CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish's chief of staff will earn $170,000, about $27,000 a year more than the chief of staff under the administration of Budish's predecessor, Ed FitzGerald.

But as the new chief of staff, Sharon Sobol Jordan will make roughly half of the $303,000 in base salary that she made in 2013 as president and CEO of the nonprofit Centers for Families and Children. (She received about $364,100 in total compensation, the Cleveland human services organization reported.)

Sobol Jordan, a former law director under then-Cleveland Mayor Michael White, will make $5,000 less than Budish himself, whose $175,000 salary is set by the county charter.

Matt Carroll, the former chief of staff under FitzGerald makes about $142,800, according to county officials. Carroll has helped with Budish's transition into office despite his own future with the county remaining unclear.

While it required her to take a pay cut, Sobol Jordan said in an interview that she felt working for Budish offered her the greatest opportunity to make a difference in the community.

"This is the ground floor of a new administration at a time that there's so much hope and optimism about our future, and that's appealing to me," she said. "I believe this region can be a model for the nation. The bottom line for me is this is where positive change happens, and I believe I can make a difference here."