North Kent News

Jennifer Wielinga made $74,339 in 2018 working as a public employee in Kalamazoo County, placing the worker in the 84th percentile of pay for Michigan public employees.

Jennifer Wielinga works for Kalamazoo Public Schools. The highest paid public employee in Kalamazoo County is Michael Rice who also works for Kalamazoo Public Schools.

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

Top 100 highest paid public employees of Kalamazoo County in 2018

Rank	Employee Name	Employer	Amount Earned
1	Michael Rice	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$266,456
2	Mark Bielang	Portage Public Schools	$233,650
3	Marilyn Schlack	Kalamazoo Valley Community College	$207,982
4	David Campbell	Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency	$202,262
5	Michael Collins	Kalamazoo Valley Community College	$185,635
6	Peter Strazdas	Western Michigan University	$177,029
7	Matthew Miller	Parchment School District	$166,493
8	David Lyth	Western Michigan University	$163,644
9	Martha Warfield	Western Michigan University	$159,898
10	Charles Glaes	Vicksburg Community Schools	$157,278
11	Mary Scott	Portage Public Schools	$156,668
12	Gary Start	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$155,571
13	Wayne Stitt	Schoolcraft Community Schools	$153,378
14	Cynthia Green	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$148,055
15	Dean Johnson	Western Michigan University	$144,289
16	Sheila Dorsey-Smith	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$143,274
17	Ronald Herron	Portage Public Schools	$140,780
18	Stephen Louisell	Kalamazoo Valley Community College	$137,575
19	Debra Miller	Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency	$136,999
20	Thomas Zahrt	Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency	$136,792
21	Scott Myers	Kalamazoo Valley Community College	$136,341
22	Leigh Ford	Western Michigan University	$135,713
23	Debra Berkey	Western Michigan University	$135,550
24	Steven Walman	Kalamazoo Valley Community College	$135,436
25	Christopher Rundle	Gull Lake Community Schools	$133,955
26	Gary Lee	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$133,632
27	Timothy Welsh	Kalamazoo Valley Community College	$133,250
28	Joseph Brady	Kalamazoo Valley Community College	$132,400
29	Eric Alburtus	Portage Public Schools	$131,728
30	Johnny Edwards	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$131,535
31	James French	Portage Public Schools	$131,528
32	Erick Martin	Kalamazoo Valley Community College	$131,230
33	Scott Thomas	Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency	$129,384
34	Reuquiyah Saunders	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$128,717
34	Nkenge Bergan	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$128,717
36	Terina Harvey	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$128,600
37	Judith Darcangelis	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$128,084
38	Cynthia Schauer	Kalamazoo Valley Community College	$127,533
39	David Houghton	Western Michigan University	$127,198
40	Dorothy Raycraft	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$126,909
41	Sheila Baiers	Kalamazoo Valley Community College	$126,610
42	Tricia Hennessy	Western Michigan University	$126,037
43	Daniel Vomastek	Portage Public Schools	$125,272
43	Karla Colestock	Portage Public Schools	$125,272
45	Brian Schupbach	Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency	$123,813
46	Stephen Goss	Vicksburg Community Schools	$123,627
47	Valerie Boggan	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$123,358
48	Robert Badra	Kalamazoo Valley Community College	$121,819
49	Mark Sigfrids	Kalamazoo Valley Community College	$121,782
50	Teresa Crumpton	Western Michigan University	$121,591
51	Bryan Zocher	Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency	$121,355
51	Angela Telfer	Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency	$121,355
53	Karen Carlisle	Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency	$121,009
54	Michael Tanoff	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$120,750
55	Gail Van Daff	Vicksburg Community Schools	$120,476
56	Jeanine Mattson-Gearhart	Portage Public Schools	$118,935
56	Michael Huber	Portage Public Schools	$118,935
58	Mark Hill	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$118,784
59	Mindy Miller	Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency	$118,299
60	Todd Mora	Comstock Public Schools	$118,000
61	Lindsay Noakes	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$117,826
62	Craig McCane	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$117,741
63	Donald Dailey Jr.	Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency	$117,659
64	Frances Kubicek	Kalamazoo Valley Community College	$117,609
65	Janan Zimmerman	Comstock Public Schools	$116,342
66	Michael Pascoe	Portage Public Schools	$116,107
67	Craig Lesuer	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$116,031
68	Bradley Galin	Portage Public Schools	$115,838
69	Denny Roehm	Portage Public Schools	$115,603
70	Matthew Johnson	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$115,599
71	Joel Fletcher	Western Michigan University	$114,761
72	Lisa Anderson	Gull Lake Community Schools	$114,271
73	James Vandepolder	Western Michigan University	$114,230
74	Carol Dedow	Western Michigan University	$113,140
75	Clinton Wagner	Portage Public Schools	$113,100
76	Angela Justice	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$113,045
77	Ronald Young	Kalamazoo Valley Community College	$112,085
78	Andrew Laboe	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$112,053
79	William Hawkins	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$111,868
80	Elizabeth Hartman	Portage Public Schools	$111,636
81	Christopher Riker	Portage Public Schools	$111,532
82	Jeffery Boggan	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$111,356
83	Kim Lummis	Portage Public Schools	$111,047
83	Jason Frink	Portage Public Schools	$111,047
85	Albert Moss	Kalamazoo Valley Community College	$110,965
86	Timothy Smith	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$110,805
87	Nathan McLaughlin	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$110,266
88	Tamica Frison	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$110,233
89	Darrell Davies	Kalamazoo Valley Community College	$110,151
90	Theo Sypris	Kalamazoo Valley Community College	$110,143
91	Jennifer Sell	Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency	$110,071
92	Lanisha Hannah-Spiller	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$109,957
93	Julie Rohrer	Parchment School District	$109,836
94	Atiba McKissack	Kalamazoo Public Schools	$109,215
95	Gloria Barton Beery	Kalamazoo Valley Community College	$109,195
96	Jon Stasiuk	Kalamazoo Valley Community College	$109,171
97	Timothy Kane	Kalamazoo Valley Community College	$108,846
98	Brian Olson	Kalamazoo Valley Community College	$107,918
99	Anora Ackerson	Kalamazoo Valley Community College	$107,653
100	Darlene Kohrman	Kalamazoo Valley Community College	$107,610