West Central Michigan News

Sylvia Villarreal earned $28,736 in 2018, 6.6 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Oceana County.

Mark Platt's compensation of $112,000 was the most as a public employee in Oceana County in 2018.

The data was gathered by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonprofit research and educational institute.

Rank	Employee	Employer	2018 amount earned	2017 amount earned	Percent Change
1	Mark Platt	Hart Public Schools	112,000	107,000	4.7%
2	Scott Karaptian	Pentwater Public Schools	104,030	104,030	0%
3	Matthew McDonald	Hart Public Schools	91,299	93,539	-2.4%
4	Frances Schamber	Shelby Public Schools	91,124	90,222	1%
5	Laura Nichols-Jacobs	Shelby Public Schools	89,338	65,652	36.1%
6	Amy Taranko	Hart Public Schools	87,996	87,836	0.2%
7	Phillip Persenaire	Shelby Public Schools	86,355	84,510	2.2%
8	Peter Peterson	Shelby Public Schools	85,553	82,814	3.3%
9	Kevin Ackley	Hart Public Schools	85,247	86,954	-2%
10	John Taranko	Hart Public Schools	85,237	87,065	-2.1%
11	Dannielle McGuire	Shelby Public Schools	84,741	83,902	1%
12	Mark Olmstead	Shelby Public Schools	84,739	83,900	1%
13	Beth Pranger	Shelby Public Schools	83,127	82,304	1%
14	Elizabeth Johnson	Shelby Public Schools	78,139	66,911	16.8%
15	Michelle Mattson	Hart Public Schools	76,816	82,858	-7.3%
16	Thomas Weirich	Shelby Public Schools	75,732	75,495	0.3%
17	Calvin Ackley	Hart Public Schools	75,110	71,102	5.6%
18	Rebecca Gauthier	Shelby Public Schools	74,849	72,451	3.3%
19	Sally Glerum	Shelby Public Schools	74,309	73,900	0.6%
20	Erika Fatura	Pentwater Public Schools	73,224	74,668	-1.9%
21	Lisa Wagner	Pentwater Public Schools	73,132	71,004	3%
22	Joyce Thompson	Shelby Public Schools	72,921	70,416	3.6%
23	Lori Hurlbut	Hart Public Schools	72,520	72,730	-0.3%
24	Mark Branning	Shelby Public Schools	72,444	71,834	0.8%
25	Lara Kludy	Shelby Public Schools	71,844	71,209	0.9%
26	Brett Ramseyer	Hart Public Schools	71,322	76,033	-6.2%
27	Richard Magrath	Pentwater Public Schools	71,062	70,990	0.1%
28	Kris Slotegraaf	Hart Public Schools	71,047	68,606	3.6%
29	Kristine Stariha	Shelby Public Schools	70,805	63,371	11.7%
30	Wade Sikkema	Shelby Public Schools	70,515	69,772	1.1%
31	Gayla May	Hart Public Schools	70,473	77,828	-9.5%
32	Mary Patterson	Shelby Public Schools	69,972	69,233	1.1%
33	Deborah Anderson	Shelby Public Schools	69,812	68,069	2.6%
34	Brian Wright	Shelby Public Schools	69,801	69,068	1.1%
35	Brett Mikkelson	Shelby Public Schools	69,790	69,203	0.8%
36	Andrea Glamzi	Shelby Public Schools	69,746	67,262	3.7%
37	Philip Fortier	Shelby Public Schools	69,477	68,248	1.8%
38	Dan Roberts	Shelby Public Schools	69,171	71,805	-3.7%
39	Eric Jensen	Hart Public Schools	69,141	69,803	-0.9%
40	Amy Weesies	Hart Public Schools	69,075	69,954	-1.3%
41	Kara Vanderweele	Shelby Public Schools	69,019	59,324	16.3%
42	Becky Vanderlaan	Hart Public Schools	68,922	69,055	-0.2%
43	Deborah Wall	Shelby Public Schools	68,912	68,336	0.8%
44	David Dumonte	Hart Public Schools	68,812	68,981	-0.2%
45	Mark Fralic	Hart Public Schools	68,773	65,299	5.3%
46	Rebecca Nicholson	Hart Public Schools	68,384	68,915	-0.8%
