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Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Source file: Texas — State Employee Salaries (Texas Tribune) / ingested Jun 18, 2026

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board operates a public higher-education institution — instruction, research, and student services.

In 2026, this agency had 379 employees with median total compensation of $89,861; the highest distinct record was $325,000.

Year: 2026
Total payroll: $38.1M
Employees: 379
Median total: $89,861
Highest record: $325,000

What the records show

Compensation analytics

These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.

Salary distribution

$15,600$221,429+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How 2026 total compensation is spread across the 379 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($89,861) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $100,526 (100%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $0 (0%)
Benefits — $0 (0%)

What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.

Pay percentiles

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$60,034

$72,084

$89,861

$117,876

$155,196

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $155,196 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $60,034. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Director

29 · $120,604

Manager II

27 · $84,672

Senior Director

23 · $146,908

Account Representative

18 · $60,379

Senior Customer Service Repres

16 · $55,890

The most common job titles in this department by headcount, with the median total compensation for each. Click a title to see everyone who holds it.

Trend

Year over year

How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 2 published years.

Year	Total payroll	Employees	Median pay
2025	$37.7M —	385 —	$85,797 —
2026	$38.1M ▲ 1.1%	379 ▼ 1.6%	$89,861 ▲ 4.7%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Leah Smalley

Senior Director/Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

2026 total comp

$143,766

Base pay: $143,766
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $143,766
Employment type: Urf - Unclassified Regular Full-Time
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1

Source-specific fields

Class Code: 1075
Hire Date: Mar 1, 2016
Monthly Pay: $11,981
State Employee Number: 972383

Leah Smalley works as a Senior Director for Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Their status is urf - unclassified regular full-time. Leah earned $143,766 in 2026.

Kylah Torre

Senior Director/Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

2025 total comp

$142,275

Base pay: $142,275
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $142,275
Employment type: Urf - Unclassified Regular Full-Time
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1

Source-specific fields

Class Code: 1075
Hire Date: Jun 11, 2018
Monthly Pay: $11,856
State Employee Number: 1127190

Kylah Torre holds the role of Senior Director at Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Their status is urf - unclassified regular full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $142,275.

Bradley Broaddus

Senior Director/Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

2026 total comp

$141,000

Base pay: $141,000
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $141,000
Employment type: Urf - Unclassified Regular Full-Time
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: J

Source-specific fields

Class Code: 1075
Hire Date: Mar 20, 2006
Monthly Pay: $11,750
State Employee Number: 207515

Bradley Broaddus is a Senior Director at Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. They work urf - unclassified regular full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $141,000.

Linda Natal

Senior Director/Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

2026 total comp

$141,000

Base pay: $141,000
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $141,000
Employment type: Urf - Unclassified Regular Full-Time
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: B

Source-specific fields

Class Code: 1075
Hire Date: Jan 1, 2010
Monthly Pay: $11,750
State Employee Number: 207432

Linda Natal works as a Senior Director for Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Their status is urf - unclassified regular full-time. Linda earned $141,000 in 2026.

Robert Palm

Senior Director/Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

2026 total comp

$141,000

Base pay: $141,000
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $141,000
Employment type: Urf - Unclassified Regular Full-Time
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Class Code: 1075
Hire Date: Jun 1, 2023
Monthly Pay: $11,750
State Employee Number: 979975

At Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Robert Palm serves as a Senior Director. They work urf - unclassified regular full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $141,000.

Molly Gully

Senior Director/Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

2025 total comp

$139,860

Base pay: $139,860
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $139,860
Employment type: Urf - Unclassified Regular Full-Time
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: J

Source-specific fields

Class Code: 1075
Hire Date: Mar 7, 2022
Monthly Pay: $11,655
State Employee Number: 449233

Molly Gully holds the role of Senior Director at Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Their status is urf - unclassified regular full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $139,860.

Noor Amal Abdulaziz

Director/Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

2026 total comp

$138,915

Base pay: $138,915
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $138,915
Employment type: Urf - Unclassified Regular Full-Time
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: S

Source-specific fields

Class Code: 1080
Hire Date: Sep 1, 2022
Monthly Pay: $11,576
State Employee Number: 1080722

Noor Amal Abdulaziz holds the role of Director at Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Their status is urf - unclassified regular full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $138,915.

Jonathan Parker

Attorney IV/Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

2026 total comp

$138,915

Base pay: $138,915
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $138,915
Employment type: Urf - Unclassified Regular Full-Time
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Class Code: 5052
Hire Date: Aug 1, 2024
Monthly Pay: $11,576
State Employee Number: 801896

Jonathan Parker holds the role of Attorney IV at Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Their status is urf - unclassified regular full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $138,915.

Lakshmy Haridas

Senior Director/Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

2026 total comp

$138,000

Base pay: $138,000
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $138,000
Employment type: Urf - Unclassified Regular Full-Time
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1

Source-specific fields

Class Code: 1075
Hire Date: Jan 1, 2018
Monthly Pay: $11,500
State Employee Number: 1109409

Lakshmy Haridas is a Senior Director at Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. They work urf - unclassified regular full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $138,000.

Paul Maeyaert

Director/Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

2026 total comp

$137,512

Base pay: $137,512
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $137,512
Employment type: Urf - Unclassified Regular Full-Time
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Class Code: 1080
Hire Date: Jul 21, 2014
Monthly Pay: $11,459
State Employee Number: 758841

Paul Maeyaert works as a Director for Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Their status is urf - unclassified regular full-time. Paul earned $137,512 in 2026.

Kristen Mosley

Director/Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

2026 total comp

$136,500

Base pay: $136,500
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $136,500
Employment type: Urf - Unclassified Regular Full-Time
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: C

Source-specific fields

Class Code: 1080
Hire Date: Nov 1, 2024
Monthly Pay: $11,375
State Employee Number: 1145948

Kristen Mosley is a Director at Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. They work urf - unclassified regular full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $136,500.

Jeffrey Parks

Senior Director/Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

2025 total comp

$136,500

Base pay: $136,500
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $136,500
Employment type: Urf - Unclassified Regular Full-Time
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: J

Source-specific fields

Class Code: 1075
Hire Date: Nov 1, 2023
Monthly Pay: $11,375
State Employee Number: 1678817

Jeffrey Parks is a Senior Director at Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. They work urf - unclassified regular full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $136,500.

Rajeswari Sennan Kandasamy

Systems Analyst VII/Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

2026 total comp

$135,977

Base pay: $135,977
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $135,977
Employment type: Urf - Unclassified Regular Full-Time
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1

Source-specific fields

Class Code: 4043
Hire Date: Mar 1, 2020
Monthly Pay: $11,331
State Employee Number: 1254228

At Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Rajeswari Sennan Kandasamy serves as a Systems Analyst VII. They work urf - unclassified regular full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $135,977.

Kishore Mattapalli

Systems Analyst VII/Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

2026 total comp

$135,977

Base pay: $135,977
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $135,977
Employment type: Urf - Unclassified Regular Full-Time
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: K

Source-specific fields

Class Code: 4043
Hire Date: May 17, 2021
Monthly Pay: $11,331
State Employee Number: 1402571

Kishore Mattapalli works as a Systems Analyst VII for Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Their status is urf - unclassified regular full-time. Kishore earned $135,977 in 2026.