West Central Michigan News

Kevin Akin earned $81,919 in 2019, 2.5 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Newaygo County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Daniel Simon's compensation of $99,061 was the most as a public employee in Newaygo County in 2019.

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

Rank	Employee	Employer	2019 amount earned	2018 amount earned	Percent Change
1	Daniel Simon	Grant Public Schools	$99,061	$96,658	2.5%
2	Brad Reyburn	Newaygo Public Schools	$98,399	$95,585	2.9%
3	Lance Jones	Grant Public Schools	$96,964	$92,244	5.1%
4	Joe Schuitema	Grant Public Schools	$96,606	$90,994	6.2%
5	Carol Dawson	Grant Public Schools	$96,501	$94,161	2.5%
6	Joel Phillips	Newaygo County RESA	$95,000	$83,640	13.6%
7	Wesley Zerlaut	Fremont Public Schools	$93,917	$80,987	16%
8	Andrea Wood	Fremont Public Schools	$93,846	$92,770	1.2%
9	David Laprairie	Hesperia Community Schools	$93,627	$91,700	2.1%
10	Julie Berwald	Newaygo Public Schools	$91,210	$75,693	20.5%
11	Matthew Koekkoek	Newaygo County RESA	$90,357	$87,725	3%
11	Andrea Scheidel-Walters	Newaygo County RESA	$90,357	$87,725	3%
13	Wendy St. Peter	Fremont Public Schools	$89,433	$91,435	-2.2%
14	Barry Seabrook	White Cloud Public Schools	$89,107	$85,680	4%
15	Peggy Maat	Newaygo Public Schools	$88,663	$79,013	12.2%
16	Jill Young	Newaygo Public Schools	$88,136	$75,296	17.1%
17	Sharon Behnke	Newaygo Public Schools	$87,769	$80,471	9.1%
18	Kelly McVicker	Newaygo Public Schools	$87,757	$82,909	5.8%
19	Steven J.	Newaygo Public Schools	$87,253	$85,074	2.6%
20	Jason Long	Newaygo Public Schools	$87,194	$85,640	1.8%
21	Brody Milner	Newaygo Public Schools	$86,897	$84,957	2.3%
22	Sarah Rodriguez	Newaygo Public Schools	$86,849	$88,265	-1.6%
23	Melissa Hubert	Newaygo Public Schools	$86,772	$86,390	0.4%
24	Shawn Gormley	Newaygo Public Schools	$86,759	$78,671	10.3%
25	Jodie Ruehmeier	Newaygo County RESA	$86,633	$82,288	5.3%
26	Leslie Hamilton	Fremont Public Schools	$86,514	$84,588	2.3%
27	Bryan Mey	Hesperia Community Schools	$86,355	$85,500	1%
28	Kirk Fansler	Newaygo Public Schools	$86,261	$86,357	-0.1%
29	Joshua Wittenberger	Newaygo Public Schools	$86,095	$84,515	1.9%
30	Michelle Moon	Fremont Public Schools	$85,596	$89,114	-3.9%
31	Steven Vissia	Fremont Public Schools	$85,225	$83,305	2.3%
32	Gretchen Spedowske	Newaygo County RESA	$85,099	$82,620	3%
33	Theresa Simons	Newaygo Public Schools	$84,924	$70,872	19.8%
34	John Krim	Fremont Public Schools	$84,846	$80,882	4.9%
35	Cynthia Densmore	Newaygo County RESA	$84,671	$81,579	3.8%
36	Mark Breza	Fremont Public Schools	$84,544	$83,871	0.8%
37	Scott Keelean	Grant Public Schools	$84,532	$74,287	13.8%
38	Tracy Sanchez	Fremont Public Schools	$84,423	$81,942	3%
39	Julie Conati	Newaygo County RESA	$83,921	$81,896	2.5%
40	Peter Zerfas	Fremont Public Schools	$83,831	$83,030	1%
41	Mark Walters	Grant Public Schools	$83,770	$74,911	11.8%
42	Joseph Zerlaut	Grant Public Schools	$83,494	$75,787	10.2%
43	Clifton Somers	Fremont Public Schools	$83,135	$87,249	-4.7%
44	Scott Youmans	Newaygo Public Schools	$82,814	$88,976	-6.9%
45	Sandra Ransom-Smith	Newaygo County RESA	$82,672	$81,231	1.8%
46	Bethanie Duchemin	Newaygo Public Schools	$82,522	$83,896	-1.6%
47	Kevin Akin	Grant Public Schools	$81,919	$79,933	2.5%
