EDITORIAL: Dear Gov. Raimondo, “Why Don’t You Pay Us Girls As Much As Boys”
EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL: Dear Gov. Raimondo, “Why Don’t You Pay Us Girls As Much As Boys”
I go to an elementary school in Rhode Island and just learned you hire girls to work for you, but you don’t pay them as much as the boys you hire, how come?
Girls are as smart as boys. Girls work as hard as boys.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTMy brother teased me and said, “Even the Governor pays boys 25% more than she pays girls.”
I think you should give girls the same chance.
You should not have all your top people be boys.
You can learn a lot from girls and in my class, lots of the girls are smarter than boys. The boys fool around.
Please Governor, give us girls a chance.
We will show you. We are worth as much as boys.
Girl, 4th Grade
Rhode Island
EDITOR'S NOTE: The pay gap between men and women on the Governor Gina Raimondo’s staff has grown dramatically over her first eighteen months in office — from 14 percent to now a gap of 25 percent. She is Rhode Island's first female Governor.
In January of 2015, GoLocalProv.com looked at the pay of the men and women on Raimondo’s staff and found that despite her campaigning on the pay equity issue, the examination of staff salaries found that the gap was 14%.
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2016 Raimondo's Staff Salaries
Curren, Meredith
Director of Appointments
$5,000
Rolfe, Catherine
Communications Associate
$36,471
Pellegrino, Angelika
Communications Associate
$36,471
Hytinen, Neil
Legislative Aide
$40,895
Abell, Octavia
Special Assistant to Deputy Chief of Staff
$44,271
Gutierrez, Julia
Protocol Manager
$44,271
Casttriotta, Rebecca
Executive Administrative Asssitant
$47,228
Gering, Catherine
Appointment Special Assitant
$48,715
Natareno, Jason
Special Assistant to the Governor
$48,973
Allard, David
Outreach Manager
$52,272
Manning, Helen
Special Assistant to the Governor
$53,003
Harris, Kelly
Director of Scheduling
$56,694
Inman, Bradford
Director of Constituent Services
$56,694
Poddar, Keshav
Policy Analyst
$56,982
Abelow, Hannah
Policy Analyst
$56,982
Greene, Judith
Legal Administrative Assistant
$59,036
Fondreur, Jennifer
Office Manager
$63,793
Vota, Americo
Community Affairs & Outreach Advisor
$61,751
Desiderato, Ronald
Special Assistant to the Governor
$64,940
Wison, Dana
Executive Assistant to the Governor
$67,508
Nevins, Arthur
Education Policy Advisor
$69,144
Amol Gabriel
Director of Public Engagement
$82,572
Aberger, Marie
Press Secretary
$88,798
Hudson, Heather
Policy Advisor
$93,575
Iannazzi, Andrea
Special Counsel
$98,340
Raia, Mchael
Director of Communications
$122,186
Cheng, Eileen
Deputy Counsel
$122,186
Moses, Amy
Deputy Counsel
$126,951
Bucci, Matthew
Director of Governor's Office
$146,026
Vura-Weis, Lisa
Deputy Chief of Staff
$146,026
Gallagher, Kevin
Deputy Chief of Staff
$146,026
Richards, Claire
Executive Counsel
$155,385
Beane, Eric
Deputy Chief of Staff
$155,564
Smiley, Brett
Chief of Staff
$170,460
Cruise, R.David
Legislative Director
$178,899
