Amy Brower earns 17.5% more in 2018 working as a public employee in Ottawa County

By Metric Media News Service

Jun 29, 2020

Amy Brower earned $14,124 in 2018, 17.5 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Ottawa County.

Thomas Martin's compensation of $231,381 was the most as a public employee in Ottawa County in 2018.

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

Highest paid public employees in 2018 in Ottawa County

Rank	Employee	Employer	2018 amount earned	2017 amount earned	Percent Change
1	Thomas Martin	West Ottawa Public Schools	231,381	218,854	5.7%
2	Thomas Tenbrink	Jenison Public Schools	223,910	220,275	1.7%
3	Peter Haines	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	222,895	7,722	2786.5%
4	Nicholas Ceglarek	Hudsonville Public Schools	200,655	197,275	1.7%
5	Andrew Ingall	Grand Haven Public Schools	188,955	191,778	-1.5%
6	Jeri Start-Page	West Ottawa Public Schools	172,812	157,175	9.9%
7	James English	West Ottawa Public Schools	171,570	166,657	2.9%
8	Calvin Dekuiper	Zeeland Public Schools	170,577	171,822	-0.7%
9	Dennis Furton	Spring Lake Public Schools	164,924	11,370	1350.5%
10	Julia Gillespie	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	156,693	6,055	2487.5%
11	Ronald Veldman	Coopersville Public Schools	156,050	5,269	2861.6%
12	Kimberly Kiel	Jenison Public Schools	152,474	149,999	1.7%
13	Kyle Mayer	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	151,372	5,793	2512.8%
14	Gregory Lamore	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	148,948	5,747	2491.8%
15	Scott Powers	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	143,700	5,208	2659.1%
16	Christopher Lamer	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	142,975	5,254	2620.8%
17	Michael Rohwer	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	141,512	5,319	2560.4%
18	Scott Grimes	Grand Haven Public Schools	140,328	149,090	-5.9%
19	Benjamin Ashby	Zeeland Public Schools	137,461	139,494	-1.5%
20	Todd Tulgestke	West Ottawa Public Schools	135,959	131,261	3.6%
21	Steven Goodman	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	133,556	5,443	2353.5%
22	Leslie Philipps	Jenison Public Schools	132,265	130,118	1.7%
23	Jon Voss	Zeeland Public Schools	132,049	129,344	2.1%
24	Brandon Graham	Jenison Public Schools	129,731	127,625	1.7%
25	David Searles	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	129,668	4,847	2575.1%
26	Rex Thelen	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	129,007	4,902	2531.6%
27	Mary Pollock	Jenison Public Schools	128,389	126,305	1.6%
28	Scott Ely	Spring Lake Public Schools	125,463	8,493	1377.2%
29	Robert Park	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	125,382	114,528	9.5%
30	Jason Pasatta	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	123,122	4,667	2537.8%
31	Mark King	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	122,992	4,662	2537.9%
32	Michael Gilchrist	Spring Lake Public Schools	121,957	8,816	1283.3%
33	Jens Milobinski	West Ottawa Public Schools	121,566	110,697	9.8%
34	Karla Akins	Hudsonville Public Schools	121,326	109,974	10.3%
35	Leon Westervelt	Jenison Public Schools	120,597	118,639	1.7%
36	Margaret Zainea-Baker	Coopersville Public Schools	119,703	4,031	2869.4%
37	Gregory Eding	Zeeland Public Schools	119,596	119,383	0.2%
38	David Feenstra	Hudsonville Public Schools	118,634	123,332	-3.8%
39	Tracy Wilson	Grand Haven Public Schools	117,539	114,642	2.5%
40	Rebekah Redmer	Jenison Public Schools	117,035	115,135	1.7%
41	Kristy Rogalla	Jenison Public Schools	116,937	115,039	1.6%
42	Scott Smith	Hudsonville Public Schools	116,680	109,749	6.3%
43	Dennis WhiteJr.	West Ottawa Public Schools	116,554	112,681	3.4%
44	David Stefanich	West Ottawa Public Schools	114,937	107,705	6.7%
45	Patrick BriggsII	Hudsonville Public Schools	114,023	108,684	4.9%
