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Ryan Markel's compensation of $97,512 was the most as a public employee in Cass County in 2019.
The data was gathered by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a nonprofit research and educational institute.
Top 100 highest paid public employees in 2019 in Cass County
| Rank | Employee | Employer | 2019 amount earned | 2018 amount earned | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Markel | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $97,512 | $96,138 | 1.4% |
| 2 | Rebecca Crocker | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $97,217 | $87,305 | 11.4% |
| 3 | Anne Flautt | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $97,004 | $95,600 | 1.5% |
| 4 | Jeffrey Dennis | Southwestern Michigan College | $96,859 | $95,215 | 1.7% |
| 5 | Nanette Pauley | Marcellus Community Schools | $96,673 | $91,712 | 5.4% |
| 6 | Deborah Becraft | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $96,594 | $95,275 | 1.4% |
| 7 | Stacy Ritchie | Dowagiac-Union School District | $95,551 | $93,677 | 2% |
| 8 | Jeffrey Kozinski | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $93,323 | $90,116 | 3.6% |
| 9 | Sean Wightman | Dowagiac-Union School District | $92,520 | $91,390 | 1.2% |
| 10 | Sally Brueck | Lewis Cass Intermediate School District | $91,215 | $81,715 | 11.6% |
| 11 | Mikki Spagnoli | Lewis Cass Intermediate School District | $89,156 | $79,659 | 11.9% |
| 12 | Ria Thomas | Southwestern Michigan College | $88,930 | $68,865 | 29.1% |
| 13 | Michele Derenzy | Lewis Cass Intermediate School District | $88,907 | $79,597 | 11.7% |
| 14 | Lloyd Hamilton | Lewis Cass Intermediate School District | $88,743 | $86,228 | 2.9% |
| 15 | Kevin Bartz | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $88,718 | $86,002 | 3.2% |
| 16 | Joshua Townsley | Lewis Cass Intermediate School District | $86,904 | $83,954 | 3.5% |
| 17 | Sara Park | Dowagiac-Union School District | $85,954 | $86,124 | -0.2% |
| 18 | Michael Campbell | Dowagiac-Union School District | $85,886 | $82,173 | 4.5% |
| 19 | Brian Clements | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $85,323 | $84,062 | 1.5% |
| 20 | Larry HanksJr. | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $84,500 | $82,890 | 1.9% |
| 21 | Katrina Daiga | Dowagiac-Union School District | $83,682 | $82,105 | 1.9% |
| 22 | Albert Gaideski | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $83,302 | $80,260 | 3.8% |
| 23 | Jon Pryor | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $83,270 | $80,585 | 3.3% |
| 24 | Cathy Stone | Dowagiac-Union School District | $83,036 | $81,423 | 2% |
| 25 | James Zarycki | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $82,771 | $82,515 | 0.3% |
| 26 | Christine Hunt | Lewis Cass Intermediate School District | $82,654 | $79,943 | 3.4% |
| 27 | Leon Letter | Southwestern Michigan College | $82,491 | $72,160 | 14.3% |
| 28 | Randall Gross | Dowagiac-Union School District | $82,286 | $80,673 | 2% |
| 29 | Melinda Bohan | Marcellus Community Schools | $81,639 | $78,961 | 3.4% |
| 30 | Debra Green | Southwestern Michigan College | $81,409 | $75,360 | 8% |
| 31 | Kara Cox | Dowagiac-Union School District | $81,089 | $85,634 | -5.3% |
| 32 | Bryan Henry | Dowagiac-Union School District | $80,932 | $79,355 | 2% |
| 33 | Joan Imler | Lewis Cass Intermediate School District | $80,804 | $55,245 | 46.3% |
| 34 | Katrina Hargreaves-Lee | Dowagiac-Union School District | $80,369 | $75,862 | 5.9% |
| 35 | Kimberly Bartz | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $80,319 | $79,231 | 1.4% |
| 36 | Kimberly Linton | Lewis Cass Intermediate School District | $80,042 | $77,733 | 3% |
| 37 | Daniel Vandenheede | Dowagiac-Union School District | $79,939 | $78,504 | 1.8% |
| 38 | Donald PriceII | Marcellus Community Schools | $79,683 | $77,656 | 2.6% |
| 39 | Carrie Rabbitt | Lewis Cass Intermediate School District | $79,546 | $77,037 | 3.3% |
| 40 | Rebecca Turner | Dowagiac-Union School District | $78,696 | $77,088 | 2.1% |
| 41 | Carrie Muessig | Dowagiac-Union School District | $78,563 | $68,385 | 14.9% |
| 42 | Michael Behnke | Dowagiac-Union School District | $78,508 | $78,382 | 0.2% |
| 43 | Steven Hurt | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $78,326 | $75,926 | 3.2% |
| 44 | Debora Barber | Dowagiac-Union School District | $77,540 | $68,148 | 13.8% |
| 45 | Joshua Bourne | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $77,368 | $76,715 | 0.9% |
| 46 | Patrick Lyle | Dowagiac-Union School District | $77,277 | $77,469 | -0.2% |
| 47 | Keith Klann | Dowagiac-Union School District | $77,195 | $75,448 | 2.3% |
| 48 | Nichole Hulett | Dowagiac-Union School District | $76,501 | $73,979 | 3.4% |
| 49 | Brent Nate | Dowagiac-Union School District | $76,078 | $74,364 | 2.3% |
