North Michigan News

Heather Short earned $28,813 in 2019, 4.7 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Missaukee County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Kimberly Vandervlucht's compensation of $91,077 was the most as a public employee in Missaukee 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	Kimberly Vandervlucht	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$91,077	$90,175	1%
2	Tyler Hamilton	Lake City Area Schools	$83,500	$22,690	268%
3	Bruce Koopman	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$80,280	$80,601	-0.4%
4	Sara Colecchio	Lake City Area Schools	$77,879	$74,600	4.4%
5	Lars Fredin	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$76,436	$72,711	5.1%
6	Jill Neverth	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$75,004	$74,456	0.7%
7	Patrick Maloney	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$73,557	$71,485	2.9%
8	Kathleen McCauliff	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$72,405	$70,571	2.6%
9	Gary Vana	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$72,060	$71,162	1.3%
10	Shawn Murphy	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$71,965	$69,113	4.1%
11	Sheila Johnson	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$71,589	$70,256	1.9%
12	Travis Hubbard	Lake City Area Schools	$71,429	$65,669	8.8%
13	Heather Wiggins	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$71,094	$69,728	2%
14	Kevin Kent	Lake City Area Schools	$70,652	$69,198	2.1%
15	Michael Thom	Lake City Area Schools	$70,117	$69,575	0.8%
16	Ingrid Herweyer	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$69,771	$68,776	1.4%
17	Daniel Verberkmoes	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$69,462	$73,486	-5.5%
18	Todd Vasicek	Lake City Area Schools	$69,181	$66,321	4.3%
19	Leigh Sikkema	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$69,159	$68,178	1.4%
20	Becky McNally-Rodenbaugh	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$69,030	$68,127	1.3%
21	David Wissner	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$68,978	$46,070	49.7%
22	Judy Jenema	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$68,974	$68,854	0.2%
23	Tasha Omalley	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$68,850	$68,052	1.2%
24	Brian Forcelle	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$68,833	$67,896	1.4%
25	Scott Dunham	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$68,799	$53,564	28.4%
26	Michael Vandervelde	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$67,936	$68,599	-1%
27	Beth Gottschall	Lake City Area Schools	$67,780	$68,944	-1.7%
28	Kristi Schwartz	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$67,738	$66,523	1.8%
29	Dawn Wilson	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$67,458	$67,186	0.4%
30	Lisa Dolley	Lake City Area Schools	$67,365	$66,859	0.8%
31	Tina Hamel	Lake City Area Schools	$67,210	$68,533	-1.9%
32	Amy Ellis	Lake City Area Schools	$66,516	$65,848	1%
33	Douglas Petrosky	Lake City Area Schools	$66,485	$62,908	5.7%
34	Cynthia McNalley	Lake City Area Schools	$66,470	$62,716	6%
35	Connie Maturen	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$66,377	$65,759	0.9%
36	Dixie Nelson	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$66,177	$65,225	1.5%
37	Carrie Rozeveld	Lake City Area Schools	$66,153	$65,571	0.9%
38	William Yeomans	Lake City Area Schools	$66,151	$66,759	-0.9%
39	Carrie Bisballe	Lake City Area Schools	$66,134	$66,702	-0.9%
40	Sharon Taylor	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$66,097	$65,445	1%
41	Christina Blair-Linderman	Lake City Area Schools	$65,954	$65,248	1.1%
42	Melissa Thompson	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$65,868	$63,471	3.8%
43	Mark Robertson	Lake City Area Schools	$65,751	$65,364	0.6%
44	Kendra Vandervelde	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$65,421	$63,471	3.1%
45	Loretta Slocum	Lake City Area Schools	$65,345	$63,640	2.7%
