It was a merry October for 35 top D.C. employees.
Checks totaling $341,770 — their fiscal year 2006 performance bonuses — were cut on Oct. 24, less than a month after the fiscal year closed. Mayor Anthony Williams and Interim City Administrator Ed Reiskin both said, however, that the bonuses were justified and the performance reviews objective and rigorous.
“It roughly does parallel the performance, I think, of the different individuals,” Williams said recently. “I think it’s money well spent by the city, and I would advise the next mayor to give performance bonuses, too.”
Below is a list of all performance bonuses received Oct. 24, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. Most of the same people received their fiscal year 2005 bonuses, a lesser amount in all cases, in late July.
Alfreda Davis, chief of staff: $13,033
Guohua Chen, executive director, Office of Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs: $6,506
Robert Bobb, city administrator: $15,600
Edward Reiskin, deputy mayor for public safety and justice: $10,861
Herbert Tillery, deputy mayor for operations: $10,861
Brenda Donald Walker, deputy mayor for children, youth, families and elders: $10,861
Carol Mitten, director, Office of Property Management: $11,401
Patricia Sue Elwood, interim director, Office of Secretary: $7,717
Ellen McCarthy, director, Office of Planning: $8,063
Stanley Jackson, deputy mayor for planning and economic development: $12,412
Lisa Marin, director, Office of Personnel: $11,053
Barbara Child-Pair, director, Emergency Management Agency: $10,174
Anthony Gittens, director, Commission on Arts and Humanities: $8,611
E. Veronica Pace, director, Office on Aging: $10,175
Gustavo Velasquez, director, Office on Latino Affairs: $7,535
Robert Spagnoletti, attorney general, $11,812
Gregory Irish, director, Department of Employment Services: $11,055
Patrick Canavan, director, Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs: $8,551
James Brown, executive director, Office of Cable Television and Telecommunications: $10,650
Devon Brown, director, Department of Corrections: $9,930
Elizabeth Berry, acting director, Department of the Environment: $5,000
Marie-Lydie Pierre-Louis, chief medical examiner: $9,135
Gregg Pane, director, Department of Health: $13,992
Kenneth Saunders, director, Office of Human Rights: $7,620
Vincent Schiraldi, director, Department of Youth, Rehabilitation Services: $12,011
Kimberley Flowers, director, Department of Parks and Recreation: $5,360
Michelle Pourciau, director, Department of Transportation: $7,680
William Howland, director, Department of Public Works: $9,976
Anne Witt, director, Department of Motor Vehicles: $11,401
Thomas Hampton, commissioner, Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking: $7,972
Stephen Brown, director, Department of Mental Health: $6,200
Ronnie Edwards, acting director, Office of Local Business Development: $4,800
Suzanne Peck, chief information officer: $9,019
E. Michael Latessa, director, Office of Unified Communications: $7,943
Charles Willoughby, inspector general: $11,440
