Christine Bigelow earns 194.5% more in 2018 working as a public employee in Cass County

By Metric Media News Service

Apr 30, 2020

Christine Bigelow earned $3,942 in 2018, 194.5 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Cass County.

Sherman Ostrander's compensation of $257,531 was the most as a public employee in Cass 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 Cass County

Rank	Employee	Employer	2018 amount earned	2017 amount earned	Percent Change
1	Sherman Ostrander	Edwardsburg Public Schools	257,531	256,327	0.5%
2	Brenton Holcomb	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	169,950	165,000	3%
3	Paul Hartsig	Dowagiac-Union School District	131,654	130,592	0.8%
4	Dawn Conner	Dowagiac-Union School District	122,547	121,349	1%
5	Angela Piazza	Cassopolis Public Schools	113,723	10,338	1000%
6	Tina Wimberley	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	104,166	96,945	7.4%
7	Daniel Nommay	Edwardsburg Public Schools	98,682	97,176	1.5%
8	Kelly Millin	Dowagiac-Union School District	98,451	98,164	0.3%
9	Ryan Markel	Edwardsburg Public Schools	96,138	93,780	2.5%
10	Anne Flautt	Edwardsburg Public Schools	95,600	94,560	1.1%
11	Deborah Becraft	Edwardsburg Public Schools	95,275	96,370	-1.1%
12	Jeffrey Dennis	Southwestern Michigan College	95,215	87,194	9.2%
13	Stacy Ritchie	Dowagiac-Union School District	93,677	92,828	0.9%
14	Nanette Pauley	Marcellus Community Schools	91,712	89,620	2.3%
15	Jeffrey Kozinski	Edwardsburg Public Schools	90,116	85,969	4.8%
16	Carrie McGuire	Edwardsburg Public Schools	86,673	85,251	1.7%
17	Lloyd Hamilton	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	86,228	89,544	-3.7%
18	Sara Park	Dowagiac-Union School District	86,124	83,449	3.2%
19	Kevin Bartz	Edwardsburg Public Schools	86,002	84,351	2%
20	Kara Cox	Dowagiac-Union School District	85,634	85,917	-0.3%
21	David Vanlue	Cassopolis Public Schools	84,560	90,208	-6.3%
22	Brian Clements	Edwardsburg Public Schools	84,062	82,795	1.5%
23	Joshua Townsley	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	83,954	74,264	13%
24	Larry HanksJr.	Edwardsburg Public Schools	82,890	82,000	1.1%
25	James Zarycki	Edwardsburg Public Schools	82,515	79,425	3.9%
26	Michael Campbell	Dowagiac-Union School District	82,173	83,434	-1.5%
27	Heather Nash	Dowagiac-Union School District	82,173	82,294	-0.1%
28	Joanne Strebeck	Southwestern Michigan College	82,136	77,080	6.6%
29	Katrina Daiga	Dowagiac-Union School District	82,105	83,687	-1.9%
30	Cathy Stone	Dowagiac-Union School District	81,423	81,144	0.3%
31	Randall Gross	Dowagiac-Union School District	80,673	82,311	-2%
32	Jon Pryor	Edwardsburg Public Schools	80,585	78,091	3.2%
33	Michael Churchill	Dowagiac-Union School District	80,355	83,150	-3.4%
34	Cari Soderbloom	Dowagiac-Union School District	80,313	79,269	1.3%
35	Albert Gaideski	Edwardsburg Public Schools	80,260	77,829	3.1%
36	Christine Hunt	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	79,943	75,725	5.6%
37	Mikki Spagnoli	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	79,659	75,065	6.1%
38	Bryan Henry	Dowagiac-Union School District	79,355	79,134	0.3%
39	Lynn Anderson	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	79,337	73,225	8.3%
40	Kimberly Bartz	Edwardsburg Public Schools	79,231	78,348	1.1%
41	Melinda Bohan	Marcellus Community Schools	78,961	76,747	2.9%
42	Lisa Hoppenrath	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	78,888	68,582	15%
43	Daniel Vandenheede	Dowagiac-Union School District	78,504	79,642	-1.4%
44	Michael Behnke	Dowagiac-Union School District	78,382	80,082	-2.1%
45	Kimberly Linton	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	77,733	71,622	8.5%
46	Donald PriceII	Marcellus Community Schools	77,656	75,912	2.3%
