West Central Michigan News

Debra Wightman made $95,425 in 2018 working as a public employee in Newaygo County, placing the worker in the 97th percentile of pay for Michigan public employees.

Debra Wightman works for Fremont Public Schools. The highest paid public employee in Newaygo County is Lori Tubbergen Clark who works for Newaygo County RESA.

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

Top 100 highest paid public employees of Newaygo County in 2018

Rank	Employee Name	Employer	Amount Earned
1	Lori Tubbergen Clark	Newaygo County RESA	$157,824
2	Kenneth Haggart	Fremont Public Schools	$140,407
3	Peggy Mathis	Newaygo Public Schools	$138,133
4	Jonathan Whan	Grant Public Schools	$122,400
5	Scott Sherman	Fremont Public Schools	$118,945
6	Jane Dezinski	Newaygo County RESA	$112,327
7	Jodi Dekuiper	Newaygo County RESA	$109,055
8	Vaughn White	Hesperia Community Schools	$102,900
9	Lynette Hodges	Newaygo County RESA	$100,082
10	Jeffrey Moon	Fremont Public Schools	$100,028
11	Bernadine Hanson	Fremont Public Schools	$97,410
12	Daniel Simon	Grant Public Schools	$96,658
13	Tamara Hansen-Campbell	Fremont Public Schools	$95,742
14	Brad Reyburn	Newaygo Public Schools	$95,586
15	Debra Wightman	Fremont Public Schools	$95,425
16	Carol Dawson	Grant Public Schools	$94,161
17	Lenore Bacon	Newaygo Public Schools	$93,105
18	Andrea Wood	Fremont Public Schools	$92,770
19	Lance Jones	Grant Public Schools	$92,245
20	David Laprairie	Hesperia Community Schools	$91,700
21	Wendy St. Peter	Fremont Public Schools	$91,436
22	Joe Schuitema	Grant Public Schools	$90,995
23	Michelle Moon	Fremont Public Schools	$89,114
24	Scott Youmans	Newaygo Public Schools	$88,976
25	Sarah Rodriguez	Newaygo Public Schools	$88,265
26	Andrea Scheidel-Walters	Newaygo County RESA	$87,725
26	Matthew Koekkoek	Newaygo County RESA	$87,725
28	Clifton Somers	Fremont Public Schools	$87,250
29	Lynda Mercer	Newaygo Public Schools	$87,211
30	Melissa Hubert	Newaygo Public Schools	$86,390
31	Kirk Fansler	Newaygo Public Schools	$86,357
32	Carrie Miller-Terveer	Fremont Public Schools	$85,725
33	Barry Seabrook	White Cloud Public Schools	$85,680
34	Jason Long	Newaygo Public Schools	$85,640
35	Bryan Mey	Hesperia Community Schools	$85,500
36	Bette Hallberg	Newaygo Public Schools	$85,399
37	Steven J. Bush	Newaygo Public Schools	$85,075
38	Brody Milner	Newaygo Public Schools	$84,957
39	Leslie Hamilton	Fremont Public Schools	$84,588
40	Joshua Wittenberger	Newaygo Public Schools	$84,516
41	Bethanie Duchemin	Newaygo Public Schools	$83,896
42	Mark Breza	Fremont Public Schools	$83,872
43	Joel Phillips	Newaygo County RESA	$83,640
44	Cheri Spoelma	Newaygo Public Schools	$83,628
45	Steven Vissia	Fremont Public Schools	$83,305
46	Judy Bender	Newaygo Public Schools	$83,223
47	Peter Zerfas	Fremont Public Schools	$83,030
48	Kelly McVicker	Newaygo Public Schools	$82,909
49	Gretchen Spedowske	Newaygo County RESA	$82,620
50	Theresa Westcott	Newaygo Public Schools	$82,577
51	Jodie Ruehmeier	Newaygo County RESA	$82,289
52	Kathleen Jenkins	Newaygo County RESA	$82,174
53	Tracy Sanchez	Fremont Public Schools	$81,942
54	Julie Conati	Newaygo County RESA	$81,897
55	Cynthia Densmore	Newaygo County RESA	$81,580
56	Sandra Ransom-Smith	Newaygo County RESA	$81,232
57	Cherie Eaton	Newaygo Public Schools	$81,198
58	Wesley Zerlaut	Fremont Public Schools	$80,987
59	Cris Bush	Newaygo Public Schools	$80,895
60	John Krim	Fremont Public Schools	$80,883
61	Sharon Behnke	Newaygo Public Schools	$80,471
62	Jeffrey Milbourne	Newaygo Public Schools	$80,375
63	Deann McClintock	Newaygo County RESA	$80,217
64	Adam Deshano	Newaygo Public Schools	$80,181
65	Sarah Caverley	Grant Public Schools	$80,070
66	Cheryl Hanna	Fremont Public Schools	$79,955
67	Kevin Akin	Grant Public Schools	$79,934
68	Douglas Clink	Newaygo County RESA	$79,822
69	Loren Edwards	Fremont Public Schools	$79,771
70	Stacy Kortge	Newaygo County RESA	$79,621
71	Christine Tunney	Newaygo County RESA	$79,574
72	Steven Mull	Fremont Public Schools	$79,307
73	Donna Grodus	Newaygo Public Schools	$79,252
74	Devon Pettis	Newaygo County RESA	$79,227
75	Brian Welch	Fremont Public Schools	$79,109
76	Jodi Ferris	Fremont Public Schools	$79,033
77	Peggy Maat	Newaygo Public Schools	$79,013
78	Mary Pekel	Fremont Public Schools	$78,893
79	Michael Lynch	Fremont Public Schools	$78,812
80	Melissa Vandenberg	Newaygo County RESA	$78,719
81	Shawn Gormley	Newaygo Public Schools	$78,672
82	Daniel Ward	Newaygo County RESA	$78,608
83	Nancy Van Hall	Newaygo Public Schools	$78,581
84	Bernard Brown	Newaygo County RESA	$78,540
85	Jane Cook	Fremont Public Schools	$78,540
86	Karen Berens	Fremont Public Schools	$78,464
87	Carrie Vandenberg	Fremont Public Schools	$78,422
88	Mark Wright	Newaygo Public Schools	$78,390
89	Lorie Watson	White Cloud Public Schools	$78,329
89	Edward Canning	White Cloud Public Schools	$78,329
91	William Zuwerink	Newaygo County RESA	$78,270
92	Michelle Fortuna	Newaygo County RESA	$78,204
93	Kristin Keelean	Grant Public Schools	$78,144
94	Sonja Heinzman	Fremont Public Schools	$78,093
95	Robert Strome	Newaygo Public Schools	$77,948
96	Julie Hunt Barnhardt	Fremont Public Schools	$77,887
97	Laura McBride	Newaygo County RESA	$77,866
98	Aaron Brandon	Newaygo County RESA	$77,771
99	Nancy Johnson	Newaygo Public Schools	$77,763
100	Rita Seabrook	Newaygo Public Schools	$77,744