South Michigan News

Holly Zimmerman earned $17,523 in 2018, 10.7 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Hillsdale County.

Ronna Steel's compensation of $127,512 was the most as a public employee in Hillsdale 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	Ronna Steel	Hillsdale County Intermediate School District	127,512	126,250	1%
2	Shawn Vondra	Hillsdale Community Schools	118,871	118,482	0.3%
3	Scott Riley	Camden-Frontier School	115,000	115,000	0%
4	Ellen Masters	Hillsdale County Intermediate School District	105,083	103,530	1.5%
5	Corey Helgesen	Litchfield Community Schools	102,000	102,000	0%
6	Belinda Shaffer	Hillsdale County Intermediate School District	100,673	99,186	1.5%
7	Charles NorthJr.	Reading Community School	99,355	97,308	2.1%
8	Theodore Cook	Pittsford Area Schools	94,860	94,859	0%
9	Dustin Scharer	Jonesville Community Schools	94,154	89,171	5.6%
10	Janell Wilson	Hillsdale County Intermediate School District	93,791	79,608	17.8%
11	Mitchell Hubbard	Reading Community School	92,388	91,239	1.3%
12	Marylou Sitkiewicz	Litchfield Community Schools	91,875	95,834	-4.1%
13	Joshua McDowell	Jonesville Community Schools	89,363	89,571	-0.2%
14	Bryan Playford	Jonesville Community Schools	89,114	89,171	-0.1%
15	Staci Haines Slamka	Hillsdale County Intermediate School District	89,053	86,226	3.3%
16	Michael Burger	Pittsford Area Schools	87,856	85,998	2.2%
17	Marveline Gamble	Hillsdale County Intermediate School District	84,395	78,237	7.9%
18	Eric Swihart	Jonesville Community Schools	82,761	81,613	1.4%
19	Jerome Curby	Hillsdale Community Schools	82,713	83,442	-0.9%
20	Dennis Irelan	Reading Community School	82,189	80,565	2%
21	Mindy Wilson	Hillsdale County Intermediate School District	80,922	70,024	15.6%
22	Elizabeth Quigley	Hillsdale County Intermediate School District	80,892	72,058	12.3%
23	Kimberly Salsbury	Jonesville Community Schools	80,380	78,619	2.2%
24	Pamela Cross	Hillsdale County Intermediate School District	79,871	78,913	1.2%
25	Lucas Kennard	Jonesville Community Schools	79,868	78,290	2%
26	Lora Glei-Dietz	Hillsdale County Intermediate School District	79,268	78,285	1.3%
27	Laurie Vanorman	Hillsdale Community Schools	79,227	81,251	-2.5%
28	Pamela Kelley	Jonesville Community Schools	79,202	75,859	4.4%
29	Rhonda Eves	Hillsdale County Intermediate School District	79,068	85,485	-7.5%
30	Ryan Grimm	Jonesville Community Schools	77,761	76,613	1.5%
31	Melinda Eggleston	Hillsdale Community Schools	77,630	76,378	1.6%
32	Kerry Cavanaugh	Jonesville Community Schools	77,029	75,918	1.5%
33	Brad Affholter	Reading Community School	76,960	77,998	-1.3%
34	Wendy Purdy	Jonesville Community Schools	76,724	75,131	2.1%
35	James Watson	Jonesville Community Schools	76,700	75,635	1.4%
36	Brett Kerspilo	Reading Community School	76,459	74,981	2%
37	Amy Hartley	Jonesville Community Schools	76,447	71,492	6.9%
38	Diane Trachsel	Jonesville Community Schools	76,340	73,236	4.2%
39	Marlena Nichols	Jonesville Community Schools	76,320	75,128	1.6%
40	Kristen Miller	Litchfield Community Schools	75,579	76,943	-1.8%
41	Keith Rushing	Hillsdale Community Schools	75,252	75,821	-0.8%
42	Katherine Griffiths	Reading Community School	75,056	50,634	48.2%
43	Paul Van Sickle	Jonesville Community Schools	74,703	73,527	1.6%
44	Sharri Beatty	Jonesville Community Schools	74,681	73,466	1.7%
45	Corrie Caldwell	Reading Community School	74,644	69,433	7.5%
46	Jennifer Cook	Hillsdale County Intermediate School District	74,497	71,739	3.8%
47	Brian Stroble	Jonesville Community Schools	74,012	75,975	-2.6%
