Geneva Arinsmier earned $11,407 in 2019, 5.1 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Branch County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.
Krista Searls’s compensation of $99,628 was the most as a public employee in Branch 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 Branch County
| Rank | Employee | Employer | 2019 amount earned | 2018 amount earned | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Krista Searls | Coldwater Community Schools | $99,628 | $98,526 | 1.1% |
| 2 | Hilary Curtis | Branch County Intermediate School District | $99,577 | $95,281 | 4.5% |
| 3 | Gary Dancer | Coldwater Community Schools | $98,299 | $97,262 | 1.1% |
| 4 | Shawn Caldwell | Coldwater Community Schools | $97,252 | $97,701 | -0.5% |
| 5 | Mark Knaack | Branch County Intermediate School District | $97,241 | $94,892 | 2.5% |
| 6 | Tobi Reardon | Coldwater Community Schools | $97,144 | $75,714 | 28.3% |
| 7 | Christina Feneley | Union City Community Schools | $96,073 | $96,073 | 0% |
| 8 | Nathan Johnson | Branch County Intermediate School District | $95,119 | $85,418 | 11.4% |
| 9 | Wesley McCrea | Bronson Community School | $91,657 | $90,532 | 1.2% |
| 10 | Lori Vaccaro | Union City Community Schools | $91,341 | $91,341 | 0% |
| 11 | Jeffrey Schorfhaar | Coldwater Community Schools | $90,992 | $87,337 | 4.2% |
| 12 | Cynthia Rowe | Branch County Intermediate School District | $90,807 | $77,643 | 17% |
| 13 | Ronald Olmsted | Quincy Community Schools | $89,790 | $88,814 | 1.1% |
| 14 | Brandon Suever | Quincy Community Schools | $88,685 | $70,866 | 25.1% |
| 15 | Mary Mestelle | Branch County Intermediate School District | $88,525 | $69,743 | 26.9% |
| 16 | Susanne Kaschalk | Coldwater Community Schools | $88,423 | $77,399 | 14.2% |
| 17 | Linda Myers | Coldwater Community Schools | $88,149 | $75,614 | 16.6% |
| 18 | Jennifer Searls | Branch County Intermediate School District | $88,107 | $91,166 | -3.4% |
| 19 | Ronnie Ford | Coldwater Community Schools | $87,514 | $79,603 | 9.9% |
| 20 | Jeffrey Hammond | Union City Community Schools | $87,019 | $68,933 | 26.2% |
| 21 | Todd Farmer | Coldwater Community Schools | $86,889 | $86,152 | 0.9% |
| 22 | Mark Demeester | Coldwater Community Schools | $86,052 | $81,382 | 5.7% |
| 23 | Robert Evans | Quincy Community Schools | $85,053 | $84,308 | 0.9% |
| 24 | James Crabbs | Quincy Community Schools | $84,812 | $84,812 | 0% |
| 25 | Jeffrey Powell | Quincy Community Schools | $84,666 | $75,042 | 12.8% |
| 26 | Jean Laclair | Bronson Community School | $84,537 | $83,501 | 1.2% |
| 27 | Kimberley Nichols | Coldwater Community Schools | $83,858 | $80,257 | 4.5% |
| 28 | Andrea Burns | Coldwater Community Schools | $83,800 | $83,969 | -0.2% |
| 29 | Kenneth Smoker | Coldwater Community Schools | $83,799 | $80,279 | 4.4% |
| 30 | Brian Stevens | Coldwater Community Schools | $83,311 | $81,607 | 2.1% |
| 31 | James Spray | Coldwater Community Schools | $83,185 | $79,911 | 4.1% |
| 32 | Paul Nastally | Coldwater Community Schools | $83,075 | $83,274 | -0.2% |
| 33 | Sherry Bean | Coldwater Community Schools | $82,711 | $78,893 | 4.8% |
| 34 | Richard Adams | Quincy Community Schools | $82,180 | $83,320 | -1.4% |
| 35 | Michael McConnell | Coldwater Community Schools | $82,015 | $78,482 | 4.5% |
| 36 | Kami Duda | Coldwater Community Schools | $81,723 | $68,698 | 19% |
| 37 | Karen Kiss | Coldwater Community Schools | $81,696 | $78,170 | 4.5% |
| 38 | Denise MacArthur | Coldwater Community Schools | $81,668 | $77,097 | 5.9% |
| 39 | Josephine Smith | Branch County Intermediate School District | $81,653 | $71,826 | 13.7% |
| 40 | Jayne Harris | Coldwater Community Schools | $81,498 | $75,922 | 7.3% |
| 41 | Lynn Bach | Coldwater Community Schools | $81,489 | $81,973 | -0.6% |
| 42 | Julia Lyon-Welch | Coldwater Community Schools | $81,422 | $81,995 | -0.7% |
| 43 | Carolyn Youssef | Coldwater Community Schools | $81,398 | $80,145 | 1.6% |
| 44 | Sharon Powell | Quincy Community Schools | $81,049 | $80,237 | 1% |
| 45 | Carrie Preston | Branch County Intermediate School District | $80,990 | $80,712 | 0.3% |
| 46 | Jessica Krzyzanski | Coldwater Community Schools | $80,863 | $81,619 | -0.9% |
| 47 | Denise Sawyer | Coldwater Community Schools | $80,595 | $75,819 | 6.3% |
| 48 | Kelly Murphy | Coldwater Community Schools | $80,563 | $75,754 | 6.3% |
