Rebecca Longcore earned $79,599 in 2018, 9.6 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Van Buren County.
Jeffrey Mills’s compensation of $162,200 was the most as a public employee in Van Buren 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.
Highest paid public employees in 2018 in Van Buren County
| Rank | Employee | Employer | 2018 amount earned | 2017 amount earned | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeffrey Mills | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 162,200 | 159,550 | 1.7% |
| 2 | Bobbi Morehead | Covert Public Schools | 134,288 | 128,250 | 4.7% |
| 3 | Barbara Matthews | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 130,535 | 127,778 | 2.2% |
| 4 | Robin Buchler | Mattawan Consolidated School | 130,000 | 127,500 | 2% |
| 5 | David Manson | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 129,904 | 127,905 | 1.6% |
| 6 | Jeffery Rehlander | Gobles Public Schools | 122,277 | 123,991 | -1.4% |
| 7 | Christopher Rice | Lawton Community Schools | 120,226 | 116,725 | 3% |
| 8 | Robert Herrera | South Haven Public Schools | 119,000 | 121,000 | -1.7% |
| 9 | Lynn Johnson | Bangor Public Schools | 118,513 | 76,596 | 54.7% |
| 10 | Andrew Hubbard | Hartford Public Schools | 118,166 | 122,451 | -3.5% |
| 11 | Deborah Paquette | Bloomingdale Public Schools | 117,567 | 120,496 | -2.4% |
| 12 | Robert SmithJr. | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 113,400 | 89,460 | 26.8% |
| 13 | Eugene Vogds | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 111,146 | 111,300 | -0.1% |
| 14 | Jack Schuman | Mattawan Consolidated School | 106,336 | 104,507 | 1.8% |
| 15 | Patrick Creagan | Decatur Public Schools | 104,151 | 110,008 | -5.3% |
| 16 | Michael Dandron | Bangor Public Schools | 102,851 | 77,568 | 32.6% |
| 17 | Richard Reo | Bloomingdale Public Schools | 102,033 | 100,071 | 2% |
| 18 | Michael Dahlinger | Paw Paw Public Schools | 101,777 | 100,769 | 1% |
| 19 | Thomas Richardson | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 101,006 | 99,759 | 1.3% |
| 20 | Tonda Boothby | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 100,972 | 103,950 | -2.9% |
| 21 | Pedro Martinez | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 100,785 | 99,566 | 1.2% |
| 22 | Matthew McLouth | Decatur Public Schools | 99,523 | 89,002 | 11.8% |
| 23 | David Janicki | Hartford Public Schools | 99,444 | 92,716 | 7.3% |
| 24 | Jerry McDaniel | Paw Paw Public Schools | 98,057 | 97,086 | 1% |
| 25 | Brenda Graham | Mattawan Consolidated School | 97,836 | 94,278 | 3.8% |
| 26 | Marc Kline | Gobles Public Schools | 97,039 | 86,353 | 12.4% |
| 27 | Mary Spade | Bangor Public Schools | 96,286 | 86,408 | 11.4% |
| 28 | Timothy Eastman | Mattawan Consolidated School | 96,188 | 94,534 | 1.7% |
| 29 | Melissa Nelson | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 96,147 | 86,819 | 10.7% |
| 30 | Jerome Sardina | South Haven Public Schools | 95,698 | 94,609 | 1.2% |
| 31 | Tammy Wilson | Lawton Community Schools | 95,351 | 93,449 | 2% |
| 32 | Terry Breen | Gobles Public Schools | 94,103 | 93,081 | 1.1% |
| 33 | Wendy Minor | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 94,077 | 92,934 | 1.2% |
| 34 | Damian Koob | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 94,000 | 86,778 | 8.3% |
| 35 | Carrie Wendell | Mattawan Consolidated School | 93,940 | 92,324 | 1.8% |
| 36 | Russell Young | Mattawan Consolidated School | 92,713 | 91,462 | 1.4% |
| 37 | Timothy McDaniel | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 92,413 | 92,070 | 0.4% |
| 38 | Cynthia Philip | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 92,324 | 70,155 | 31.6% |
| 39 | Christopher Miller | Gobles Public Schools | 92,042 | 89,425 | 2.9% |
| 40 | Edward Dickenson | Hartford Public Schools | 91,595 | 91,872 | -0.3% |
| 41 | Gretchen Gendron | Lawrence Public Schools | 90,291 | 99,787 | -9.5% |
| 42 | Cathleen Brewster | Mattawan Consolidated School | 89,699 | 88,156 | 1.8% |
| 43 | Nate Engels | Mattawan Consolidated School | 89,699 | 97,995 | -8.5% |
| 44 | Karen Farthing | Mattawan Consolidated School | 89,699 | 88,156 | 1.8% |
| 45 | Gregory Mickelson | Mattawan Consolidated School | 89,699 | 88,156 | 1.8% |
| 46 | Rebecca Moore | Mattawan Consolidated School | 89,518 | 87,978 | 1.8% |
| 47 | Jeremy Davison | Paw Paw Public Schools | 89,266 | 88,382 | 1% |
| 48 | Bradley Geesaman | Hartford Public Schools | 89,069 | 92,328 | -3.5% |