47	Patrick Lyle	Dowagiac-Union School District	77,469	76,526	1.2%
48	Rebecca Turner	Dowagiac-Union School District	77,088	78,919	-2.3%
49	Carrie Rabbitt	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	77,037	72,471	6.3%
50	Steven Hurt	Edwardsburg Public Schools	75,926	73,989	2.6%
51	Katrina Hargreaves-Lee	Dowagiac-Union School District	75,862	77,418	-2%
52	Keith Klann	Dowagiac-Union School District	75,448	77,331	-2.4%
53	Debra Green	Southwestern Michigan College	75,360	71,921	4.8%
54	Jacqueline Carter	Edwardsburg Public Schools	75,123	69,689	7.8%
55	Sharon Eaton	Edwardsburg Public Schools	74,824	67,099	11.5%
56	Judy Frank	Edwardsburg Public Schools	74,794	73,151	2.2%
57	Michael Stanger	Dowagiac-Union School District	74,406	76,155	-2.3%
58	Brent Nate	Dowagiac-Union School District	74,364	74,499	-0.2%
59	Andrew Jordan	Edwardsburg Public Schools	74,260	71,304	4.1%
60	Matthew Brawley	Cassopolis Public Schools	74,101	76,859	-3.6%
61	Lisa Sherman	Edwardsburg Public Schools	73,986	70,074	5.6%
62	Nichole Hulett	Dowagiac-Union School District	73,979	74,950	-1.3%
63	Michael Williams	Dowagiac-Union School District	73,764	76,792	-3.9%
64	Jennings Brosnan	Dowagiac-Union School District	73,758	71,541	3.1%
65	Lynn Crocker-Wagner	Marcellus Community Schools	73,427	71,694	2.4%
66	Kim Stevenson	Edwardsburg Public Schools	73,041	72,322	1%
67	Denise Stockwell	Dowagiac-Union School District	72,469	74,467	-2.7%
68	Nancy Clase	Edwardsburg Public Schools	72,427	71,305	1.6%
69	John Eberhart	Southwestern Michigan College	72,254	68,423	5.6%
70	Leon Letter	Southwestern Michigan College	72,160	49,936	44.5%
71	Elizabeth Gunn	Edwardsburg Public Schools	71,893	70,159	2.5%
72	Melissa Phillips	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	71,825	72,107	-0.4%
73	Joan Smith	Edwardsburg Public Schools	71,750	70,845	1.3%
74	David De Cou	Marcellus Community Schools	71,630	72,962	-1.8%
75	Jody Miller	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	71,594	74,499	-3.9%
76	Jeffrey Wernette	Cassopolis Public Schools	71,566	59,668	19.9%
77	Catherine Wood	Edwardsburg Public Schools	71,539	68,400	4.6%
78	Michael Marcks	Edwardsburg Public Schools	71,405	70,564	1.2%
79	Betsy Sidenbender	Edwardsburg Public Schools	71,081	70,146	1.3%
80	Jennifer Wyant	Edwardsburg Public Schools	70,980	69,996	1.4%
81	Laura Butt-Stambek	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	70,970	69,900	1.5%
82	Kimberly Bellaire	Edwardsburg Public Schools	70,955	69,625	1.9%
83	Donald Ludman	Southwestern Michigan College	70,696	71,135	-0.6%
84	Beth Devenney	Edwardsburg Public Schools	70,681	70,112	0.8%
85	Kevin Dean	Edwardsburg Public Schools	70,462	69,384	1.6%
86	Cecily Ogden	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	70,415	67,048	5%
87	Elizabeth Moyer	Edwardsburg Public Schools	70,187	68,719	2.1%
88	Michelle Kaminski	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	70,021	66,343	5.5%
89	Leslie Ostrander	Edwardsburg Public Schools	69,771	65,299	6.8%
90	Deborah Williams	Edwardsburg Public Schools	69,529	67,957	2.3%
91	Christine Van Husan	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	69,512	61,121	13.7%
92	Kelly Knapp	Dowagiac-Union School District	69,492	69,372	0.2%
93	Nancy Turner	Edwardsburg Public Schools	69,197	67,449	2.6%
94	Ria Thomas	Southwestern Michigan College	68,865	71,584	-3.8%
95	Diane Rangel	Edwardsburg Public Schools	68,853	67,603	1.8%
96	Melissa Jacobson	Edwardsburg Public Schools	68,726	67,261	2.2%
97	Steven Crawford	Edwardsburg Public Schools	68,656	67,653	1.5%
98	Karen Hardisty	Dowagiac-Union School District	68,517	70,022	-2.1%
99	Leslie Zech	Edwardsburg Public Schools	68,417	67,610	1.2%
100	Tonya Wright	Edwardsburg Public Schools	68,391	67,173	1.8%