St. Joe-Benton Harbor News

Kelly Ludwig earned $37,878 in 2018, 8.2 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.

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%