Board Lauds Dr. Rhine for an outstanding performance over the past year | Adds additional year to five-year contract | Dr. Rhine highest paid Yavapai County official
Dr. Lisa Rhine
The Yavapai Community College District Governing Board voted to increase the base pay of Dr. Lisa Rhine by ten percent at the Board Workshop held May 24. It also added an extra year to her five-year contract. The pay-raise of 10% and contract extension vote was identical to the raise and extension awarded in 2021.
This was a generous base-pay increase when compared to how faculty and staff increases were treated just a week earlier. Recall that at the May 17 General Board meeting the Board approved a 4% across-the-board salary increase, .45% one-time bonus, and 1.3% for market adjustments, etc. for all staff and faculty.
The Governing Board did not provide any indication of Dr. Rhine’s current base salary. Most observers believe it is nearing $300,000 annually. Dr. Rhine is the highest paid Yavapai County officer.
The Board provided only a few details to the public supporting the pay increase other than to laud her for doing an exceptional job. It was suggested that she provide a list of her accomplishments so the public would have a better understanding of the exceptional job she was doing.
Ray Sigafoos
In making the motions to extend her existing five-year contract an additional year and increase her base salary by ten percent, Representative Ray Sigafoos said that during his career he had evaluated five or six college presidents and that evaluating Dr. Rhine was “without exception, remarkable. Across the board, her performance was exceptional.” He also indicated that her future goals were “right on” in terms of where the Board saw the Community College going. “She is a gem,” he said. (See video clip.)
You may view the video clip and brief discussion and motions made in this matter by clicking here. A complete video of the Work Session will be posted sometime in the future by the College on the District Governing Board web site, most likely in September after the Board approves the minutes of this meeting. But check sooner if interested in case they are posted earlier.