St. Joe-Benton Harbor News

Bruce Centers earned $29,485 in 2019, 428.8 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Van Buren County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Jerry McDaniel's compensation of $99,038 was the most as a public employee in Van Buren County in 2019.

The data was gathered by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a nonprofit research and educational institute.

Rank	Employee	Employer	2019 amount earned	2018 amount earned	Percent Change
1	Jerry McDaniel	Paw Paw Public Schools	$99,038	$98,057	1%
2	Timothy Eastman	Mattawan Consolidated School	$97,871	$96,188	1.7%
3	Christina Hinds	Mattawan Consolidated School	$97,289	$87,289	11.5%
4	Tammy Wilson	Lawton Community Schools	$96,601	$95,351	1.3%
5	Stephanie Walker	Paw Paw Public Schools	$96,599	$40,865	136.4%
6	Jerome Sardina	South Haven Public Schools	$96,576	$95,698	0.9%
7	Lynn Johnson	Bangor Public Schools	$96,500	$118,513	-18.6%
8	Gretchen Gendron	Lawrence Public Schools	$96,184	$90,291	6.5%
9	Melissa Remillard	Paw Paw Public Schools	$95,760	$84,820	12.9%
10	Wendy Minor	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$95,234	$94,077	1.2%
11	Joanne Graham	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$93,702	$80,873	15.9%
12	Terry Breen	Gobles Public Schools	$93,136	$94,103	-1%
13	Jeremy Davison	Paw Paw Public Schools	$93,130	$89,266	4.3%
14	Bradley Geesaman	Hartford Public Schools	$92,499	$89,069	3.9%
15	Nancy Frost	South Haven Public Schools	$91,815	$83,068	10.5%
16	Patricia Kenworthy	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$91,281	$74,965	21.8%
17	Karen Farthing	Mattawan Consolidated School	$91,269	$89,699	1.8%
17	Cathleen Brewster	Mattawan Consolidated School	$91,269	$89,699	1.8%
17	Gregory Mickelson	Mattawan Consolidated School	$91,269	$89,699	1.8%
17	Nate Engels	Mattawan Consolidated School	$91,269	$89,699	1.8%
17	Carrie Wendell	Mattawan Consolidated School	$91,269	$93,940	-2.8%
22	Christopher Miller	Gobles Public Schools	$91,096	$92,042	-1%
23	Rebecca Moore	Mattawan Consolidated School	$91,085	$89,518	1.8%
24	Joseph Nuismer	Mattawan Consolidated School	$91,063	$66,320	37.3%
25	Cheryl-Marie Manson	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$90,988	$38,950	133.6%
26	Roger Coates	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$90,888	$76,673	18.5%
27	Katherin Holverstott-Cockr	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$90,707	$89,064	1.8%
28	Kenneth Mohney	Hartford Public Schools	$89,144	$81,586	9.3%
29	Gary Brown	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$89,012	$87,859	1.3%
30	Tracy Johnson	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$88,977	$87,879	1.2%
31	Susan Reynolds	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$88,959	$86,873	2.4%
32	Latonya Gill	South Haven Public Schools	$88,094	$87,357	0.8%
33	Tammy Southworth	Paw Paw Public Schools	$87,703	$83,070	5.6%
34	Lise Black	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$87,511	$84,336	3.8%
35	Matthew McLouth	Decatur Public Schools	$87,179	$99,523	-12.4%
36	Timothy Cerven	Lawton Community Schools	$87,017	$85,767	1.5%
36	Stephanie Brown	Lawton Community Schools	$87,017	$85,767	1.5%
38	Rebecca Reed	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$86,959	$84,898	2.4%
39	Sharon Stacy	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$86,831	$83,986	3.4%
40	Nicholas Blackmer	Hartford Public Schools	$85,691	$84,667	1.2%
41	Janice Hansen	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$85,424	$73,694	15.9%
42	Marc Kline	Gobles Public Schools	$85,397	$97,039	-12%
43	Deborah Hindman	Mattawan Consolidated School	$85,362	$85,893	-0.6%
44	Ward Helakoski	Mattawan Consolidated School	$85,183	$85,183	0%
45	Teresa Speese	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$85,084	$73,260	16.1%
46	Tracy Derhammer	Paw Paw Public Schools	$85,054	$64,444	32%
47	Connie Knapp	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$84,984	$73,260	16%