46	Jeffery Hinkston	Lake City Area Schools	$65,286	$63,736	2.4%
47	Gretchen Rycenga-Guernsey	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$64,610	$63,800	1.3%
48	William RandallJr.	Lake City Area Schools	$64,451	$63,851	0.9%
49	Patricia Hamlet	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$64,306	$60,874	5.6%
50	Kevin Koster	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$64,169	$63,463	1.1%
51	Emily Pedlar	Lake City Area Schools	$64,079	$62,417	2.7%
52	Jennifer Gilde	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$63,781	$60,643	5.2%
53	Jessica Vanderbrook	Lake City Area Schools	$63,624	$60,713	4.8%
54	Leslie Gillow	Lake City Area Schools	$63,602	$63,236	0.6%
55	Stephani Beauchamp	Lake City Area Schools	$63,451	$61,459	3.2%
56	Jennifer Raden	Lake City Area Schools	$63,326	$62,675	1%
57	Billie Raden	Lake City Area Schools	$62,965	$61,376	2.6%
58	Stacy Atkins	Lake City Area Schools	$62,528	$60,765	2.9%
59	James Brandsma	Lake City Area Schools	$62,202	$61,683	0.8%
60	Erin Brinks	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$62,129	$59,534	4.4%
61	Daniella Fredin	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$61,865	$60,697	1.9%
62	Steven Hejnal	Lake City Area Schools	$61,787	$20,129	207%
63	Dylan Rodenbaugh	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$61,600	$59,400	3.7%
64	Katherine Clous	Lake City Area Schools	$61,469	$61,144	0.5%
65	Jack Klunder	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$61,414	$58,683	4.7%
66	Joy Okeefe	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$61,170	$60,741	0.7%
67	Charles Boyer	Lake City Area Schools	$61,074	$61,526	-0.7%
68	Tracy Reitz	Lake City Area Schools	$60,720	$31,554	92.4%
69	Rachel Rogers	Lake City Area Schools	$60,679	$59,861	1.4%
70	Melissa Spence	Lake City Area Schools	$60,557	$60,280	0.5%
71	Katie Boyer	Lake City Area Schools	$60,469	$60,537	-0.1%
72	Tara Hejnal	Lake City Area Schools	$60,462	$58,701	3%
73	Amy Gill	Lake City Area Schools	$60,448	$61,994	-2.5%
74	Lisa Hamel	Lake City Area Schools	$60,431	$60,806	-0.6%
75	Sarah Bernier	Lake City Area Schools	$60,181	$60,168	0%
76	Tami Thom	Lake City Area Schools	$60,088	$59,712	0.6%
77	Debra Schmid	Lake City Area Schools	$58,367	$57,781	1%
78	Lisa Koopman	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$58,139	$57,473	1.2%
79	Daniel Eisenga	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$57,731	$55,403	4.2%
80	Dustin Webb	Lake City Area Schools	$57,653	$54,791	5.2%
81	Kristin Suminski	Lake City Area Schools	$57,178	$57,819	-1.1%
82	Bridgid Ardis	Lake City Area Schools	$57,031	$57,353	-0.6%
83	James Snyder	Lake City Area Schools	$56,856	$53,536	6.2%
84	Jodi Klunder	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$56,646	$50,238	12.8%
85	Rachelle Kamphouse	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$56,416	$53,981	4.5%
86	Kimberly Fleming	Lake City Area Schools	$56,340	$44,745	25.9%
87	Susan Maloney	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$56,291	$47,508	18.5%
88	William TisronJr.	Lake City Area Schools	$56,092	$55,356	1.3%
89	Christopher Manick	Lake City Area Schools	$55,680	$56,432	-1.3%
90	Lesa Ward	Lake City Area Schools	$54,265	$44,342	22.4%
91	Sara Gray	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$53,230	$49,487	7.6%
92	Nathan Nederhood	Lake City Area Schools	$53,156	$52,646	1%
93	Dannette Utecht	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$53,062	$52,676	0.7%
94	Rebecca Baron	Lake City Area Schools	$52,950	$52,741	0.4%
95	Jamie Eising	Lake City Area Schools	$52,146	$49,463	5.4%
96	Dawn Verberkmoes	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$51,981	$51,873	0.2%
97	Shaun Mulder	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$51,528	$52,230	-1.3%
98	Renee Mayle	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$51,460	$46,258	11.2%
99	Kristin Huttenga	Mcbain Rural Agricultural Schools	$51,352	$50,745	1.2%
100	Kimberly Blaszak	Lake City Area Schools	$119,944	$113,713	5.5%