48	Douglas Clink	Newaygo County RESA	$81,836	$79,822	2.5%
49	Cris Bush	Newaygo Public Schools	$81,763	$80,894	1.1%
50	Stacy Kortge	Newaygo County RESA	$81,635	$79,621	2.5%
51	William Zuwerink	Newaygo County RESA	$81,625	$78,270	4.3%
52	Lorie Watson	White Cloud Public Schools	$81,461	$78,328	4%
52	Edward Canning	White Cloud Public Schools	$81,461	$78,328	4%
54	Robert Strome	Newaygo Public Schools	$81,458	$77,948	4.5%
55	Deann McClintock	Newaygo County RESA	$81,423	$80,216	1.5%
56	Jenne Bush	Newaygo Public Schools	$81,234	$66,970	21.3%
57	Christine Tunney	Newaygo County RESA	$81,109	$79,573	1.9%
58	Rita Seabrook	Newaygo Public Schools	$81,072	$77,743	4.3%
59	Jennifer Hurrle	Newaygo Public Schools	$81,046	$77,389	4.7%
60	Joshua Delamater	Grant Public Schools	$80,937	$65,865	22.9%
61	Bernard Brown	Newaygo County RESA	$80,896	$78,540	3%
62	Diana Zimmerman	Newaygo County RESA	$80,783	$77,298	4.5%
63	Brian Welch	Fremont Public Schools	$80,707	$79,109	2%
64	Michelle Fortuna	Newaygo County RESA	$80,329	$78,203	2.7%
65	Jodi Ferris	Fremont Public Schools	$80,268	$79,032	1.6%
66	Donna Grodus	Newaygo Public Schools	$80,242	$79,251	1.3%
67	Alexis Mercer	Newaygo Public Schools	$80,241	$52,817	51.9%
68	Candelaria Wells	Newaygo Public Schools	$80,158	$73,313	9.3%
69	Loren Edwards	Fremont Public Schools	$79,967	$79,770	0.2%
70	Steven Mull	Fremont Public Schools	$79,844	$79,306	0.7%
71	Melinda Tilli	Grant Public Schools	$79,726	$76,243	4.6%
72	Daniel Ward	Newaygo County RESA	$79,723	$78,608	1.4%
73	Aaron Brandon	Newaygo County RESA	$79,492	$77,771	2.2%
74	Kristin Keelean	Grant Public Schools	$79,407	$78,143	1.6%
75	Gail Vanderwater	Newaygo County RESA	$79,136	$77,667	1.9%
76	Christine Rosenberg	Fremont Public Schools	$79,116	$67,273	17.6%
77	Karen Berens	Fremont Public Schools	$79,075	$78,463	0.8%
78	Jaime Harkness	Newaygo Public Schools	$79,029	$77,671	1.7%
79	Rebel Smith	Fremont Public Schools	$79,014	$75,902	4.1%
80	Sally Wayner	Newaygo County RESA	$78,936	$77,422	2%
81	Tamara Hansen-Campbell	Fremont Public Schools	$78,898	$95,741	-17.6%
82	James Grugett	Newaygo Public Schools	$78,850	$72,013	9.5%
83	Melissa Vandenberg	Newaygo County RESA	$78,823	$78,718	0.1%
84	Jesse Gilding	Newaygo County RESA	$78,795	$76,500	3%
85	Sharon Doyle	Newaygo County RESA	$78,762	$77,116	2.1%
86	Bette Hallberg	Newaygo Public Schools	$78,743	$85,398	-7.8%
87	Matthew Goebel	Newaygo Public Schools	$78,702	$76,844	2.4%
88	Susan Delia	Fremont Public Schools	$78,580	$77,178	1.8%
89	Karen Mortensen	Newaygo County RESA	$78,518	$75,868	3.5%
90	Kara Youmans	Newaygo Public Schools	$78,503	$75,425	4.1%
91	Julie Hunt Barnhardt	Fremont Public Schools	$78,460	$77,886	0.7%
92	Lori Tubbergen Clark	Newaygo County RESA	$178,690	$157,823	13.2%
93	Kenneth Haggart	Fremont Public Schools	$145,072	$140,407	3.3%
94	Peggy Mathis	Newaygo Public Schools	$141,339	$138,133	2.3%
95	Jonathan Whan	Grant Public Schools	$125,460	$122,400	2.5%
96	Scott Sherman	Fremont Public Schools	$123,905	$118,945	4.2%
97	Vaughn White	Hesperia Community Schools	$112,613	$102,900	9.4%
98	Jodi Dekuiper	Newaygo County RESA	$110,691	$109,055	1.5%
99	Bernadine Hanson	Fremont Public Schools	$107,196	$97,410	10%
100	Nicole Gasper	Newaygo County RESA	$103,242	$18,226	466.4%