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 |
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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% |