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House Speaker (Republican)

Displaying salaries for time period: 10/01/17 - 12/31/17

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Payee Name	Start date	End date	Salary Title	Amount	Notes	PDF
Payee Name Augustine Thomas Smythe (Austin)	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Policy Director	Amount $43,125.00	Notes
Payee Name Brendan Kelley Buck	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Counselor to the Speaker	Amount $43,125.00	Notes
Payee Name Hugh Nathanial Halpern	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Floor Director	Amount $43,125.00	Notes
Payee Name Jonathan Wingate Burks (Jon)	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Chief of Staff	Amount $43,125.00	Notes
Payee Name Mark Darran Epley	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Oversight General Counsel	Amount $43,125.00	Notes
Payee Name Jennifer A. Hemingway	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title House Operations Director	Amount $43,125.00	Notes
Payee Name George Andrew Callas	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Chief Counsel, Tax	Amount $42,674.01	Notes
Payee Name Cynthia Anne Herrle (Cindy)	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Policy Assistant to the Speaker	Amount $42,000.00	Notes
Payee Name Michael Ricci (Mike)	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Communications Director	Amount $42,000.00	Notes
Payee Name Geoffrey David Antell (Geoff)	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Policy Assistant to the Speaker	Amount $41,250.00	Notes
Payee Name Kiel Paul Weaver	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Policy Assistant to the Speaker	Amount $41,250.00	Notes
Payee Name Edward Dean McCann (Ted)	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Policy Assistant to the Speaker	Amount $39,999.99	Notes
Payee Name Casey Christine Higgins	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Policy Assistant to the Speaker	Amount $39,603.75	Notes
Payee Name AshLee Ann Strong	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Press Secretary	Amount $38,750.01	Notes
Payee Name Devon Nicole Foltz (Nicole)	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Deputy Floor Director/Counsel	Amount $35,000.01	Notes
Payee Name Kristene Henkelman Blake	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Administrative Operations Director	Amount $33,750.00	Notes
Payee Name J. Merrick Munday	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Information Technology Director	Amount $32,499.99	Notes
Payee Name Caleb J. Smith	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Digital Communications Director	Amount $32,499.99	Notes
Payee Name Thomas S. Andrews (Tommy)	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Member Services Director	Amount $32,499.99	Notes
Payee Name Andrew David Speth (Andy)	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Deputy Chief of Staff	Amount $30,000.00	Notes
Payee Name Douglas Robert Andres (Doug)	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Press Secretary	Amount $27,500.01	Notes
Payee Name Victoria H. Wickiser (Tory)	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Scheduling Director	Amount $27,500.01	Notes
Payee Name Jeffrey A. Dressler (Jeff)	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Policy Assistant to the Speaker	Amount $27,500.01	Notes
Payee Name Jacobus A. Vreeburg (Jake)	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Staff Member, Shared	Amount $26,534.26	Notes
Payee Name Julia Bell Slingsby	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Deputy Communications Director	Amount $26,250.00	Notes
Payee Name Jenna Sakwa Kastan	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Media Affairs Director	Amount $26,250.00	Notes
Payee Name Nicholas J. Bush (Nick)	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Staff Member, Shared	Amount $24,999.99	Notes
Payee Name Jared Daniel Eichhorn	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Cloakroom Director	Amount $24,999.99	Notes
Payee Name Kelly Dixon Chambers	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Staff Member, Shared	Amount $24,999.99	Notes
Payee Name John Barton Reising (Bart)	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Staff Member, Shared	Amount $24,999.99	Notes
Payee Name Mark J. Roman	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Staff Member, Shared	Amount $24,999.99	Notes
