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For RTD execs, the road is paved in gold
June 25, 2010
By John Schroyer, Face The State
The executives at the Regional Transportation District must love the song “Easy Rider.” After all, they cruise happily from paycheck to paycheck, with the top 20 employees at RTD earning a cumulative $2.9 million. They could each probably buy their own buses, to shuttle their entire extended families to Cherry Creek Reservoir and home.
At the top of the list is RTD’s General Manager, Phillip Washington, who pulls down $275,000 a year. That’s twice what many of the other six-digit earners make, and $100,000 more than the next highest-paid employee, Assistant General Manager Richard Clarke. He gets a mere $174,739 a year.
Here’s the breakdown of the top 20 salaried employees at RTD:
| Phillip Washington, General Manager | $275,000 |
| Richard Clarke, Assistant General Manager, Capital Programs | $174,739 |
| Marla Lien, General Counsel | $173,463 |
| Bruce Abel, Assistant General Manager, Bus Operations | $170,000 |
| Delbreath Durelle Walker, Deputy Assistant GM, Capital Programs | $160,000 |
| Scott Reed, Assistant General Manager, Communications | $159,369 |
| John Shonsey, Chief Engineer | $155,400 |
| Terry Howerter, Chief Financial Officer | $153,038 |
| David Genova, Assistant General Manager, Safety, Security and Facilities | $144,760 |
| Carla Perez, Assistant General Manager, Administration | $140,000 |
| Calvin Shankster, Assistant General Manager, Rail Operations | $140,000 |
| William Van Meter, Assistant General Manager, Planning | $140,000 |
| Michael Gil, Deptuy Asisstant General Manager, | $132,500 |