47	Beatta Needham	Hart Public Schools	68,358	79,226	-13.7%
48	Yvonne Vanderwall	Hart Public Schools	68,025	68,462	-0.6%
49	Anne Dezwaan	Shelby Public Schools	67,966	67,036	1.4%
50	Carrie Jeruzal	Pentwater Public Schools	67,850	66,456	2.1%
51	Jamison Kistler	Hart Public Schools	67,748	73,578	-7.9%
52	Katherine Lound	Shelby Public Schools	67,565	66,623	1.4%
53	Jeanne Furman	Shelby Public Schools	67,187	66,924	0.4%
54	Alma Van Agtmael	Hart Public Schools	67,170	69,288	-3.1%
55	Susan Hall	Hart Public Schools	67,021	67,851	-1.2%
56	Jason Gale	Hart Public Schools	66,949	65,872	1.6%
57	Susan Fleser	Shelby Public Schools	66,856	65,907	1.4%
58	Andrea Gallie	Pentwater Public Schools	66,621	66,412	0.3%
59	Donis Albus	Hart Public Schools	66,603	67,299	-1%
60	Tracey Laaksonen	Hart Public Schools	66,603	68,463	-2.7%
61	Beth Smith	Hart Public Schools	66,431	67,436	-1.5%
62	Jesse Chickering	Hart Public Schools	66,383	67,097	-1.1%
63	Jennifer Copenhaver	Hart Public Schools	66,383	67,767	-2%
64	Donna Miller	Pentwater Public Schools	66,290	67,260	-1.4%
65	Jill Soper	Pentwater Public Schools	66,144	64,692	2.2%
66	Tracy Seeger	Shelby Public Schools	65,792	51,958	26.6%
67	Brian Erickson	Shelby Public Schools	65,780	66,987	-1.8%
68	Melissa Woodbury	Hart Public Schools	65,703	66,244	-0.8%
69	Heidi Fleming	Pentwater Public Schools	65,411	65,763	-0.5%
70	Daniel Bauer	Shelby Public Schools	65,378	110,000	-40.6%
71	Scott Baker	Shelby Public Schools	65,285	68,637	-4.9%
72	Cheryl Blohm	Hart Public Schools	65,112	65,794	-1%
73	Tami Kokx	Hart Public Schools	65,112	66,694	-2.4%
74	Sara Nordlund	Hart Public Schools	65,112	67,594	-3.7%
75	Karyn Kokx	Hart Public Schools	65,066	63,497	2.5%
76	Stacey Scouten	Shelby Public Schools	65,042	64,922	0.2%
77	Michael Phillips	Pentwater Public Schools	64,858	63,329	2.4%
78	Michelle Fortier	Shelby Public Schools	64,605	58,206	11%
79	Donald Saari	Hart Public Schools	64,239	61,934	3.7%
80	Nadene Thurow	Shelby Public Schools	64,028	63,028	1.6%
81	Patricia Cederquist	Shelby Public Schools	64,011	63,734	0.4%
82	Carla Blackmer	Shelby Public Schools	63,881	63,106	1.2%
83	December Saucedo-Gonzalez	Hart Public Schools	63,874	64,356	-0.7%
84	James Stapel	Shelby Public Schools	63,793	53,591	19%
85	Wendy McCall	Hart Public Schools	63,687	64,356	-1%
86	Tracy Williamson	Hart Public Schools	63,679	63,482	0.3%
87	Sherice Mead	Hart Public Schools	63,669	63,743	-0.1%
88	Kathy Espinoza	Pentwater Public Schools	63,400	63,782	-0.6%
89	Michelle Hansen	Hart Public Schools	63,363	63,883	-0.8%
90	Kathy Dickinson	Hart Public Schools	63,111	62,223	1.4%
91	Laura Sly	Shelby Public Schools	62,905	61,605	2.1%
92	Lucy Macher	Pentwater Public Schools	62,840	62,849	0%
93	Beth Gowell	Shelby Public Schools	62,248	60,866	2.3%
94	Lori Schmiedeknecht	Shelby Public Schools	61,985	61,163	1.3%
95	Cindy Zost	Hart Public Schools	61,820	60,787	1.7%
96	Gary Stark	Shelby Public Schools	61,507	61,029	0.8%
97	Kristen Bisard	Shelby Public Schools	61,385	60,499	1.5%
98	Andrew Patterson	Shelby Public Schools	61,295	58,821	4.2%
99	Karen McLouth	Shelby Public Schools	61,182	60,244	1.6%
100	Michelle Przekop	Shelby Public Schools	60,643	61,058	-0.7%