Sturgis-Coldwater News

Tamara Babcock earned $2,631 in 2019, 74.3 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.

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%