.51 |
| Anthony P. Andrews | Associate Professor | $107,729.00 | $15,120.00 | $122,849.00 | |
| Hugo Solano | Director, Application Developm | Other Administrator | $116,656.06 | $6,075.00 | $122,731.06 |
| Brian McKenna | Associate Professor | $120,680.76 | $1,680.00 | $122,360.76 | |
| Farouk Shaaban | University Professor | Professor | $122,110.11 | $0.00 | $122,110.11 |
| Tony Labriola | Full Professor | Professor | $120,365.70 | $0.00 | $120,365.70 |
| Shailendra Kumar | Full Professor | Professor | $113,441.46 | $6,684.00 | $120,125.46 |
| Robert F. Sinclair | Assistant Professor | $110,012.31 | $8,843.33 | $118,855.64 | |
| William J. Kresse | Assistant Professor | $116,791.68 | $1,680.00 | $118,471.68 | |
| Rebecca Wojcik | Division/Depart Chairperson | Unit Director | $117,565.68 | $0.00 | $117,565.68 |
| Michael Madl | Ast Dir, Mgr IT Infra & Sec | Unit Director | $115,385.76 | $0.00 | $115,385.76 |
| Dale Schuit | Full Professor | Professor | $92,519.49 | $22,815.15 | $115,334.64 |
| Rashidah J. Muhammad | Full Professor | Professor | $94,167.12 | $21,132.50 | $115,299.62 |
| Andrae Marak | Division Chair, HSS | Unit Director | $115,289.76 | $0.00 | $115,289.76 |
| Lori Montalbano | Division Chair, CVPA | Unit Director | $115,289.76 | $0.00 | $115,289.76 |
| James R. McGee | Director/Chief Of Police | Unit Director | $114,108.00 | $0.00 | $114,108.00 |
| Lisa L. Chang | Full Professor | Professor | $112,414.62 | $1,530.00 | $113,944.62 |
| Geraldine Outlaw | Division/Department Chair | Unit Director | $113,683.56 | $0.00 | $113,683.56 |
| Gokce Sargut | Assistant Professor | $112,493.16 | $0.00 | $112,493.16 | |
| Praggyan Mohanty | Assistant Professor | $112,207.53 | $0.00 | $112,207.53 | |
| Ning Lu | Full Professor | Professor | $102,110.25 | $9,660.00 | $111,770.25 |
| Chun-Wei Chang | Assistant Professor | $106,467.36 | $4,920.00 | $111,387.36 | |
| Nicholas Battaglia | Asst Vp For Adm Systems | Senior Officer | $111,384.72 | $0.00 | $111,384.72 |
| Catherine Brady | Department Chair | Unit Director | $111,370.08 | $0.00 | $111,370.08 |
| Dalsang Chung | Associate Professor | $110,959.83 | $0.00 | $110,959.83 | |
| Tracy M. Sullivan | Asst VP Proc & Bus Services | Senior Officer | $110,336.16 | $0.00 | $110,336.16 |
| John Simon | Associate Professor | $102,048.99 | $7,140.00 | $109,188.99 | |
| Catherine Balthazar | Department Chair | Unit Director | $109,166.16 | $0.00 | $109,166.16 |
| Sondra G. Estep | Associate Professor | $96,626.85 | $10,736.72 | $107,363.57 | |
| Richard Manprisio | University Lecturer | Lecturer | $71,625.08 | $35,665.95 | $107,291.03 |
| Feng Tian | Associate Professor | $93,316.44 | $13,078.14 | $106,394.58 | |
| Kelly McCarthy | Assistant Vice President | Senior Officer | $105,259.92 | $0.00 | $105,259.92 |
| Michel Nguessan | Associate Professor | $102,415.62 | $2,400.00 | $104,815.62 | |
| Nancy J. MacMullen | Chair & Director, Nursing | Unit Director | $104,336.16 | $0.00 | $104,336.16 |
| Chelsea Vanderpool | Assistant Professor | $104,187.52 | $0.00 | $104,187.52 | |
| Frances Kostarelos | Full Professor | Professor | $103,458.78 | $0.00 | $103,458.78 |
| Mary Carrington | Full Professor | Professor | $88,475.49 | $14,956.00 | $103,431.49 |
| Tricia M. Kerns | University Lecturer | Lecturer | $87,275.01 | $16,100.00 | $103,375.01 |
| Jennifer Morehead Farmer | Director | Other Administrator | $101,394.72 | $1,500.00 | $102,894.72 |
| John Yunger | Full Professor | Professor | $94,916.73 | $7,956.00 | $102,872.73 |
| Marco A. Krcatovich | Director, IR & Effectivenes | Other Administrator | $102,683.26 | $0.00 | $102,683.26 |
| Teri Sosa | Director | Other Administrator | $102,183.12 | $0.00 | $102,183.12 |
| Carol Morrison | Executive Director | Unit Director | $99,011.52 | $3,000.00 | $102,011.52 |
| Roberta K. O'Shea | Full Professor | Professor | $94,600.41 | $6,542.18 | $101,142.59 |
| Timothy Gsell | Full Professor | Professor | $86,215.23 | $14,234.00 | $100,449.23 |
| Jeannine M. Klomes | Associate Professor | $88,461.09 | $11,792.52 | $100,253.61 | |
| Rupert Evans | Division/department Chair | Unit Director | $99,551.04 | $0.00 | $99,551.04 |
| Martha Libster | Full Professor | Professor | $97,932.27 | $821.76 | $98,754.03 |
| Stephen Hyzny | University Lecturer | Lecturer | $81,626.85 | $16,800.00 | $98,426.85 |
| Cynthia Carr | Associate Professor | $90,858.90 | $7,202.14 | $98,061.04 | |
| Melanie T. Ellexson | Associate Professor | $84,715.44 | $13,068.18 | $97,783.62 | |
| Michael T. Trendell | University Lecturer | Lecturer | $97,027.80 | $720.00 | $97,747.80 |
| John Perry | Director | Other Administrator | $97,436.40 | $0.00 | $97,436.40 |
| Alicia Rodman McCray | Director | Other Administrator | $97,332.48 | $0.00 | $97,332.48 |
| Angela Latham | Full Professor | Professor | $97,161.15 | $0.00 | $97,161.15 |
| Rosemary Johnsen | Full Professor | Professor | $79,783.80 | $17,231.89 | $97,015.69 |
| Glenna L. Howell | Associate Professor | $94,338.39 | $2,550.00 | $96,888.39 | |
| Amy B. Barsha | Executive Director | Unit Director | $96,624.00 | $0.00 | $96,624.00 |
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