Holland Reporter

Deann Carpenter made $42,431 in 2018 working as a public employee in Ottawa County, placing the worker in the 59th percentile of pay for Michigan public employees.

Deann Carpenter works for Spring Lake Public Schools. The highest paid public employee in Ottawa County is Thomas Martin who works for West Ottawa Public Schools.

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

Top 100 highest paid public employees of Ottawa County in 2018

Rank	Employee Name	Employer	Amount Earned
1	Thomas Martin	West Ottawa Public Schools	$231,381
2	Thomas Tenbrink	Jenison Public Schools	$223,910
3	Peter Haines	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	$222,895
4	Nicholas Ceglarek	Hudsonville Public Schools	$200,655
5	Andrew Ingall	Grand Haven Public Schools	$188,955
6	Jeri Start-Page	West Ottawa Public Schools	$172,812
7	James English	West Ottawa Public Schools	$171,570
8	Calvin Dekuiper	Zeeland Public Schools	$170,578
9	Dennis Furton	Spring Lake Public Schools	$164,924
10	Julia Gillespie	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	$156,694
11	Ronald Veldman	Coopersville Public Schools	$156,050
12	Kimberly Kiel	Jenison Public Schools	$152,474
13	Kyle Mayer	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	$151,372
14	Garth Cooper	Allendale Public Schools	$150,000
15	Gregory Lamore	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	$148,949
16	Scott Powers	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	$143,700
17	Christopher Lamer	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	$142,975
18	Michael Rohwer	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	$141,512
19	Scott Grimes	Grand Haven Public Schools	$140,328
20	Margaret Putnam	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	$140,174
21	Benjamin Ashby	Zeeland Public Schools	$137,461
22	Todd Tulgestke	West Ottawa Public Schools	$135,959
23	Steven Goodman	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	$133,556
24	Leslie Philipps	Jenison Public Schools	$132,265
25	Jon Voss	Zeeland Public Schools	$132,050
26	Brandon Graham	Jenison Public Schools	$129,731
27	David Searles	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	$129,669
28	Rex Thelen	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	$129,008
29	Mary Pollock	Jenison Public Schools	$128,389
30	Scott Ely	Spring Lake Public Schools	$125,463
31	Robert Park	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	$125,383
32	Jason Pasatta	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	$123,123
33	Mark King	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	$122,992
34	Michael Gilchrist	Spring Lake Public Schools	$121,957
35	Jens Milobinski	West Ottawa Public Schools	$121,567
36	Karla Akins	Hudsonville Public Schools	$121,326
37	Leon Westervelt	Jenison Public Schools	$120,597
38	Margaret Zainea-Baker	Coopersville Public Schools	$119,704
39	Gregory Eding	Zeeland Public Schools	$119,597
40	David Feenstra	Hudsonville Public Schools	$118,635
41	Tracy Wilson	Grand Haven Public Schools	$117,539
42	Rebekah Redmer	Jenison Public Schools	$117,035
43	Kristy Rogalla	Jenison Public Schools	$116,937
44	Scott Smith	Hudsonville Public Schools	$116,681
45	Dennis White Jr.	West Ottawa Public Schools	$116,554
46	David Stefanich	West Ottawa Public Schools	$114,938
47	Patrick Briggs II	Hudsonville Public Schools	$114,024
48	Peter Johnson	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	$113,908
49	Tamela Mannes	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	$113,220
50	John Roh	Hudsonville Public Schools	$113,206
51	Douglas Greer	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	$113,140
52	Tanya Uganski	West Ottawa Public Schools	$113,086
53	Crystal Morse	Jenison Public Schools	$113,048
54	Lloyd Gingerich	Jenison Public Schools	$112,533
55	Mary Evink	Grand Haven Public Schools	$112,358
56	Ulysses Breting III	Spring Lake Public Schools	$112,221
57	Sara McIntyre-Lindstrom	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	$112,092
58	Aaron West	Spring Lake Public Schools	$111,641
59	Judy Tuttle	Zeeland Public Schools	$111,634
59	Michael Dalman	Zeeland Public Schools	$111,634
61	Anne Armstrong	West Ottawa Public Schools	$111,608
62	John Holwerda	Zeeland Public Schools	$111,402
63	Amy Smith	Hudsonville Public Schools	$111,091
64	Jennifer Field	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	$110,959
65	Ami Taylor	West Ottawa Public Schools	$109,645
66	Joanne Thorsen	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	$109,596
67	Keith Walker	Zeeland Public Schools	$108,492
68	Gregory Rutten	West Ottawa Public Schools	$108,480
69	Elizabeth Boeve	Spring Lake Public Schools	$108,078
70	Michelle Woods	West Ottawa Public Schools	$108,027
71	Brian Field	Hudsonville Public Schools	$107,973
72	Daniel Remenap	Allendale Public Schools	$107,960
73	Brandi-Lyn Mendham	Zeeland Public Schools	$107,759
74	Benjamin Lewakowski	Spring Lake Public Schools	$107,412
75	Lisa Danicek	Grand Haven Public Schools	$107,410
76	Holly Boehle	Zeeland Public Schools	$107,332
77	Jordan Beel	West Ottawa Public Schools	$107,199
78	William Ross	Hudsonville Public Schools	$106,939
79	Craig Greshaw	Zeeland Public Schools	$106,833
80	Cavin Mohrhardt	Spring Lake Public Schools	$106,807
81	Kevin Vanduyn	Jenison Public Schools	$106,716
82	Sarah Huizenga	Zeeland Public Schools	$106,628
83	Laurie Poll	Zeeland Public Schools	$106,522
84	Michael Klavon	Ottawa Area Intermediate School District	$106,119
85	Michael Shelton	Grand Haven Public Schools	$106,056
85	Kate Augustyn	Grand Haven Public Schools	$106,056
87	Ryan Pfahler	Coopersville Public Schools	$105,800
88	Theresa Reagan	Hudsonville Public Schools	$105,725
89	Mark Werley	Zeeland Public Schools	$105,494
90	Elizabeth Vanderwege	West Ottawa Public Schools	$105,189
91	Matthew Blood	Hudsonville Public Schools	$105,118
92	Thomas Winegar	West Ottawa Public Schools	$105,053
93	Shelley Peets	Spring Lake Public Schools	$104,558
94	Mark Heagle	Hudsonville Public Schools	$104,451
95	Linda Pinkham	West Ottawa Public Schools	$104,328
96	Megan Decker	Hudsonville Public Schools	$104,289
97	Sandra Smits	Spring Lake Public Schools	$104,200
98	Gary Torno	Allendale Public Schools	$104,060
99	Christine Marcy	Jenison Public Schools	$103,846
100	Paul Bentley	Hudsonville Public Schools	$103,768