North Michigan News

Amanda Smith earned $15,681 in 2019, 11.7 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Kalkaska County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Charles Sorentino's compensation of $92,820 was the most as a public employee in Kalkaska 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	Charles Sorentino	Kalkaska Public Schools	$92,820	$91,000	2%
2	Arica Zenner	Kalkaska Public Schools	$90,143	$83,131	8.4%
3	Staci Short	Kalkaska Public Schools	$84,474	$77,265	9.3%
4	Ryan Moore	Kalkaska Public Schools	$82,519	$79,623	3.6%
5	Lisa Magee	Forest Area Schools	$77,954	$80,736	-3.4%
6	Jeremy Guggemos	Kalkaska Public Schools	$77,580	$74,294	4.4%
7	Craig Chissus	Kalkaska Public Schools	$77,100	$67,210	14.7%
8	Kelly Holeman	Forest Area Schools	$75,500	$48,393	56%
9	Douglas Brown	Kalkaska Public Schools	$72,291	$67,464	7.2%
10	Justin Thorington	Kalkaska Public Schools	$71,400	$70,000	2%
11	Andrew Henderson	Kalkaska Public Schools	$70,362	$68,564	2.6%
12	Lisa Sutton	Kalkaska Public Schools	$70,152	$66,224	5.9%
13	Lauralei Gehman	Kalkaska Public Schools	$69,054	$67,700	2%
14	Kathleen Liverance	Kalkaska Public Schools	$68,569	$72,419	-5.3%
15	Tara Beach	Forest Area Schools	$68,186	$73,446	-7.2%
16	James Roos	Forest Area Schools	$67,845	$63,224	7.3%
17	Matthew Olds	Kalkaska Public Schools	$67,684	$69,124	-2.1%
18	Daniel Briggs	Kalkaska Public Schools	$67,187	$66,944	0.4%
19	Anne Devol	Kalkaska Public Schools	$66,469	$64,722	2.7%
20	Collette Sabins	Kalkaska Public Schools	$66,387	$65,439	1.4%
21	Gail Lugiewicz	Kalkaska Public Schools	$66,363	$61,712	7.5%
22	Brian Mumby	Forest Area Schools	$65,971	$69,510	-5.1%
23	Tawni Deike	Forest Area Schools	$65,887	$55,294	19.2%
24	Deanna Hixson	Kalkaska Public Schools	$65,333	$65,241	0.1%
25	Brian Vanalstine	Kalkaska Public Schools	$64,927	$59,349	9.4%
26	Mathew Price	Kalkaska Public Schools	$64,577	$62,993	2.5%
27	Susan Michelin	Kalkaska Public Schools	$64,490	$61,721	4.5%
28	Theresa Rawlings	Forest Area Schools	$64,351	$60,644	6.1%
29	Kerry Wilson	Kalkaska Public Schools	$64,265	$60,327	6.5%
30	Karmin Olds	Kalkaska Public Schools	$63,467	$60,314	5.2%
31	Julie Rodes	Kalkaska Public Schools	$63,324	$61,257	3.4%
32	Carol Whiteford	Kalkaska Public Schools	$63,296	$61,789	2.4%
33	Geri Conner	Kalkaska Public Schools	$63,230	$62,009	2%
34	April Brown	Forest Area Schools	$63,069	$58,315	8.2%
35	Mary Hollow	Forest Area Schools	$62,859	$58,862	6.8%
36	Barbara Crambell	Kalkaska Public Schools	$62,830	$61,129	2.8%
37	Kimberly Cotton	Kalkaska Public Schools	$62,724	$60,972	2.9%
38	Julie Merchant	Forest Area Schools	$62,379	$61,362	1.7%
39	Andrew Urquhart	Kalkaska Public Schools	$62,339	$55,586	12.1%
40	Gregory Beach	Kalkaska Public Schools	$61,302	$59,767	2.6%
41	Maureen Pobalis	Kalkaska Public Schools	$61,269	$59,564	2.9%
42	Helen Crawford	Kalkaska Public Schools	$61,107	$57,893	5.6%
43	Michelle Utley	Kalkaska Public Schools	$60,966	$56,666	7.6%
44	Paul Guy	Kalkaska Public Schools	$60,815	$59,168	2.8%
45	Heather Nowland	Kalkaska Public Schools	$60,718	$59,305	2.4%
46	Thomas Burkam	Kalkaska Public Schools	$60,615	$51,795	17%
47	Melissa Matley	Kalkaska Public Schools	$60,143	$57,085	5.4%
48	Jeremiah Hoover	Kalkaska Public Schools	$59,933	$55,283	8.4%