| 49 | Katherin Holverstott-Cockr | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 89,064 | 87,950 | 1.3% |
| 50 | Celinda Gilmore | Covert Public Schools | 88,434 | 92,401 | -4.3% |
| 51 | Susan Lacy | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 87,931 | 83,283 | 5.6% |
| 52 | Tracy Johnson | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 87,879 | 86,794 | 1.3% |
| 53 | Gary Brown | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 87,859 | 86,279 | 1.8% |
| 54 | Latonya Gill | South Haven Public Schools | 87,357 | 91,422 | -4.4% |
| 55 | Daniel Thorbjornsen | Bangor Public Schools | 86,308 | 86,410 | -0.1% |
| 56 | Deborah Hindman | Mattawan Consolidated School | 85,893 | 88,541 | -3% |
| 57 | Stephanie Brown | Lawton Community Schools | 85,767 | 84,007 | 2.1% |
| 58 | Timothy Cerven | Lawton Community Schools | 85,767 | 84,007 | 2.1% |
| 59 | Ward Helakoski | Mattawan Consolidated School | 85,183 | 89,839 | -5.2% |
| 60 | Rebecca Reed | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 84,898 | 92,590 | -8.3% |
| 61 | Nicholas Blackmer | Hartford Public Schools | 84,667 | 79,619 | 6.3% |
| 62 | Lise Black | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 84,336 | 83,328 | 1.2% |
| 63 | Randy Ward | Bangor Public Schools | 84,299 | 65,975 | 27.8% |
| 64 | David Hook | Mattawan Consolidated School | 84,297 | 87,821 | -4% |
| 65 | Sharon Stacy | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 83,986 | 81,949 | 2.5% |
| 66 | Margarita Szyperski | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 83,925 | 72,319 | 16% |
| 67 | Douglas Paran | Hartford Public Schools | 83,399 | 82,386 | 1.2% |
| 68 | Tammy Southworth | Paw Paw Public Schools | 83,070 | 79,342 | 4.7% |
| 69 | Nancy Frost | South Haven Public Schools | 83,068 | 82,620 | 0.5% |
| 70 | Jennifer Bloomfield | Bloomingdale Public Schools | 82,946 | 81,156 | 2.2% |
| 71 | Karen Bitzer | Bangor Public Schools | 82,545 | 75,799 | 8.9% |
| 72 | Susan Yerrick | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 82,401 | 73,523 | 12.1% |
| 73 | Harold Conklin | Mattawan Consolidated School | 81,303 | 82,912 | -1.9% |
| 74 | Lynn Serbenski | Paw Paw Public Schools | 81,280 | 72,875 | 11.5% |
| 75 | Catherine Morton | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 81,270 | 85,007 | -4.4% |
| 76 | Kim Samelstad | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 81,270 | 80,299 | 1.2% |
| 77 | Brian Devries | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 80,882 | 80,255 | 0.8% |
| 78 | Joanne Graham | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 80,873 | 79,746 | 1.4% |
| 79 | Erik Nord | Paw Paw Public Schools | 80,870 | 75,178 | 7.6% |
| 80 | Karin Fender | Mattawan Consolidated School | 80,741 | 85,034 | -5% |
| 81 | Karen Laing | Mattawan Consolidated School | 80,606 | 80,069 | 0.7% |
| 82 | Kristin Kay | Mattawan Consolidated School | 80,366 | 79,970 | 0.5% |
| 83 | Scott Banghart | Mattawan Consolidated School | 80,280 | 80,778 | -0.6% |
| 84 | Rebecca Longcore | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 79,599 | 72,657 | 9.6% |
| 85 | Nancy Garman | Mattawan Consolidated School | 79,354 | 82,016 | -3.2% |
| 86 | Chad Yager | Mattawan Consolidated School | 79,244 | 64,078 | 23.7% |
| 87 | Kathryn Wagar | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 79,187 | 72,204 | 9.7% |
| 88 | Yolanda Brunt | Covert Public Schools | 79,132 | 79,702 | -0.7% |
| 89 | Claire Kliss | Covert Public Schools | 79,132 | 79,702 | -0.7% |
| 90 | John Stoll | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 79,125 | 77,750 | 1.8% |
| 91 | Mary Doroh | Hartford Public Schools | 78,862 | 67,666 | 16.5% |
| 92 | Stephen J. | Hartford Public Schools | 78,774 | 77,921 | 1.1% |
| 93 | Danielle Hendry | South Haven Public Schools | 78,526 | 67,507 | 16.3% |
| 94 | William Semrau | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 78,400 | 77,432 | 1.3% |
| 95 | Catherine Jarvie | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 78,111 | 75,962 | 2.8% |
| 96 | Karla Vandenberg | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 78,049 | 73,547 | 6.1% |
| 97 | Jamie Harvey | Mattawan Consolidated School | 77,763 | 79,016 | -1.6% |
| 98 | Steven Bradstreet | Mattawan Consolidated School | 77,649 | 80,492 | -3.5% |
| 99 | Benjamin Botti | Decatur Public Schools | 77,638 | 84,545 | -8.2% |
| 100 | Amy Widenhofer | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | 77,615 | 73,747 | 5.2% |
