Bianca Carlson earned $35,122 in 2019, 20.6 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in St. Joseph County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.
Robert Brooks’s compensation of $99,383 was the most as a public employee in St. Joseph 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 St. Joseph County
| Rank | Employee | Employer | 2019 amount earned | 2018 amount earned | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Brooks | St. Joseph County Intermediate School District | $99,383 | $90,737 | 9.5% |
| 2 | Nicholas Herblet | Sturgis Public Schools | $98,874 | $98,501 | 0.4% |
| 3 | Shawn Griffith | Constantine Public Schools | $98,869 | $88,631 | 11.6% |
| 4 | Diane Talo | St. Joseph County Intermediate School District | $98,684 | $96,594 | 2.2% |
| 5 | Harmonee McCrea | Sturgis Public Schools | $98,625 | $88,292 | 11.7% |
| 6 | Thomas Cameron | St. Joseph County Intermediate School District | $97,754 | $96,350 | 1.5% |
| 7 | Travis Walker | Constantine Public Schools | $96,589 | $98,760 | -2.2% |
| 8 | Carrie Balk | Three Rivers Community Schools | $94,447 | $92,595 | 2% |
| 9 | Michelle McNamara | Glen Oaks Community College | $93,629 | $88,766 | 5.5% |
| 10 | Terisa Jones | St. Joseph County Intermediate School District | $92,321 | $91,671 | 0.7% |
| 11 | Kevin Conner | Glen Oaks Community College | $91,810 | $88,175 | 4.1% |
| 12 | Mark Adams | Sturgis Public Schools | $91,531 | $90,910 | 0.7% |
| 13 | Nichole Nash | Three Rivers Community Schools | $90,587 | $88,251 | 2.6% |
| 14 | Lisa Pointer-Seidner | Constantine Public Schools | $89,630 | $87,000 | 3% |
| 15 | Gregory Brooks | Sturgis Public Schools | $88,773 | $86,342 | 2.8% |
| 16 | Tonya Howden | Glen Oaks Community College | $88,745 | $78,183 | 13.5% |
| 17 | Karen Wegner | Sturgis Public Schools | $88,537 | $85,924 | 3% |
| 17 | Heather George | Sturgis Public Schools | $88,537 | $89,118 | -0.7% |
| 19 | Patti Swynenberg | Three Rivers Community Schools | $88,316 | $72,561 | 21.7% |
| 20 | Raymond Bohm | Constantine Public Schools | $87,531 | $88,456 | -1% |
| 21 | Gretchen Ennis | St. Joseph County Intermediate School District | $87,528 | $48,527 | 80.4% |
| 22 | Emerson Green | Sturgis Public Schools | $87,046 | $86,389 | 0.8% |
| 23 | Kristen Frisbie | Constantine Public Schools | $86,290 | $70,211 | 22.9% |
| 24 | Lynn Brand | Sturgis Public Schools | $85,735 | $83,282 | 2.9% |
| 25 | Susan Langdon | Sturgis Public Schools | $85,693 | $88,523 | -3.2% |
| 26 | Andrew Mains | Three Rivers Community Schools | $83,796 | $80,000 | 4.7% |
| 27 | James Wagner | Three Rivers Community Schools | $83,282 | $93,756 | -11.2% |
| 28 | Karen Bojanich | St. Joseph County Intermediate School District | $83,193 | $82,543 | 0.8% |
| 29 | Jennifer Graber | Three Rivers Community Schools | $82,107 | $82,970 | -1% |
| 30 | Matthew Stofer | Three Rivers Community Schools | $81,600 | $79,999 | 2% |
| 31 | Margie Caid | Constantine Public Schools | $81,520 | $89,775 | -9.2% |
| 32 | Eliot Gitelman | Sturgis Public Schools | $81,178 | $79,032 | 2.7% |
| 33 | Walter Wheeler | Sturgis Public Schools | $81,120 | $75,829 | 7% |
| 34 | Albert Metzger | Sturgis Public Schools | $80,991 | $80,189 | 1% |
| 35 | Keith Kurowski | Sturgis Public Schools | $80,807 | $78,392 | 3.1% |
| 36 | Tracie Pueschel | Sturgis Public Schools | $80,796 | $73,751 | 9.6% |
| 37 | Ellen Eisele | Sturgis Public Schools | $80,117 | $76,524 | 4.7% |
| 38 | Brian Leonard | Three Rivers Community Schools | $80,000 | $20,000 | 300% |
| 39 | Glen Samson | Mendon Community School | $79,764 | $70,738 | 12.8% |
| 40 | Jeffrey Cary | Sturgis Public Schools | $79,224 | $78,493 | 0.9% |
| 41 | Robert Kretschman | Mendon Community School | $79,211 | $53,215 | 48.9% |
| 42 | Tammy Childs | St. Joseph County Intermediate School District | $79,095 | $71,491 | 10.6% |
| 43 | Anne Bowen | Sturgis Public Schools | $79,034 | $77,032 | 2.6% |
| 44 | Brian Burg | Three Rivers Community Schools | $78,861 | $77,728 | 1.5% |
| 45 | Jodie Scheid | Sturgis Public Schools | $78,850 | $77,115 | 2.3% |
| 46 | Kenneth Schau | Sturgis Public Schools | $78,470 | $77,784 | 0.9% |
| 47 | Mari Campbell | Sturgis Public Schools | $78,351 | $76,311 | 2.7% |
| 48 | Jennifer Hackenberg | Three Rivers Community Schools | $78,093 | $74,710 | 4.5% |
