West Central Michigan News

Brian Welch earned $79,109 in 2018, 1.8 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Newaygo County.

Lori Tubbergen Clark's compensation of $157,823 was the most as a public employee in Newaygo 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	Lori Tubbergen Clark	Newaygo County RESA	157,823	171,231	-7.8%
2	Kenneth Haggart	Fremont Public Schools	140,407	132,981	5.6%
3	Peggy Mathis	Newaygo Public Schools	138,133	133,840	3.2%
4	Jonathan Whan	Grant Public Schools	122,400	123,900	-1.2%
5	Scott Sherman	Fremont Public Schools	118,945	115,020	3.4%
6	Jane Dezinski	Newaygo County RESA	112,326	118,406	-5.1%
7	Jodi Dekuiper	Newaygo County RESA	109,055	112,014	-2.6%
8	Vaughn White	Hesperia Community Schools	102,900	102,900	0%
9	Jeffrey Moon	Fremont Public Schools	100,027	84,787	18%
10	Bernadine Hanson	Fremont Public Schools	97,410	97,588	-0.2%
11	Daniel Simon	Grant Public Schools	96,658	95,298	1.4%
12	Tamara Hansen-Campbell	Fremont Public Schools	95,741	77,287	23.9%
13	Brad Reyburn	Newaygo Public Schools	95,585	87,169	9.7%
14	Debra Wightman	Fremont Public Schools	95,425	94,840	0.6%
15	Carol Dawson	Grant Public Schools	94,161	92,850	1.4%
16	Lenore Bacon	Newaygo Public Schools	93,104	77,786	19.7%
17	Andrea Wood	Fremont Public Schools	92,770	88,729	4.6%
18	Lance Jones	Grant Public Schools	92,244	92,686	-0.5%
19	David Laprairie	Hesperia Community Schools	91,700	91,700	0%
20	Wendy St. Peter	Fremont Public Schools	91,435	85,803	6.6%
21	Joe Schuitema	Grant Public Schools	90,994	87,575	3.9%
22	Michelle Moon	Fremont Public Schools	89,114	79,849	11.6%
23	Scott Youmans	Newaygo Public Schools	88,976	84,967	4.7%
24	Sarah Rodriguez	Newaygo Public Schools	88,265	86,117	2.5%
25	Matthew Koekkoek	Newaygo County RESA	87,725	89,217	-1.7%
26	Clifton Somers	Fremont Public Schools	87,249	83,531	4.5%
27	Lynda Mercer	Newaygo Public Schools	87,210	79,913	9.1%
28	Melissa Hubert	Newaygo Public Schools	86,390	84,146	2.7%
29	Kirk Fansler	Newaygo Public Schools	86,357	75,116	15%
30	Carrie Miller-Terveer	Fremont Public Schools	85,725	73,421	16.8%
31	Barry Seabrook	White Cloud Public Schools	85,680	85,800	-0.1%
32	Jason Long	Newaygo Public Schools	85,640	81,359	5.3%
33	Bryan Mey	Hesperia Community Schools	85,500	85,500	0%
34	Bette Hallberg	Newaygo Public Schools	85,398	82,095	4%
35	Steven J.	Newaygo Public Schools	85,074	81,564	4.3%
36	Brody Milner	Newaygo Public Schools	84,957	93,432	-9.1%
37	Leslie Hamilton	Fremont Public Schools	84,588	87,833	-3.7%
38	Joshua Wittenberger	Newaygo Public Schools	84,515	70,122	20.5%
39	Bethanie Duchemin	Newaygo Public Schools	83,896	79,811	5.1%
40	Mark Breza	Fremont Public Schools	83,871	83,902	0%
41	Joel Phillips	Newaygo County RESA	83,640	84,781	-1.3%
42	Cheri Spoelma	Newaygo Public Schools	83,627	84,124	-0.6%
43	Steven Vissia	Fremont Public Schools	83,305	80,582	3.4%
44	Judy Bender	Newaygo Public Schools	83,223	84,409	-1.4%
45	Peter Zerfas	Fremont Public Schools	83,030	84,933	-2.2%
46	Kelly McVicker	Newaygo Public Schools	82,909	80,057	3.6%
47	Theresa Westcott	Newaygo Public Schools	82,576	69,871	18.2%