46	Peter Johnson	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	113,907	4,300	2548.7%
47	Tamela Mannes	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	113,220	4,273	2549.6%
48	John Roh	Hudsonville Public Schools	113,205	99,142	14.2%
49	Douglas Greer	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	113,140	4,599	2360%
50	Tanya Uganski	West Ottawa Public Schools	113,085	108,112	4.6%
51	Crystal Morse	Jenison Public Schools	113,048	114,212	-1%
52	Lloyd Gingerich	Jenison Public Schools	112,532	110,706	1.6%
53	Mary Evink	Grand Haven Public Schools	112,358	109,583	2.5%
54	Sara McIntyre-Lindstrom	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	112,092	4,317	2496.4%
55	Aaron West	Spring Lake Public Schools	111,641	7,437	1401.1%
56	Michael Dalman	Zeeland Public Schools	111,633	111,517	0.1%
57	Judy Tuttle	Zeeland Public Schools	111,633	109,024	2.4%
58	Anne Armstrong	West Ottawa Public Schools	111,608	107,426	3.9%
59	John Holwerda	Zeeland Public Schools	111,401	108,801	2.4%
60	Amy Smith	Hudsonville Public Schools	111,090	132,748	-16.3%
61	Jennifer Field	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	110,959	4,078	2620.4%
62	Ami Taylor	West Ottawa Public Schools	109,645	104,793	4.6%
63	Joanne Thorsen	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	109,595	4,285	2457.4%
64	Keith Walker	Zeeland Public Schools	108,491	95,811	13.2%
65	Elizabeth Boeve	Spring Lake Public Schools	108,078	8,159	1224.5%
66	Michelle Woods	West Ottawa Public Schools	108,027	112,087	-3.6%
67	Brian Field	Hudsonville Public Schools	107,972	105,414	2.4%
68	Daniel Remenap	Allendale Public Schools	107,960	4,076	2548.6%
69	Brandi-Lyn Mendham	Zeeland Public Schools	107,759	104,946	2.7%
70	Benjamin Lewakowski	Spring Lake Public Schools	107,412	7,437	1344.2%
71	Lisa Danicek	Grand Haven Public Schools	107,410	104,780	2.5%
72	Holly Boehle	Zeeland Public Schools	107,332	104,498	2.7%
73	Jordan Beel	West Ottawa Public Schools	107,199	104,950	2.1%
74	William Ross	Hudsonville Public Schools	106,939	108,553	-1.5%
75	Craig Greshaw	Zeeland Public Schools	106,832	106,775	0.1%
76	Cavin Mohrhardt	Spring Lake Public Schools	106,807	7,092	1405.9%
77	Kevin Vanduyn	Jenison Public Schools	106,716	104,984	1.6%
78	Sarah Huizenga	Zeeland Public Schools	106,627	106,573	0.1%
79	Laurie Poll	Zeeland Public Schools	106,521	106,469	0%
80	Michael Klavon	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	106,119	4,313	2360%
81	Michael Shelton	Grand Haven Public Schools	106,056	105,528	0.5%
82	Ryan Pfahler	Coopersville Public Schools	105,800	4,069	2499.6%
83	Theresa Reagan	Hudsonville Public Schools	105,724	105,232	0.5%
84	Mark Werley	Zeeland Public Schools	105,493	105,453	0%
85	Elizabeth Vanderwege	West Ottawa Public Schools	105,188	105,935	-0.7%
86	Matthew Blood	Hudsonville Public Schools	105,117	105,450	-0.3%
87	Thomas Winegar	West Ottawa Public Schools	105,053	101,369	3.6%
88	Shelley Peets	Spring Lake Public Schools	104,558	7,222	1347.7%
89	Mark Heagle	Hudsonville Public Schools	104,451	105,414	-0.9%
90	Linda Pinkham	West Ottawa Public Schools	104,328	103,132	1.2%
91	Megan Decker	Hudsonville Public Schools	104,289	104,792	-0.5%
92	Sandra Smits	Spring Lake Public Schools	104,200	7,196	1348%
93	Gary Torno	Allendale Public Schools	104,059	3,905	2564.6%
94	Paul Bentley	Hudsonville Public Schools	103,768	101,592	2.1%
95	Aaron Dean	Grand Haven Public Schools	103,763	83,518	24.2%
96	Kevin Westrate	West Ottawa Public Schools	103,694	104,767	-1%
97	Joel Olson	Hudsonville Public Schools	103,681	102,346	1.3%
98	Amanda MacDonald	West Ottawa Public Schools	103,660	86,854	19.4%
99	John GilletteII	Hudsonville Public Schools	103,644	103,662	0%
100	Debra Caserta	West Ottawa Public Schools	103,628	86,501	19.8%