48	Laura Howell	Paw Paw Public Schools	$84,597	$72,725	16.3%
49	Susan Lacy	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$83,835	$87,931	-4.7%
50	Douglas Paran	Hartford Public Schools	$83,803	$83,399	0.5%
51	Michelle Reilly	Bangor Public Schools	$83,570	$15,309	445.9%
52	Deborah Jokela	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$83,569	$72,112	15.9%
53	Yolanda Brunt	Covert Public Schools	$83,556	$79,132	5.6%
54	Phillip McAndrew	Bangor Public Schools	$83,325	$29,546	182%
55	Grant Holler	Mattawan Consolidated School	$82,883	$72,713	14%
56	Brian Devries	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$82,859	$80,882	2.4%
57	Jeffrey Powless	Paw Paw Public Schools	$82,646	$71,023	16.4%
58	Michael Dandron	Bangor Public Schools	$82,626	$102,851	-19.7%
59	Cynthia Philip	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$82,500	$92,324	-10.6%
60	Catherine Morton	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$82,267	$81,270	1.2%
60	Kim Samelstad	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$82,267	$81,270	1.2%
62	Kristin Kay	Mattawan Consolidated School	$81,633	$80,366	1.6%
63	Pamela Baker	Covert Public Schools	$81,618	$77,489	5.3%
64	Claire Kliss	Covert Public Schools	$81,531	$79,132	3%
65	William Semrau	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$81,485	$78,400	3.9%
66	Alan Farnquist	Bloomingdale Public Schools	$81,393	$75,550	7.7%
67	Harold Conklin	Mattawan Consolidated School	$81,207	$81,303	-0.1%
68	John Ablao	Mattawan Consolidated School	$81,080	$77,243	5%
69	Benjamin Botti	Decatur Public Schools	$80,994	$77,638	4.3%
70	Laura Getty	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$80,351	$79,358	1.3%
71	Melissa Corona	Bloomingdale Public Schools	$80,303	$76,395	5.1%
72	John Stoll	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$80,114	$79,125	1.2%
73	David Hook	Mattawan Consolidated School	$80,062	$84,297	-5%
74	Amy Tinsley	Covert Public Schools	$80,051	$73,828	8.4%
75	Scott Banghart	Mattawan Consolidated School	$79,782	$80,280	-0.6%
76	Beckah Chartier	Bloomingdale Public Schools	$79,632	$76,330	4.3%
77	Thomas Bean	Hartford Public Schools	$79,613	$68,335	16.5%
78	Russell Young	Mattawan Consolidated School	$79,485	$92,713	-14.3%
79	Melanie Smith	Covert Public Schools	$79,453	$72,861	9%
80	Erik Nord	Paw Paw Public Schools	$78,863	$80,870	-2.5%
81	Susan Dent Rhodes	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$78,636	$73,850	6.5%
82	Kimberly Cross	South Haven Public Schools	$78,579	$76,260	3%
83	Jeffrey Mills	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$162,200	$162,200	0%
84	Bobbi Morehead	Covert Public Schools	$140,627	$134,288	4.7%
85	Sonia Lark	Paw Paw Public Schools	$139,243	$137,865	1%
86	David Manson	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$137,873	$129,904	6.1%
87	Robin Buchler	Mattawan Consolidated School	$135,000	$130,000	3.8%
88	Barbara Matthews	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$131,910	$130,535	1.1%
89	Jeffery Rehlander	Gobles Public Schools	$123,500	$122,277	1%
90	Christopher Rice	Lawton Community Schools	$122,725	$120,226	2.1%
91	Andrew Hubbard	Hartford Public Schools	$121,000	$118,166	2.4%
92	Robert SmithJr.	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$117,394	$113,400	3.5%
93	Eugene Vogds	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$112,495	$111,146	1.2%
94	Patrick Creagan	Decatur Public Schools	$109,200	$104,151	4.8%
95	Jack Schuman	Mattawan Consolidated School	$108,197	$106,336	1.8%
96	Deborah Paquette	Bloomingdale Public Schools	$105,869	$117,567	-10%
97	Damian Koob	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$103,175	$94,000	9.8%
98	Thomas Richardson	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$102,269	$101,006	1.3%
99	Tonda Boothby	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$102,206	$100,972	1.2%
100	Pedro Martinez	Van Buren County Intermediate School District	$102,018	$100,785	1.2%