South Michigan News

Zachary Vanlente earned $38,500 in 2019, 182.8 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Lenawee County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Jenny Heath's compensation of $98,530 was the most as a public employee in Lenawee 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	Jenny Heath	Lenawee Intermediate School District	$98,530	$94,617	4.1%
2	Brad Anschuetz	Madison School District #2	$97,793	$97,918	-0.1%
3	Kristen Isom	Madison School District #2	$96,627	$98,155	-1.6%
4	Stacy Bailey	Tecumseh Public Schools	$96,560	$100,993	-4.4%
5	Jeffrey Petterson	Adrian Public Schools	$96,485	$93,798	2.9%
6	Nathan Pechaitis	Madison School District #2	$96,286	$96,411	-0.1%
7	Jonathan Zajac	Tecumseh Public Schools	$96,024	$93,964	2.2%
8	Sharon Smith	Lenawee Intermediate School District	$96,003	$94,121	2%
9	Brian Jones	Lenawee Intermediate School District	$95,693	$93,903	1.9%
10	Kevin Ohrman	Onsted Community Schools	$95,295	$95,121	0.2%
11	Derrick Richards	Adrian Public Schools	$93,435	$91,681	1.9%
12	Abby Miller	Madison School District #2	$93,286	$91,411	2.1%
13	Lance Horwath	Hudson Area Schools	$93,243	$86,875	7.3%
14	Kevin Beazley	Clinton Community Schools	$92,999	$92,190	0.9%
15	Lisa Dunlap	Lenawee Intermediate School District	$92,914	$82,290	12.9%
16	Nicole Reinhardt	Lenawee Intermediate School District	$92,775	$90,955	2%
17	Adam Benschoter	Adrian Public Schools	$92,216	$89,365	3.2%
18	Jennifer Morin	Madison School District #2	$92,023	$90,763	1.4%
19	Marsha Davis	Onsted Community Schools	$91,971	$91,663	0.3%
20	Alena York	Lenawee Intermediate School District	$91,309	$88,453	3.2%
21	Marjorie Keenoy	Adrian Public Schools	$91,189	$78,539	16.1%
22	Nicholaus Whiteley	Madison School District #2	$90,685	$88,335	2.7%
23	Michael Beard	Hudson Area Schools	$90,640	$88,000	3%
24	Kyle Hoffman	Lenawee Intermediate School District	$90,551	$88,776	2%
25	Michaeleen Williams	Adrian Public Schools	$89,969	$77,002	16.8%
26	John Roberts	Adrian Public Schools	$89,771	$87,315	2.8%
27	Mindy Jordan	Madison School District #2	$89,756	$91,494	-1.9%
28	Michael Valasek	Blissfield Community School District	$88,892	$81,445	9.1%
29	John McGurk	Adrian Public Schools	$88,818	$85,553	3.8%
30	Luke Miller	Hudson Area Schools	$88,392	$71,894	22.9%
31	Sandra Humphries	Adrian Public Schools	$88,166	$75,598	16.6%
32	Shanan Henline	Adrian Public Schools	$88,158	$85,928	2.6%
32	Ann Lacasse	Adrian Public Schools	$88,158	$84,928	3.8%
34	Eric Frederick	Madison School District #2	$87,999	$88,124	-0.1%
35	Damien Hiram	Onsted Community Schools	$87,929	$87,775	0.2%
36	Josh Powers	Madison School District #2	$87,676	$87,606	0.1%
37	Carl Lewandowski	Tecumseh Public Schools	$87,497	$91,996	-4.9%
38	Alaina Ellison	Onsted Community Schools	$86,924	$86,741	0.2%
39	Edith Hong	Lenawee Intermediate School District	$86,387	$84,693	2%
40	Ronald Schaffner	Clinton Community Schools	$86,007	$85,223	0.9%
41	Robynn Wolf	Madison School District #2	$85,644	$73,263	16.9%
42	Teresa Hoeft	Tecumseh Public Schools	$85,569	$83,270	2.8%
43	Mollie Tanner	Lenawee Intermediate School District	$85,375	$80,891	5.5%
44	Sylvia Sotelo	Madison School District #2	$85,149	$73,845	15.3%
45	Cris Rupp	Blissfield Community School District	$84,860	$82,689	2.6%
46	Robyn Francis	Tecumseh Public Schools	$84,851	$72,657	16.8%
47	Benjamin Murray	Lenawee Intermediate School District	$84,480	$76,446	10.5%
48	Christin Dowd	Lenawee Intermediate School District	$84,255	$85,052	-0.9%
