New Coastal Carolina president has pay set at $320K, may get housing allowance
Coastal Carolina University’s new president will earn $320,000 a year, an amount approved Thursday by a group of lawmakers.
James J. Winebrake, who started in the role in July had his annual salary approved Thursday by the Agency Head Salary Commission, an 11-member board that includes the House Speaker, Senate president and both budget chairmen, four other lawmakers and three governor appointees.
The group also gave its a blessing for Winebrake to receive a $50,000 a year housing allowance as part of his deal. That housing allowance however needs to be approved by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, a five-member board which includes both budget chairmen, the governor, state treasurer and comptroller-general.
The school presidents of S.C. State University and Lander University also receive housing allowances.
In other agency leader salary action, Central Carolina Technical College’s new president, Jennifer Wilbanks, will be paid $240,000. She is slated to start her job in October.
Denmark Technical College’s new president, Eric Brown, will earn $180,000. He was named the school’s president on Sept. 15.
The Human Affairs Commission also plans to hire Alisa Warren to be its agency commissioner for $162,414. The agency has had an interim commissioner for several years. Warren is currently the executive director of the Missouri Commission on Human Rights.
The agency head salary commission also approved a raise for State Forester Scott Phillips to $180,160 from $168,000, and a raise for State Museum Executive Director Amy Bartow-Melia to $178,519 from $164,534.
