University President David Glassman has the highest paid salary at Eastern in 2021 and makes 66.2% more than the second highest paid salary.

In 2021, Glassman’s salary was $325,412 along with an additional compensation of $32,289. In total, Glassman made $357,701 in 2021.

Glassman’s first salary at Eastern was $278,643.38 in 2016, and he now makes 16.784% more than when he started five years before.

The second highest paid salary goes to Jay Gatrell, the provost and vice president for academic affairs, who made $195,765.43 in 2021.

This is a 3.03% increase from his starting salary in 2017 of $190,008.

Sean Reeder, vice president of business affairs from 2020 to 2021, had the third highest salary at $178,500. 

This is the same amount he made his first year in 2020.

Sean Reeder left Eastern on March 31 to work at the University of Missouri. 

Matt Bierman is the current vice president of business affairs.

Melody Wollan had the fourth highest salary at $178,054.92 in 2021.

Wollan became the associate dean of Lumpkin College of Business and Technology in 2020 with a starting salary of $176,292.

From 2020 to 2021, Wollan received a one percent increase in salary.

Wollan has worked at Eastern since 2005 starting as an assistant professor of management.

The Dean of Lumpkin College of Business and Technology Austin Cheney received a $177,760 salary making him the fifth highest paid salary in 2021.

Cheney also received a $3,000 additional compensation, so he made $180,760 in 2021.

Cheney started as the dean of Lumpkin College of Business and Technology in 2020 and had a starting salary of $176,000. He received a one percent salary increase from 2020 to 2021.

Cheney first started working at Eastern in 2014 as the department chair of the school of technology when he made $129,999.96.

Kenneth Wetstein, the vice president of university advancement, made $176,750 in 2021. Wetstein had the sixth highest salary in 2021 at Eastern.

He began as vice president of university advancement in 2020 when he made $175,000. Wetstein received a one percent increase from 2020 to 2021.

Joseph Baumgart, the medical director of health services, made $176,749.96 in 2021 and had the seventh highest salary at Eastern.

Baumgart began as medical director in 2020 and made $174,999.96 and was given a one percent increase from 2020 to 2021.

John Willems, the interim department chair of the school of business, made $170,556 and was given a $4,200 compensation payment in 2021. Willems made $174,756 total in 2021.

WIllems first became the interim department chair in 2019, and his starting salary was $159,096. Within two years, he received a 7.2% salary raise.

Willems first started working at Eastern in 1995 as a visiting professor of computer management.

Director of Athletics Tom Michael had the ninth highest salary at $164,848.16 in 2021.

Michael started as the director of athletics in 2015 and made a $142,857.11 salary.

This gives Michael a 15.4% salary increase in the span of six years.

The tenth highest paid salary at Eastern is Jaysinha Shinde, a professor of accounting, who made $153,477 with a $13,608.30 compensation. In total, he made $167,085.30 in 2021.

Shinde became a full professor of accounting in 2021. Before in 2020, he was an associate professor of accounting and had a $142,965 salary. Becoming a full professor provided him a 7.4% increase in his salary.

Shinde started working at Eastern in 2010 as an assistant professor in the school of business.

Madelyn Kidd can be reached at 581-2812 or at [email protected].