49	William Wilharms	Madison School District #2	$84,170	$83,627	0.6%
50	Ted Hanosh	Adrian Public Schools	$84,159	$83,899	0.3%
51	Rex Vernier	Madison School District #2	$83,958	$71,126	18%
52	Michael Noel	Blissfield Community School District	$83,784	$85,494	-2%
53	Denee Hartung	Adrian Public Schools	$83,439	$71,632	16.5%
54	David Bull	Adrian Public Schools	$83,206	$79,453	4.7%
55	Eric Claus	Clinton Community Schools	$83,192	$79,399	4.8%
56	Lawrence Wollett	Sand Creek Community Schools	$83,057	$69,040	20.3%
57	Janet Frank	Adrian Public Schools	$83,021	$77,035	7.8%
58	Darren Lagore	Adrian Public Schools	$82,991	$71,555	16%
59	Marlys Ford	Madison School District #2	$82,759	$71,212	16.2%
60	John Peacock	Sand Creek Community Schools	$82,700	$82,529	0.2%
61	Stanley Masters	Lenawee Intermediate School District	$82,464	$80,847	2%
62	Valerie Smither	Lenawee Intermediate School District	$82,428	$81,685	0.9%
63	Aaron Wesche	Addison Community Schools	$82,411	$77,009	7%
64	Christie Cadmus	Lenawee Intermediate School District	$82,382	$80,767	2%
65	Charles LyonsJr.	Sand Creek Community Schools	$81,986	$73,796	11.1%
66	Robert McClure	Addison Community Schools	$81,858	$73,859	10.8%
67	Megan Karpinski	Lenawee Intermediate School District	$81,807	$80,203	2%
68	Julie Vanblack	Lenawee Intermediate School District	$81,804	$80,200	2%
69	Jack Townsley	Lenawee Intermediate School District	$81,792	$80,188	2%
70	Dennis Tison	Onsted Community Schools	$81,560	$78,653	3.7%
71	Amanda Ream	Lenawee Intermediate School District	$81,319	$80,465	1.1%
72	Gregory Jackson	Adrian Public Schools	$80,993	$71,137	13.9%
73	Kurt Kominek	Lenawee Intermediate School District	$80,896	$79,310	2%
74	Kimberly Young	Lenawee Intermediate School District	$80,791	$78,640	2.7%
75	Lisa Eddy	Adrian Public Schools	$80,623	$70,485	14.4%
76	Kelly Coffin	Tecumseh Public Schools	$162,563	$155,060	4.8%
77	Robert Behnke	Adrian Public Schools	$161,696	$157,334	2.8%
78	Mark Haag	Lenawee Intermediate School District	$149,899	$146,650	2.2%
79	Ryan Rowe	Madison School District #2	$145,544	$146,053	-0.3%
80	James Cracraft	Clinton Community Schools	$130,108	$130,108	0%
81	Jerry Johnson	Blissfield Community School District	$128,776	$126,650	1.7%
82	Kyle Griffith	Lenawee Intermediate School District	$122,723	$120,356	2%
83	Michael Osborne	Hudson Area Schools	$122,387	$115,069	6.4%
84	Steven Laundra	Sand Creek Community Schools	$115,700	$107,050	8.1%
85	Daniel Garno	Lenawee Intermediate School District	$114,847	$112,635	2%
86	Mary Howard	Lenawee Intermediate School District	$113,476	$111,349	1.9%
87	Steven Head	Onsted Community Schools	$111,946	$111,023	0.8%
88	Stacy Johnson	Britton Deerfield Schools	$110,000	$80,000	37.5%
89	Griff Mills	Tecumseh Public Schools	$108,752	$100,721	8%
90	Cynthia Godfrey	Hudson Area Schools	$107,747	$98,830	9%
91	Daniel Rogers	Hudson Area Schools	$107,653	$104,692	2.8%
92	Ron Jacobs	Adrian Public Schools	$107,444	$104,651	2.7%
93	Nathan Parker	Adrian Public Schools	$106,653	$103,140	3.4%
94	Judith Pfund	Lenawee Intermediate School District	$105,814	$96,611	9.5%
95	Michael Perez	Adrian Public Schools	$105,762	$104,209	1.5%
96	Phillip Carolan	Lenawee Intermediate School District	$103,695	$101,662	2%
97	Deborah Agnew	Adrian Public Schools	$102,318	$98,047	4.4%
98	Steven Guerra	Addison Community Schools	$101,490	$99,500	2%
99	Kristin Thomas	Madison School District #2	$101,385	$101,510	-0.1%
100	Kathleen Westfall	Adrian Public Schools	$101,267	$99,169	2.1%