48	Jodie Ruehmeier	Newaygo County RESA	82,288	83,273	-1.2%
49	Kathleen Jenkins	Newaygo County RESA	82,173	85,550	-3.9%
50	Tracy Sanchez	Fremont Public Schools	81,942	78,572	4.3%
51	Julie Conati	Newaygo County RESA	81,896	84,823	-3.5%
52	Cynthia Densmore	Newaygo County RESA	81,579	85,690	-4.8%
53	Sandra Ransom-Smith	Newaygo County RESA	81,231	82,340	-1.3%
54	Cherie Eaton	Newaygo Public Schools	81,198	70,257	15.6%
55	Wesley Zerlaut	Fremont Public Schools	80,987	77,410	4.6%
56	Cris Bush	Newaygo Public Schools	80,894	85,251	-5.1%
57	John Krim	Fremont Public Schools	80,882	78,920	2.5%
58	Sharon Behnke	Newaygo Public Schools	80,471	72,105	11.6%
59	Jeffrey Milbourne	Newaygo Public Schools	80,374	77,407	3.8%
60	Deann McClintock	Newaygo County RESA	80,216	83,151	-3.5%
61	Adam Deshano	Newaygo Public Schools	80,181	78,515	2.1%
62	Sarah Caverley	Grant Public Schools	80,070	78,500	2%
63	Cheryl Hanna	Fremont Public Schools	79,954	75,143	6.4%
64	Kevin Akin	Grant Public Schools	79,933	79,964	0%
65	Douglas Clink	Newaygo County RESA	79,822	81,536	-2.1%
66	Loren Edwards	Fremont Public Schools	79,770	80,549	-1%
67	Stacy Kortge	Newaygo County RESA	79,621	82,464	-3.4%
68	Christine Tunney	Newaygo County RESA	79,573	82,513	-3.6%
69	Donna Grodus	Newaygo Public Schools	79,251	101,715	-22.1%
70	Devon Pettis	Newaygo County RESA	79,227	85,258	-7.1%
71	Brian Welch	Fremont Public Schools	79,109	77,704	1.8%
72	Jodi Ferris	Fremont Public Schools	79,032	79,744	-0.9%
73	Peggy Maat	Newaygo Public Schools	79,013	74,530	6%
74	Mary Pekel	Fremont Public Schools	78,893	73,523	7.3%
75	Melissa Vandenberg	Newaygo County RESA	78,718	80,218	-1.9%
76	Shawn Gormley	Newaygo Public Schools	78,671	74,802	5.2%
77	Daniel Ward	Newaygo County RESA	78,608	81,836	-3.9%
78	Nancy Van Hall	Newaygo Public Schools	78,580	74,052	6.1%
79	Bernard Brown	Newaygo County RESA	78,540	72,280	8.7%
80	Jane Cook	Fremont Public Schools	78,539	79,407	-1.1%
81	Karen Berens	Fremont Public Schools	78,463	79,471	-1.3%
82	Carrie Vandenberg	Fremont Public Schools	78,422	73,475	6.7%
83	Mark Wright	Newaygo Public Schools	78,390	86,100	-9%
84	Edward Canning	White Cloud Public Schools	78,328	76,792	2%
85	Lorie Watson	White Cloud Public Schools	78,328	76,792	2%
86	William Zuwerink	Newaygo County RESA	78,270	79,600	-1.7%
87	Michelle Fortuna	Newaygo County RESA	78,203	80,178	-2.5%
88	Kristin Keelean	Grant Public Schools	78,143	77,010	1.5%
89	Sonja Heinzman	Fremont Public Schools	78,092	77,861	0.3%
90	Robert Strome	Newaygo Public Schools	77,948	74,530	4.6%
91	Julie Hunt Barnhardt	Fremont Public Schools	77,886	85,004	-8.4%
92	Laura McBride	Newaygo County RESA	77,866	83,159	-6.4%
93	Aaron Brandon	Newaygo County RESA	77,771	81,777	-4.9%
94	Nancy Johnson	Newaygo Public Schools	77,762	73,704	5.5%
95	Rita Seabrook	Newaygo Public Schools	77,743	74,686	4.1%
96	Kelly Guzman	Newaygo County RESA	77,678	83,858	-7.4%
97	Jaime Harkness	Newaygo Public Schools	77,671	73,927	5.1%
98	Gail Vanderwater	Newaygo County RESA	77,667	80,836	-3.9%
99	Sally Wayner	Newaygo County RESA	77,422	80,628	-4%
100	Jennifer Hurrle	Newaygo Public Schools	77,389	68,584	12.8%