Christy Griffin earns 9.7% more in 2019 working as a public employee in Antrim County

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By North Michigan News

Oct 29, 2021

Christy Griffin earned $48,333 in 2019, 9.7 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Antrim County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Trent Naumcheff's compensation of $97,086 was the most as a public employee in Antrim County in 2019.

The data was gathered by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a nonprofit research and educational institute.

Top 100 highest paid public employees in 2019 in Antrim County

Rank	Employee	Employer	2019 amount earned	2018 amount earned	Percent Change
1	Trent Naumcheff	Mancelona Public Schools	$97,086	$95,722	1.4%
2	Michael Travis	Elk Rapids Schools	$96,795	$94,897	2%
3	Aaron Gaffney	Ellsworth Community School	$95,000	$95,000	0%
4	Lawrence Rager	Mancelona Public Schools	$92,634	$89,931	3%
5	Tina Frollo	Mancelona Public Schools	$91,050	$88,118	3.3%
6	Kristi Poel	Bellaire Public Schools	$85,975	$84,164	2.2%
7	Bryan McKenna	Elk Rapids Schools	$84,640	$82,980	2%
8	James Standerfer	Elk Rapids Schools	$84,334	$85,126	-0.9%
9	Donna Eberle	Elk Rapids Schools	$82,200	$72,170	13.9%
10	David Parks	Elk Rapids Schools	$80,126	$73,669	8.8%
11	Steven Conkle	Bellaire Public Schools	$79,312	$66,284	19.7%
12	Michelle Dingman	Mancelona Public Schools	$78,688	$77,832	1.1%
13	Jessica Ziecina	Elk Rapids Schools	$77,351	$75,834	2%
14	Kimberly Ranger	Elk Rapids Schools	$77,150	$68,725	12.3%
15	Marlene Bailey	Elk Rapids Schools	$76,743	$71,128	7.9%
16	David Vanderploeg	Elk Rapids Schools	$75,953	$71,098	6.8%
17	Kerry Kinery	Elk Rapids Schools	$75,738	$66,741	13.5%
18	Roger Elder	Mancelona Public Schools	$75,274	$73,084	3%
19	Joseph MacAluso	Elk Rapids Schools	$75,017	$71,015	5.6%
20	Naomi Chalk	Elk Rapids Schools	$74,629	$70,483	5.9%
21	Amy Bernthal	Mancelona Public Schools	$74,555	$69,717	6.9%
22	Jami Gray	Elk Rapids Schools	$74,487	$71,878	3.6%
23	Caroline Saunders	Elk Rapids Schools	$73,016	$70,151	4.1%
24	Nicole Martin	Elk Rapids Schools	$72,988	$69,915	4.4%
25	Susan Flores	Elk Rapids Schools	$72,929	$68,467	6.5%
26	Joleen McCain	Mancelona Public Schools	$72,805	$66,576	9.4%
27	John Gregorski	Elk Rapids Schools	$72,752	$71,111	2.3%
28	Keith Schulte	Elk Rapids Schools	$72,637	$70,723	2.7%
29	Robert Stow	Elk Rapids Schools	$72,418	$68,810	5.2%
30	Kathleen Moody-Breece	Elk Rapids Schools	$72,174	$71,388	1.1%
31	Heidi Sleder	Elk Rapids Schools	$72,042	$69,898	3.1%
32	Tyler Foor	Elk Rapids Schools	$71,692	$47,606	50.6%
33	Kip Knight	Elk Rapids Schools	$71,561	$69,785	2.5%
34	Susan Dirosa	Mancelona Public Schools	$71,354	$69,874	2.1%
35	Karen Vonoppen	Mancelona Public Schools	$70,835	$69,641	1.7%
36	Thomas Golden	Bellaire Public Schools	$70,747	$65,200	8.5%
37	Judith Cunningham	Elk Rapids Schools	$70,262	$68,598	2.4%
38	Jessica Tippett	Mancelona Public Schools	$69,814	$68,439	2%
39	Kurt Dingman	Mancelona Public Schools	$69,782	$70,785	-1.4%
40	Richard Roman	Elk Rapids Schools	$69,771	$69,497	0.4%
41	Ann Wirtz	Elk Rapids Schools	$69,618	$66,606	4.5%
42	Robert Heeke	Central Lake-Antrim County Public Schools	$68,839	$69,315	-0.7%
43	Jane Krzywosinski	Elk Rapids Schools	$68,567	$65,019	5.5%
44	Clayton Faivor	Ellsworth Community School	$68,234	$67,609	0.9%
45	Michelle Meeder	Mancelona Public Schools	$68,111	$62,980	8.1%
46	Kimberly Frank	Bellaire Public Schools	$67,864	$64,328	5.5%
47	Michele Hinkle	Ellsworth Community School	$67,500	$63,740	5.9%
