South Kent News

Marnette Walski earned $20,847 in 2018, 1.6 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Kent County.

Teresa Weatherall Neal's compensation of $265,790 was the most as a public employee in Kent 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	Teresa Weatherall Neal	Grand Rapids Public Schools	265,790	198,674	33.8%
2	Michael Shibler	Rockford Public Schools	244,473	239,220	2.2%
3	Michael Zoerhoff	Kentwood Public Schools	213,554	206,700	3.3%
4	Daniel Behm	Forest Hills Public Schools	213,129	245,271	-13.1%
5	Sara Shubel	East Grand Rapids Public Schools	207,861	201,467	3.2%
6	Ronald Caniff	Kent County Intermediate School District	207,017	203,456	1.8%
7	Michael Pickard	Kentwood Public Schools	205,125	160,700	27.6%
8	Gregory Pratt	Lowell Area Schools	199,418	194,313	2.6%
9	Frank Conner	Grand Rapids Community College	197,782	211,719	-6.6%
10	Evan Hordyk	Kentwood Public Schools	191,000	160,700	18.9%
11	Daniel Takens	Byron Center Public Schools	189,262	183,750	3%
12	Thomas Reeder	Wyoming Public Schools	185,443	182,757	1.5%
13	James Rodriguez	Caledonia Community Schools	179,900	176,501	1.9%
14	Rebecca Brinks	Grand Rapids Community College	179,132	182,794	-2%
15	Roger Bearup	Grandville Public Schools	178,087	176,383	1%
16	Michael Hagerty	Kent County Intermediate School District	176,962	173,917	1.8%
17	Coni Sullivan	Kent County Intermediate School District	176,399	164,902	7%
18	Jeffrey Spoelman	Grand Rapids Community College	175,247	182,945	-4.2%
19	Glenn Gelderloos	Grand Rapids Community College	171,184	182,137	-6%
20	William Smith	Kent County Intermediate School District	166,632	157,123	6.1%
21	Ronald Koehler	Kent County Intermediate School District	166,010	156,511	6.1%
22	Margaret Sweeney-Fellinger	Forest Hills Public Schools	164,872	158,185	4.2%
23	Christine Annese	Forest Hills Public Schools	164,372	162,345	1.2%
24	William Fetterhoff	Godwin Heights Public Schools	164,285	159,500	3%
25	Lisa Freiburger	Grand Rapids Community College	163,050	165,880	-1.7%
26	Julie Davis	Forest Hills Public Schools	162,872	160,755	1.3%
27	Laura Van Duyn	Cedar Springs Public Schools	162,086	158,907	2%
28	Cedric Williams	Grand Rapids Community College	162,031	165,636	-2.2%
29	Laura Moody	Grand Rapids Community College	161,527	164,360	-1.7%
30	Gary Ebels	Grand Rapids Community College	160,965	171,731	-6.3%
31	Shirley Johnson	Kentwood Public Schools	160,657	163,000	-1.4%
32	Michael Korpak	Northview Public Schools	159,350	147,500	8%
33	Jennifer Borrello	Grand Rapids Community College	159,130	153,530	3.6%
34	Thomas Boersma	Grand Rapids Community College	157,637	168,026	-6.2%
35	Michael Cuneo	Rockford Public Schools	157,031	156,061	0.6%
36	Todd Bell	Kentwood Public Schools	156,611	151,600	3.3%
37	Stephen Abid	Grand Rapids Community College	156,058	159,686	-2.3%
38	Matthew Lewis	Wyoming Public Schools	155,050	152,758	1.5%
39	Nikolaos Antonakis	Grand Rapids Community College	154,258	149,761	3%
40	Douglas Vanderjagt	Rockford Public Schools	152,742	147,886	3.3%
41	Julie Bera	Grand Rapids Community College	152,696	159,560	-4.3%
42	Felix Pereiro	Grand Rapids Community College	152,393	160,610	-5.1%
43	Michael Devivo	Grand Rapids Community College	152,160	159,970	-4.9%
44	William Millar	Grand Rapids Community College	151,918	154,123	-1.4%
45	Mary Byerwalter	Grand Rapids Community College	150,776	155,899	-3.3%
46	Gerald Hopkins	Kenowa Hills Public Schools	150,627	148,209	1.6%
47	John Doane	Grand Rapids Community College	149,390	153,618	-2.8%
48	Michael Steinfort	Grand Rapids Community College	149,311	159,277	-6.3%