Payee Name Sally Rose Larson (Sally Rose)	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Staff Member, Shared	Amount $24,999.99	Notes
Payee Name Anne Seton Easby-Smith Gardner (Seton)	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Special Events Coordinator	Amount $23,750.01	Notes
Payee Name Stephanie M. Parks	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Policy Assistant to the Speaker	Amount $22,916.67	Notes
Payee Name Roger Alan Mahan	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Policy Assistant to the Speaker	Amount $22,500.00	Notes
Payee Name Derrick Dewayne Dockery	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Intergovernmental Outreach Director	Amount $20,000.01	Notes
Payee Name Michael I. Shapiro	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Communications Adviser	Amount $20,000.01	Notes
Payee Name Joshua S. Althouse (Josh)	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Conservative Outreach Director	Amount $20,000.01	Notes
Payee Name William Miller (Will)	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Special Assistant to the Speaker	Amount $18,999.99	Notes
Payee Name Spencer Molly Edwards Connor (Molly)	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Deputy Press Secretary/Advance Head	Amount $18,375.00	Notes
Payee Name Kimberly Manecke (Kim)	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Deputy Scheduling Director	Amount $15,500.01	Notes
Payee Name Katherine Claire Pointer (Katie)	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Floor Assistant	Amount $15,000.00	Notes
Payee Name Ryan T. O'Toole	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Floor Assistant	Amount $15,000.00	Notes
Payee Name Dominique G. Yantko	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Staff Member, Shared	Amount $13,750.00	Notes
Payee Name Jessica Elizabeth Cameron	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Law Clerk	Amount $13,749.99	Notes
Payee Name William Carl Benjamin (Billy)	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Systems Administrator	Amount $13,250.01	Notes
Payee Name Paige M. Waltz	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Digital Media Coordinator	Amount $12,999.99	Notes
Payee Name Sarah Coyle Leigh	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Floor Assistant	Amount $12,500.01	Notes
Payee Name James M. Gillespie (Jamie)	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Floor Assistant	Amount $11,750.01	Notes
Payee Name Vanessa Paige Mastronardi	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Senior Staff Assistant	Amount $10,500.00	Notes
Payee Name Andrew D. Letsch	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Staff Assistant	Amount $8,750.01	Notes
Payee Name Emily Meaghan Kearney	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Special Events Scheduling Assistant	Amount $8,750.01	Notes
Payee Name Alexa S. Den Herder	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Staff Assistant	Amount $8,750.01	Notes
Payee Name Austin W. Piatt	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Staff Assistant	Amount $8,750.01	Notes
Payee Name John Douglas Kohler	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Correspondence Assistant	Amount $8,750.01	Notes
Payee Name Madeline E. Ryan	Start Date 10/24/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Staff Assistant	Amount $6,513.90	Notes
Payee Name April Lynn Blankenship	Start Date 10/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Financial Administrator	Amount $5,702.76	Notes
Payee Name Ryan Hofmann	Start Date 11/01/17	End Date 12/31/17	Salary Title Staff Member, Shared	Amount $3,300.00	Notes
Payee Name Emily Meaghan Kearney	Start Date 09/18/17	End Date 12/31/17 †	Salary Title Special Events Scheduling Assistant	Amount $1,135.80	Notes Overtime
Payee Name Alexa S. Den Herder	Start Date 09/01/17	End Date 11/30/17 †	Salary Title Staff Assistant	Amount $494.70	Notes Overtime
Payee Name Matthew P. Hoffmann (Matt)	Start Date 09/01/17	End Date 09/29/17 †	Salary Title Policy Assistant to the Speaker	Amount $440.04	Notes Other Compensation
Payee Name Austin W. Piatt	Start Date 09/01/17	End Date 11/30/17 †	Salary Title Staff Assistant	Amount $378.60	Notes Overtime
Payee Name Andrew D. Letsch	Start Date 09/01/17	End Date 11/30/17 †	Salary Title Staff Assistant	Amount $334.43	Notes Overtime
Payee Name Madeline E. Ryan	Start Date 11/01/17	End Date 11/30/17 †	Salary Title Staff Assistant	Amount $31.55	Notes Overtime

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