48	Susan Mills	Bellaire Public Schools	$67,393	$64,486	4.5%
49	Thomas Baeckeroot	Bellaire Public Schools	$67,379	$61,488	9.6%
50	Jennifer Coleman	Elk Rapids Schools	$67,228	$65,007	3.4%
51	Kristin Zemper	Elk Rapids Schools	$67,200	$63,925	5.1%
52	Jill Beatty	Bellaire Public Schools	$66,926	$58,065	15.3%
53	Edwin CampbellIV	Mancelona Public Schools	$66,781	$65,492	2%
54	Daniel Marquardt	Elk Rapids Schools	$66,506	$65,657	1.3%
54	Sheree Robinson	Bellaire Public Schools	$66,506	$63,259	5.1%
56	Jeffrey Lampman	Bellaire Public Schools	$66,397	$63,105	5.2%
57	Karen Smolinski	Bellaire Public Schools	$66,341	$63,054	5.2%
58	Lori Derror	Mancelona Public Schools	$66,247	$66,861	-0.9%
59	Kimberly Fernandez	Central Lake-Antrim County Public Schools	$66,020	$63,936	3.3%
60	Debra Heuss	Mancelona Public Schools	$66,016	$64,424	2.5%
61	Timothy Vanderhart	Central Lake-Antrim County Public Schools	$65,788	$64,265	2.4%
62	Lori Gooden	Mancelona Public Schools	$65,664	$65,486	0.3%
63	Julia Messingschlager	Mancelona Public Schools	$65,441	$64,213	1.9%
64	Jessica Pletcher	Ellsworth Community School	$65,420	$61,374	6.6%
65	Kathryn Benson	Elk Rapids Schools	$65,061	$60,988	6.7%
66	Cory Revett	Elk Rapids Schools	$64,813	$63,699	1.7%
67	Bridget McAvoy	Central Lake-Antrim County Public Schools	$64,811	$65,944	-1.7%
68	Elizabeth Hughes	Central Lake-Antrim County Public Schools	$64,658	$60,569	6.8%
69	Michelle Perkins	Central Lake-Antrim County Public Schools	$64,646	$63,885	1.2%
70	Brenda Jones	Central Lake-Antrim County Public Schools	$64,421	$62,760	2.6%
71	Quinn Barry	Central Lake-Antrim County Public Schools	$64,106	$61,997	3.4%
72	Kelli Fischer	Bellaire Public Schools	$63,895	$58,098	10%
73	Cynthia Mason	Bellaire Public Schools	$63,645	$60,475	5.2%
74	Benjamin Tarbutton	Mancelona Public Schools	$63,531	$59,821	6.2%
75	Julie Wonnacott	Mancelona Public Schools	$63,186	$60,468	4.5%
76	Jenny Angell	Mancelona Public Schools	$63,169	$60,723	4%
77	Leslie Gutknecht	Elk Rapids Schools	$63,060	$59,117	6.7%
78	Peggy Stevens	Bellaire Public Schools	$62,841	$44,928	39.9%
79	Rebecca Benson	Bellaire Public Schools	$62,800	$58,544	7.3%
80	Karen Lampman	Bellaire Public Schools	$62,793	$58,057	8.2%
81	Lori Irwin	Mancelona Public Schools	$62,523	$61,125	2.3%
82	Shelly James	Mancelona Public Schools	$62,307	$59,351	5%
83	Karen Malloy	Mancelona Public Schools	$61,382	$60,989	0.6%
84	Jessica Avery-Helwig	Mancelona Public Schools	$61,223	$59,605	2.7%
85	Tiffany Sutter	Bellaire Public Schools	$61,175	$55,547	10.1%
86	Willa Graham	Bellaire Public Schools	$61,131	$56,878	7.5%
87	Benjamin Tschudy	Elk Rapids Schools	$61,004	$57,454	6.2%
88	Amy Brady	Elk Rapids Schools	$60,421	$57,274	5.5%
89	Jacob Murray	Ellsworth Community School	$60,301	$57,691	4.5%
90	Lynette Grams	Mancelona Public Schools	$59,810	$56,050	6.7%
91	Luke Johnson	Elk Rapids Schools	$59,239	$53,292	11.2%
92	Lawrence Platte	Central Lake-Antrim County Public Schools	$59,082	$57,609	2.6%
93	Matthew Smith	Mancelona Public Schools	$58,943	$56,140	5%
94	Kelly Barry	Central Lake-Antrim County Public Schools	$58,752	$56,190	4.6%
95	Grace Brown	Mancelona Public Schools	$58,112	$55,199	5.3%
96	Melanie Griffore	Mancelona Public Schools	$58,108	$55,556	4.6%
97	Suzanne Anderson	Elk Rapids Schools	$58,077	$53,835	7.9%
98	Kimberly Raymond	Elk Rapids Schools	$58,041	$45,737	26.9%
99	Michelle Kihn	Mancelona Public Schools	$57,704	$54,001	6.9%
100	Jeffery Dirosa	Mancelona Public Schools	$123,448	$121,698	1.4%