49	Judith Bezile	Grand Rapids Community College	149,041	169,900	-12.3%
50	Donna Kragt	Grand Rapids Community College	147,995	151,790	-2.5%
51	Katie Vandermeer	Grand Rapids Community College	147,715	153,364	-3.7%
52	Samuel Mickens	Grand Rapids Public Schools	147,018	137,337	7%
53	Debra Veltkamp	Grand Rapids Community College	146,434	150,003	-2.4%
54	Ryan Kelley	Rockford Public Schools	146,213	143,074	2.2%
55	Michael Campo	Grand Rapids Community College	145,879	147,848	-1.3%
56	David Anderson	Grand Rapids Community College	145,123	147,876	-1.9%
57	Thomas Kaechele	Grand Rapids Community College	144,539	146,899	-1.6%
58	Jianchu Chen	Grand Rapids Community College	144,513	143,745	0.5%
59	John Zielinski	Lowell Area Schools	144,362	145,902	-1.1%
60	Matthew Douglas	Grand Rapids Community College	143,981	131,055	9.9%
61	Kenneth Smith	Grand Rapids Community College	142,316	149,946	-5.1%
62	Kevin Macina	Byron Center Public Schools	140,178	133,320	5.1%
63	Yan Bai	Grand Rapids Community College	140,002	168,114	-16.7%
64	Margaret Sesselmann	Grand Rapids Community College	139,052	130,897	6.2%
65	Julie Quillan	Grand Rapids Community College	138,558	140,223	-1.2%
66	Donald Dahlquist	Kentwood Public Schools	138,509	137,575	0.7%
67	Julie Anderson	Grand Rapids Public Schools	138,104	137,550	0.4%
68	Richard Barnhart	Grand Rapids Community College	137,676	145,157	-5.2%
69	Amy Bush	Forest Hills Public Schools	137,569	140,633	-2.2%
70	Larry Johnson	Grand Rapids Public Schools	137,510	141,474	-2.8%
71	Kristin Roberts	Grand Rapids Community College	137,260	169,661	-19.1%
72	Kevin Philipps	East Grand Rapids Public Schools	137,169	122,686	11.8%
73	Sherry Knoppers	Grand Rapids Community College	136,989	141,024	-2.9%
74	Scott Lampe	Grand Rapids Community College	136,883	137,482	-0.4%
75	Melvin Atkins	Grand Rapids Public Schools	136,541	114,890	18.8%
76	Ethan Ebenstein	Comstock Park Public Schools	136,332	135,032	1%
77	Darrell Kingsbury	Caledonia Community Schools	134,961	132,463	1.9%
78	Katherine Keating	Grand Rapids Community College	134,864	136,193	-1%
79	Julie Hess	Grand Rapids Community College	134,851	142,918	-5.6%
80	Pamela Laureto	Grand Rapids Community College	134,738	119,350	12.9%
81	Troy Walwood	Grand Rapids Community College	134,544	143,161	-6%
82	Scott Joseph	Byron Center Public Schools	134,538	128,000	5.1%
83	Carolyn Evans	Grand Rapids Public Schools	134,467	138,071	-2.6%
84	Ronald Gorman	Grand Rapids Public Schools	134,467	138,071	-2.6%
85	Mary Jo	Grand Rapids Public Schools	134,467	138,071	-2.6%
86	Lawrence Oberst	Grand Rapids Public Schools	134,467	134,278	0.1%
87	Sharron Pitts	Grand Rapids Public Schools	134,467	136,827	-1.7%
88	Scott Merkel	Grandville Public Schools	134,214	132,592	1.2%
89	Michelle Richter	Grand Rapids Community College	134,128	142,089	-5.6%
90	Stephen Hess	Grand Rapids Community College	133,861	110,538	21.1%
91	Karen Walker	Grand Rapids Community College	133,799	139,029	-3.8%
92	Melanie Schiele-Gady	Grand Rapids Community College	133,702	133,040	0.5%
93	Kathryn Mullins	Grand Rapids Community College	133,113	135,548	-1.8%
94	John Kraus	Kent County Intermediate School District	132,836	129,960	2.2%
95	Jon Gregory	Forest Hills Public Schools	132,567	130,801	1.4%
96	Steven Harvey	Forest Hills Public Schools	131,567	131,551	0%
97	Stephen Passinault	Forest Hills Public Schools	131,567	129,801	1.4%
98	Matthew Hickson	Godwin Heights Public Schools	130,613	130,005	0.5%
99	Mark Thomas	Northview Public Schools	129,770	133,357	-2.7%
100	Heather Roszkowski	Grandville Public Schools	129,406	123,061	5.2%