| 49 | Scott Rodesiler | Quincy Community Schools | $80,533 | $80,530 | 0% |
| 50 | Carol Barnes | Coldwater Community Schools | $80,504 | $69,751 | 15.4% |
| 51 | Debra Warner | Coldwater Community Schools | $80,407 | $77,175 | 4.2% |
| 52 | Mary Dally | Coldwater Community Schools | $80,364 | $76,903 | 4.5% |
| 53 | Margo Boyd | Coldwater Community Schools | $80,346 | $76,534 | 5% |
| 54 | Michael Clark | Branch County Intermediate School District | $80,080 | $72,802 | 10% |
| 55 | Sheryl Hildenbrand | Quincy Community Schools | $79,636 | $82,876 | -3.9% |
| 56 | Jennifer Milligan | Coldwater Community Schools | $79,588 | $75,719 | 5.1% |
| 57 | Ryan Scheetz | Coldwater Community Schools | $79,580 | $75,184 | 5.8% |
| 58 | Angela Madden | Coldwater Community Schools | $79,350 | $76,176 | 4.2% |
| 58 | James Henry | Coldwater Community Schools | $79,350 | $75,754 | 4.7% |
| 60 | Robert Hostetler | Coldwater Community Schools | $79,182 | $75,970 | 4.2% |
| 61 | Karen Sobeske | Branch County Intermediate School District | $78,872 | $73,772 | 6.9% |
| 62 | Rachel Hard | Branch County Intermediate School District | $78,669 | $73,338 | 7.3% |
| 63 | Brien Kelly | Coldwater Community Schools | $78,665 | $71,384 | 10.2% |
| 64 | Kristen Dogan | Branch County Intermediate School District | $78,612 | $72,316 | 8.7% |
| 65 | Mark Heifner | Bronson Community School | $78,608 | $77,644 | 1.2% |
| 66 | Charlene Fincham | Branch County Intermediate School District | $78,517 | $74,665 | 5.2% |
| 67 | Janene Sowles | Branch County Intermediate School District | $78,485 | $74,463 | 5.4% |
| 68 | Rhonda Machan | Coldwater Community Schools | $78,478 | $73,536 | 6.7% |
| 69 | Sarah Weekly | Coldwater Community Schools | $78,393 | $73,953 | 6% |
| 70 | Susan Sobeske | Branch County Intermediate School District | $78,381 | $73,265 | 7% |
| 71 | Larry Loviska | Branch County Intermediate School District | $78,378 | $71,781 | 9.2% |
| 72 | Michael Eyre | Union City Community Schools | $78,359 | $77,808 | 0.7% |
| 73 | Jaci Hoorman | Coldwater Community Schools | $78,324 | $73,387 | 6.7% |
| 74 | Kelli Redman | Coldwater Community Schools | $78,186 | $74,309 | 5.2% |
| 75 | Pamela Vanzuilen | Coldwater Community Schools | $78,111 | $73,640 | 6.1% |
| 76 | Susan Jeudevine | Branch County Intermediate School District | $78,068 | $73,120 | 6.8% |
| 77 | Debra Wilkinson | Coldwater Community Schools | $78,057 | $74,535 | 4.7% |
| 78 | Trista Roop | Branch County Intermediate School District | $77,986 | $70,893 | 10% |
| 79 | Robert Iwanicki | Coldwater Community Schools | $77,915 | $72,315 | 7.7% |
| 80 | Erin O’Connor | Coldwater Community Schools | $77,854 | $73,342 | 6.2% |
| 81 | Lisa Renshaw | Coldwater Community Schools | $77,846 | $73,555 | 5.8% |
| 82 | Janette Jones | Coldwater Community Schools | $77,650 | $73,238 | 6% |
| 83 | Sandra Reichhart | Coldwater Community Schools | $77,454 | $73,951 | 4.7% |
| 84 | Kellie Stroud | Coldwater Community Schools | $77,276 | $73,683 | 4.9% |
| 85 | Andrew Rossow | Coldwater Community Schools | $77,242 | $74,279 | 4% |
| 86 | Suzanne Gonzalez | Coldwater Community Schools | $77,169 | $73,556 | 4.9% |
| 87 | Alicia Marriott | Quincy Community Schools | $77,135 | $75,136 | 2.7% |
| 88 | Michael Renshaw | Coldwater Community Schools | $77,095 | $74,195 | 3.9% |
| 89 | Michele Bender | Coldwater Community Schools | $77,067 | $73,971 | 4.2% |
| 90 | Terry Boguth | Coldwater Community Schools | $171,444 | $168,240 | 1.9% |
| 91 | Patrick Kreger | Union City Community Schools | $124,124 | $124,071 | 0% |
| 92 | Randall Sowles | Branch County Intermediate School District | $117,925 | $105,200 | 12.1% |
| 93 | Darrin Adair | Branch County Intermediate School District | $117,718 | $115,203 | 2.2% |
| 94 | Christopher Katz | Union City Community Schools | $114,893 | $106,089 | 8.3% |
| 95 | William Milnes | Coldwater Community Schools | $111,934 | $110,896 | 0.9% |
| 96 | Richard Hilderley | Bronson Community School | $111,875 | $110,000 | 1.7% |
| 97 | Raymond Wheaton | Branch County Intermediate School District | $107,214 | $71,208 | 50.6% |
| 98 | Amanda Miller | Coldwater Community Schools | $107,110 | $91,155 | 17.5% |
| 99 | Julie Slusher | Coldwater Community Schools | $105,356 | $104,087 | 1.2% |
| 100 | Diane Shiery | Branch County Intermediate School District | $103,970 | $100,809 | 3.1% |