49	Jana Dickman	Kalkaska Public Schools	$59,888	$52,523	14%
50	Aaron Ostrander	Kalkaska Public Schools	$59,873	$58,946	1.6%
51	Joshua England	Kalkaska Public Schools	$59,746	$55,969	6.7%
52	Ali Bridson	Kalkaska Public Schools	$59,513	$57,954	2.7%
52	Rebecca Kik	Kalkaska Public Schools	$59,513	$57,709	3.1%
54	Andrew McCarty	Kalkaska Public Schools	$59,351	$57,210	3.7%
55	Holly Rives	Forest Area Schools	$59,187	$56,751	4.3%
56	Michelle Walter	Kalkaska Public Schools	$58,673	$56,621	3.6%
57	Vicki McGlone	Kalkaska Public Schools	$58,307	$56,861	2.5%
58	Angela Hillier	Kalkaska Public Schools	$57,866	$56,817	1.8%
59	Marie Strong	Kalkaska Public Schools	$57,794	$56,386	2.5%
60	Heather Reust	Kalkaska Public Schools	$57,507	$54,511	5.5%
61	Heather Horn	Crawford-Excelsior School District #1	$56,639	$50,414	12.3%
62	Wendy Patton	Forest Area Schools	$56,314	$50,572	11.4%
63	Eric Stowers	Kalkaska Public Schools	$56,078	$47,521	18%
64	Amanda Murray	Kalkaska Public Schools	$55,993	$53,441	4.8%
65	Jeremy Gustafson	Kalkaska Public Schools	$55,965	$52,537	6.5%
66	Jennifer Hill	Kalkaska Public Schools	$55,819	$49,861	11.9%
67	Katie Martin	Kalkaska Public Schools	$55,305	$50,676	9.1%
68	Stephanie Gustafson	Kalkaska Public Schools	$54,839	$51,920	5.6%
69	Jenae Arnold	Kalkaska Public Schools	$54,467	$51,447	5.9%
70	Corey Crew	Forest Area Schools	$54,432	$38,236	42.4%
71	Kimberly Biehl	Kalkaska Public Schools	$54,335	$51,351	5.8%
71	Amanda Cherwinski	Kalkaska Public Schools	$54,335	$51,450	5.6%
73	Jill Vyverberg	Kalkaska Public Schools	$53,840	$49,885	7.9%
74	Daryl Dimon	Kalkaska Public Schools	$53,359	$47,838	11.5%
75	Wesley Bassett	Kalkaska Public Schools	$52,958	$53,059	-0.2%
76	John Arnold	Kalkaska Public Schools	$52,692	$44,933	17.3%
77	Matthew Rogers	Kalkaska Public Schools	$52,511	$51,740	1.5%
78	Charles Schuba	Kalkaska Public Schools	$52,455	$50,266	4.4%
79	Erin Kuhn	Kalkaska Public Schools	$52,426	$47,954	9.3%
80	Jeremy Wilkinson	Kalkaska Public Schools	$52,185	$53,877	-3.1%
81	Bryan Karazia	Kalkaska Public Schools	$52,035	$49,460	5.2%
82	Bryan Hawkins	Kalkaska Public Schools	$51,627	$40,714	26.8%
83	Nicholas Fouch	Forest Area Schools	$51,367	$49,131	4.6%
84	Alecia Dimon	Kalkaska Public Schools	$51,274	$47,775	7.3%
85	Michelle Vanheck	Kalkaska Public Schools	$51,075	$48,347	5.6%
86	Kristina Willis	Kalkaska Public Schools	$49,510	$39,842	24.3%
87	Brandi Polzin	Kalkaska Public Schools	$49,209	$43,867	12.2%
88	Nathan Schumann	Kalkaska Public Schools	$48,349	$43,227	11.8%
89	Brent Miller	Crawford-Excelsior School District #1	$48,112	$42,468	13.3%
90	Janet Steinhoff	Kalkaska Public Schools	$47,606	$44,028	8.1%
91	Monica Malbouef	Kalkaska Public Schools	$47,147	$44,127	6.8%
92	Kelly Wodehouse	Kalkaska Public Schools	$47,134	$29,344	60.6%
93	Brandon Deike	Forest Area Schools	$46,976	$42,395	10.8%
94	Michelle Zamaites	Kalkaska Public Schools	$46,812	$14,548	221.8%
95	Britany Root	Kalkaska Public Schools	$46,706	$44,061	6%
96	Ethan McCarthy	Forest Area Schools	$46,617	$43,009	8.4%
97	Steven Ford	Kalkaska Public Schools	$46,585	$44,478	4.7%
98	Lindsey McCarty	Kalkaska Public Schools	$46,521	$42,716	8.9%
99	Michele Knight	Forest Area Schools	$46,241	$44,373	4.2%
100	Christi Scott	Forest Area Schools	$45,492	$40,653	11.9%