| 49 | Philip Webb | Three Rivers Community Schools | $78,086 | $74,250 | 5.2% |
| 50 | Kamela Peterson | Sturgis Public Schools | $78,078 | $89,611 | -12.9% |
| 51 | Audrey Green | Sturgis Public Schools | $78,063 | $75,598 | 3.3% |
| 52 | Patricia Davidson | Sturgis Public Schools | $78,047 | $76,118 | 2.5% |
| 53 | James Whitehead | Sturgis Public Schools | $77,777 | $73,103 | 6.4% |
| 54 | Carol Brooks | Sturgis Public Schools | $77,734 | $74,712 | 4% |
| 55 | Michael Tulley | Constantine Public Schools | $77,648 | $75,604 | 2.7% |
| 56 | Jeffrey Awe | Three Rivers Community Schools | $77,544 | $77,229 | 0.4% |
| 57 | Sherri Wheeler | Sturgis Public Schools | $77,498 | $74,676 | 3.8% |
| 58 | Shelly McBride | White Pigeon Community Schools | $77,375 | $76,358 | 1.3% |
| 59 | Stephanie Harker Schau | Sturgis Public Schools | $77,271 | $77,570 | -0.4% |
| 60 | Christina Johnson | St. Joseph County Intermediate School District | $76,858 | $75,190 | 2.2% |
| 60 | Christa Conroy | St. Joseph County Intermediate School District | $76,858 | $75,189 | 2.2% |
| 62 | Sherry Hibbard | Sturgis Public Schools | $76,648 | $73,682 | 4% |
| 63 | Debra Mathis | Sturgis Public Schools | $76,543 | $74,219 | 3.1% |
| 64 | Tammi Preston | Sturgis Public Schools | $76,525 | $72,814 | 5.1% |
| 65 | Donald Zabonick | Three Rivers Community Schools | $76,518 | $61,498 | 24.4% |
| 66 | Belinda Juhl | Three Rivers Community Schools | $76,481 | $72,277 | 5.8% |
| 67 | Connie Metzger | Sturgis Public Schools | $76,431 | $73,502 | 4% |
| 68 | Laura Penner | Sturgis Public Schools | $76,414 | $79,274 | -3.6% |
| 69 | Christine Pagels | Sturgis Public Schools | $76,275 | $73,452 | 3.8% |
| 70 | Pamela Keeslar | Sturgis Public Schools | $76,112 | $75,121 | 1.3% |
| 71 | Cynthia Jackson | St. Joseph County Intermediate School District | $76,094 | $58,770 | 29.5% |
| 72 | Jeaneen Hall | Sturgis Public Schools | $76,035 | $73,557 | 3.4% |
| 73 | Connie Sutton | Sturgis Public Schools | $75,985 | $73,719 | 3.1% |
| 74 | Robin Kubasiak | Sturgis Public Schools | $75,869 | $74,721 | 1.5% |
| 75 | Shelly Leach | Three Rivers Community Schools | $75,799 | $71,309 | 6.3% |
| 76 | Timothy Smith | Sturgis Public Schools | $75,781 | $72,852 | 4% |
| 77 | Susan Amburgey | Sturgis Public Schools | $75,762 | $72,814 | 4% |
| 78 | David Bell | Three Rivers Community Schools | $75,687 | $71,101 | 6.4% |
| 79 | Michael Rasmussen | Colon Community School | $75,600 | $73,500 | 2.9% |
| 80 | Mary Johansen | Sturgis Public Schools | $75,400 | $73,489 | 2.6% |
| 81 | Steffany Predosa | Constantine Public Schools | $75,324 | $64,781 | 16.3% |
| 82 | Stephen Presdorf | Three Rivers Community Schools | $75,304 | $74,048 | 1.7% |
| 83 | Christine Fadanelli | Three Rivers Community Schools | $75,158 | $70,495 | 6.6% |
| 84 | Sara Russell | Constantine Public Schools | $75,100 | $76,087 | -1.3% |
| 85 | Teresa Belote | St. Joseph County Intermediate School District | $142,000 | $138,999 | 2.2% |
| 86 | William Lederman | Glen Oaks Community College | $135,284 | $114,432 | 18.2% |
| 87 | Deana Strudwick | St. Joseph County Intermediate School District | $124,250 | $123,600 | 0.5% |
| 88 | Stephen Wilson | Constantine Public Schools | $120,561 | $119,096 | 1.2% |
| 89 | Nicole Airgood | Sturgis Public Schools | $119,760 | $123,460 | -3% |
| 90 | Kelli Dechnik | St. Joseph County Intermediate School District | $115,976 | $115,000 | 0.8% |
| 91 | Stephanie Lemmer | Centreville Public Schools | $111,140 | $107,000 | 3.9% |
| 92 | Raymond Sterling | Sturgis Public Schools | $110,853 | $109,755 | 1% |
| 93 | Ronald Ehlers | Sturgis Public Schools | $110,023 | $109,060 | 0.9% |
| 94 | Lester Keith | Glen Oaks Community College | $108,278 | $113,124 | -4.3% |
| 95 | James Lamb | Sturgis Public Schools | $105,711 | $81,229 | 30.1% |
| 96 | Leasa Griffith | Mendon Community School | $104,195 | $87,082 | 19.7% |
| 97 | Michael Northrop | Glen Oaks Community College | $102,337 | $97,347 | 5.1% |
| 98 | Penny Brockway | Colon Community School | $101,470 | $88,284 | 14.9% |
| 99 | Benjamin Daugherty | St. Joseph County Intermediate School District | $100,595 | $96,595 | 4.1% |
| 100 | Carrie Erlandson | White Pigeon Community Schools | $100,350 | $99,181 | 1.2% |