| 50 | Judy Frank | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $76,064 | $74,794 | 1.7% |
| 51 | Jennifer Wyant | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $75,831 | $70,980 | 6.8% |
| 52 | Melissa Phillips | Lewis Cass Intermediate School District | $75,172 | $71,825 | 4.7% |
| 53 | Lynn Crocker-Wagner | Marcellus Community Schools | $75,155 | $73,427 | 2.4% |
| 54 | Michael Williams | Dowagiac-Union School District | $75,034 | $73,764 | 1.7% |
| 55 | Elizabeth Gunn | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $74,914 | $71,893 | 4.2% |
| 56 | Jennings Brosnan | Dowagiac-Union School District | $74,450 | $73,758 | 0.9% |
| 57 | Donald Ludman | Southwestern Michigan College | $74,384 | $70,696 | 5.2% |
| 58 | Ryan Rosenkranz | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $74,154 | $65,056 | 14% |
| 59 | Jacqueline Carter | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $74,013 | $75,123 | -1.5% |
| 60 | Lynn Anderson | Lewis Cass Intermediate School District | $73,917 | $79,337 | -6.8% |
| 61 | Matthew Brawley | Cassopolis Public Schools | $73,864 | $74,101 | -0.3% |
| 62 | John Eberhart | Southwestern Michigan College | $73,745 | $72,254 | 2.1% |
| 63 | Emily Harrington | Lewis Cass Intermediate School District | $73,669 | $67,793 | 8.7% |
| 64 | Lisa Sherman | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $73,580 | $73,986 | -0.5% |
| 65 | David De Cou | Marcellus Community Schools | $73,531 | $71,630 | 2.7% |
| 66 | Gail Shirey | Southwestern Michigan College | $73,482 | $64,585 | 13.8% |
| 67 | Sharon Eaton | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $73,437 | $74,824 | -1.9% |
| 68 | Kim Stevenson | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $73,337 | $73,041 | 0.4% |
| 69 | Debora Stermer | Cassopolis Public Schools | $73,205 | $68,332 | 7.1% |
| 70 | Michael Stanger | Dowagiac-Union School District | $73,174 | $74,406 | -1.7% |
| 71 | Denise Stockwell | Dowagiac-Union School District | $73,143 | $72,469 | 0.9% |
| 72 | Cecily Ogden | Lewis Cass Intermediate School District | $72,824 | $70,415 | 3.4% |
| 73 | Joan Smith | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $72,703 | $71,750 | 1.3% |
| 74 | Laura Butt-Stambek | Lewis Cass Intermediate School District | $72,556 | $70,970 | 2.2% |
| 75 | Charlene Getz | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $72,550 | $68,182 | 6.4% |
| 76 | Michael Marcks | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $72,375 | $71,405 | 1.4% |
| 77 | Betsy Sidenbender | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $72,356 | $71,081 | 1.8% |
| 78 | Tamara Miller | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $72,330 | $67,540 | 7.1% |
| 79 | Jody Miller | Lewis Cass Intermediate School District | $72,287 | $71,594 | 1% |
| 80 | Dannielle Swihart | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $72,240 | $67,651 | 6.8% |
| 81 | Beth Devenney | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $72,207 | $70,681 | 2.2% |
| 82 | Catherine Wood | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $71,989 | $71,539 | 0.6% |
| 83 | Kimberly Bellaire | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $71,975 | $70,955 | 1.4% |
| 84 | Christine Green | Dowagiac-Union School District | $71,678 | $60,258 | 19% |
| 85 | Jennifer Jones | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $71,578 | $62,903 | 13.8% |
| 86 | Kevin Dean | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $71,519 | $70,462 | 1.5% |
| 87 | Michelle Kaminski | Lewis Cass Intermediate School District | $71,491 | $70,021 | 2.1% |
| 88 | Jeffrey Wernette | Cassopolis Public Schools | $71,480 | $71,566 | -0.1% |
| 89 | Patricia Thunell | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $71,450 | $67,358 | 6.1% |
| 90 | Robert Wright | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $71,229 | $69,623 | 2.3% |
| 91 | Kimberly Moe | Marcellus Community Schools | $70,949 | $67,587 | 5% |
| 92 | Brenton Holcomb | Lewis Cass Intermediate School District | $175,048 | $169,950 | 3% |
| 93 | James Knoll | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $142,000 | $113,714 | 24.9% |
| 94 | Paul Hartsig | Dowagiac-Union School District | $134,187 | $131,654 | 1.9% |
| 95 | Dawn Conner | Dowagiac-Union School District | $125,718 | $122,547 | 2.6% |
| 96 | Jeffrey Jasper | Lewis Cass Intermediate School District | $117,321 | $84,977 | 38.1% |
| 97 | Angela Piazza | Cassopolis Public Schools | $113,378 | $113,723 | -0.3% |
| 98 | Tina Wimberley | Lewis Cass Intermediate School District | $108,047 | $104,166 | 3.7% |
| 99 | Carrie McGuire | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $104,541 | $86,673 | 20.6% |
| 100 | Kelly Millin | Dowagiac-Union School District | $100,376 | $98,451 | 2% |
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