48	Bradley Felix	Hillsdale Community Schools	73,925	75,549	-2.1%
49	Ann Harris	Hillsdale Community Schools	73,800	69,689	5.9%
50	Robert Drake	Jonesville Community Schools	73,534	73,292	0.3%
51	Kathryn Drake	Jonesville Community Schools	73,528	72,364	1.6%
52	Cynthia Magda	Hillsdale County Intermediate School District	73,421	68,795	6.7%
53	David Boswell	Hillsdale Community Schools	73,395	75,427	-2.7%
54	Amy Gramling	Hillsdale Community Schools	73,355	68,508	7.1%
55	Darick Clark	Pittsford Area Schools	73,290	73,947	-0.9%
56	Brenda Flint	Hillsdale County Intermediate School District	73,145	71,696	2%
57	Cindy Pauley	Jonesville Community Schools	73,077	74,515	-1.9%
58	Linda Wilson-Brown	Jonesville Community Schools	73,036	71,778	1.8%
59	Aaron Larson	North Adams-Jerome Public Schools	73,015	63,554	14.9%
60	Brad Brown	Pittsford Area Schools	72,961	63,510	14.9%
61	Jenny Lee	Jonesville Community Schools	72,840	70,214	3.7%
62	Michael Hunter	Jonesville Community Schools	72,811	71,701	1.5%
63	Jared Maxwell	Jonesville Community Schools	72,776	71,585	1.7%
64	Judy Warner	Jonesville Community Schools	72,690	71,662	1.4%
65	Cathy Burlew	Jonesville Community Schools	72,554	71,425	1.6%
66	Sarah Sundberg	Jonesville Community Schools	72,466	71,333	1.6%
67	Jessica Stroble	Jonesville Community Schools	72,367	71,165	1.7%
68	Laurie Rice	Jonesville Community Schools	72,341	71,196	1.6%
69	Tania Wilson	Jonesville Community Schools	72,329	71,205	1.6%
70	Elizabeth Girdham	Jonesville Community Schools	72,273	71,170	1.6%
71	Marc Lemerand	Hillsdale Community Schools	72,136	74,145	-2.7%
72	Melissa Gutowski	Jonesville Community Schools	72,130	68,656	5.1%
73	Rebecca Briggs	Jonesville Community Schools	72,105	70,993	1.6%
74	Rachel Mandrelle	Jonesville Community Schools	72,095	70,862	1.7%
75	Denise Deguise	Jonesville Community Schools	72,055	70,753	1.8%
76	Darin Young	Litchfield Community Schools	71,936	74,617	-3.6%
77	Suzanne Cockram	Hillsdale Community Schools	71,578	71,142	0.6%
78	Denise McCosh	Hillsdale Community Schools	71,490	68,644	4.1%
79	Carrie Van Sickle	Jonesville Community Schools	71,455	69,159	3.3%
80	Amanda Moyer	Hillsdale County Intermediate School District	71,405	70,990	0.6%
81	Debra Price	Reading Community School	71,373	73,678	-3.1%
82	Linda Staib	Hillsdale County Intermediate School District	71,069	70,388	1%
83	Donna Roden-English	Hillsdale Community Schools	70,641	71,913	-1.8%
84	John Hoeft	Pittsford Area Schools	70,635	72,689	-2.8%
85	Jessica Yearling	Hillsdale Community Schools	70,620	71,665	-1.5%
86	John McDonough	Pittsford Area Schools	70,542	71,206	-0.9%
87	Amy Goldsmith	Hillsdale Community Schools	70,530	63,223	11.6%
88	David Stanton	Jonesville Community Schools	70,423	63,992	10%
89	Robin Rowe	Jonesville Community Schools	70,294	69,426	1.2%
90	Deanna Mann	Jonesville Community Schools	70,147	68,639	2.2%
91	Dona Maxfield	Hillsdale County Intermediate School District	70,054	69,049	1.5%
92	Charlotte Zorn	Jonesville Community Schools	69,748	68,945	1.2%
93	Lisa Pelc	Hillsdale County Intermediate School District	69,704	69,505	0.3%
94	Jacob Snyder	Jonesville Community Schools	69,107	66,637	3.7%
95	Marc Wilson	Hillsdale Community Schools	68,956	71,550	-3.6%
96	Zachary Lee	Pittsford Area Schools	68,927	63,594	8.4%
97	Mark Eyre	Jonesville Community Schools	68,794	67,703	1.6%
98	Erin Smith	Jonesville Community Schools	68,618	62,568	9.7%
99	Janice Richards	Hillsdale Community Schools	68,604	70,324	-2.4%
100	Philip MarvinII	Hillsdale Community Schools	68,574	70,330	-2.5%