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Board and Senior Staff Compensation

In keeping with IRWD's transparency pledge, we offer the following information on salary & benefits for IRWD Board of Directors and Senior Staff. In order to maintain consistency of reporting, the chart was compiled from calendar year 2023 information submitted to the California State Controller's office* as required by law.  Also available is the 2023/24 Compensation chart that includes all IRWD employees as well as the Board of Directors.

 IRWD Board of Directors and Senior Staff Salaries & Benefits for Calendar Year 2023*

Job Title

2023 W-2 Wages Subject to Medicare
Box 5

Employer's Share of Pension Benefits**

Deferred Compensation**

Medical, Dental  
  & Vision**

Total Compensation

  Board of Directors***

Board Member
Steve LaMar

$32,026

$0

$0

$22,860

$54,856

Board Member
Karen McLaughlin

15,750

1,524

0

0

17,274

Board Member
Doug Reinhart        

33,399

0

0

22,830

56,229

Board Member
Peer Swan

26,615

3,109

0

22,744

52,468

Board Member
John Withers

32,625

3,230

0

22,830

58,685

  Staff

General Manager

439,740

31,928

14,792

23,079

509,539

Executive Director of Finance and Administration

315,930

19,113

7,991

8,435

351,469

Executive Director of Finance and Administration

65,550

6,160

0

3,668

75,378

Executive Director of Operations

284,701

16,955

41,705

25,721

369,082

Executive Director of Technical Services

329,493

27,493

11,369

25,721

394,076

Executive Director of Water Policy

301,817

27,495

16,552

30,623

376,487

Director of Human Resources

214,209

16,955

14,144

23,079

268,387

Director of Information Services

243,705

16,955

5,378

23,355

289,393

Director of Maintenance Operations

214,464

16,955

5,886

25,721

263,026

Director of Safety & Security

209,845

16,955

5,644

30,623

263,067

Director of Strategic Comm & Advocacy/Dep Gen Counsel.

239,588

16,955

25,430

12,119

294,092

Director of Treasury

173,929

16,188

0

18,760

208,877

Director of Treasury & Risk Management

118,921

4,449

24,575

2,331

150,276

Director of Water Quality & Regulatory Compliance

242,991

16,955

9,277

23,380

292,603

Director of Water Resources

260,545

23,554

9,740

29,462

323,301

Director of Water & Recycling Operations

260,390

16,955

18,340

30,623

326,308

*    2023 data has been submitted to the State Controller's Office "Government Compensation in California" program but has not been published on the SCO website yet.
**  Employer paid benefits
*** Each year, the Board of Directors reviews and takes formal action to set Boardmember compensation in accordance with State of California law. On November 13, 2023, the IRWD Board of Directors approved their fees for calendar year 2024 at $331.00 per meeting, not to exceed 10 meetings per month.