In the Merrimack Valley: Some Local Housing Authority Stats
Today’s Eagle Tribune gives us a look at some Merrimack Valley Housing Authority executive director salaries, number of units supervised along with some history, commentary and comparisons. It’s an article worth a read here at eagletribune.com.
To get you started here’s a list* from the Brian Messenger article:
Executive Director Pay
Lawrence Don O’Neill $146,700
*Methuen Ken Martin $129,734
Haverhill Dennis Soraghan $80,019
North Andover Joanne Comerford $74,013
Andover Christine Metzemaekers $69,330
*Martin also earns about $53,000 directing Ayer Housing Authority
(Source: Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development)
Lawrence Housing Authority
Budget: $20 million
Housing units: 2,500
Board members: David DiFilippo (chairman), Zorayda Geronimo, Patrick Driscoll, Richard Fielding, Teresa Mejia
Methuen Housing Authority
Budget: $7.1 million
Housing units: 1,050
Board members: Kathleen Mulligan, Robert Sheehan, Scott Tisbert, Joan Mannke, Arthur Broadhurst
Haverhill Housing Authority
Budget: $7.2 million
Housing units: 950
Board members: Harry Kalashian (chairman), Dorothy Early, Frank Novak, Doris McGirr, Joseph Sullivan
Andover Housing Authority
Budget: $2.2 million
Housing units: 412
Board members: James Cuticchia (chairman), Calvin Deyermond, Frank O’Connor, Daniel Grams, Janice Burkholder
Information from North Andover Housing Authority not available.
(Source: Local housing authority executive directors)
*Note:
There are about 250 local housing authorities state-wide. See full list here on the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) website. For those who want to do their own research check out the “Executive Director Salary and Qualifications Schedule” issued in 2007 – to get started. It was referred to again in the 2011 budget guidelines.