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Teisha Schmitt earned $63,736 in 2018, 20.1 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Clinton County.

Ryan Cunningham's compensation of $163,903 was the most as a public employee in Clinton 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.

Rank	Employee	Employer	2018 amount earned	2017 amount earned	Percent Change
1	Ryan Cunningham	Ovid-Elsie Area Schools	163,903	162,325	1%
2	John Deiter	Dewitt Public Schools	144,638	148,840	-2.8%
3	Ronald HuffmanJr.	Bath Community Schools	125,181	124,035	0.9%
4	Robert Spagnuolo	Dewitt Public Schools	120,932	111,727	8.2%
5	Jennifer Parker	St. Johns Public Schools	118,411	111,899	5.8%
6	Jody McKean	Dewitt Public Schools	111,869	110,335	1.4%
7	Kris Kirby	Ovid-Elsie Area Schools	110,283	110,626	-0.3%
8	Neil Hufnagel	Fowler Public Schools	109,410	107,798	1.5%
9	Mark Palmer	St. Johns Public Schools	106,591	103,336	3.1%
10	Keith Cravotta	Dewitt Public Schools	103,605	102,163	1.4%
11	Jason Tokar	Ovid-Elsie Area Schools	102,442	97,853	4.7%
12	Kathleen Senita	Dewitt Public Schools	101,511	100,541	1%
13	Kelly Corbett	St. Johns Public Schools	100,904	101,477	-0.6%
14	Sean Wade	Dewitt Public Schools	100,729	99,325	1.4%
15	Melissa Dawes	Clinton County Intermediate School District	99,643	96,352	3.4%
16	Vicky Milner	Dewitt Public Schools	99,091	97,796	1.3%
17	Emily Palmatier	Dewitt Public Schools	98,681	97,298	1.4%
18	Linda Reha	Dewitt Public Schools	98,681	97,298	1.4%
19	Carrie Luce	Clinton County Intermediate School District	97,429	96,130	1.4%
20	Marquis Servis	Dewitt Public Schools	95,959	90,061	6.5%
21	Lorenda Jonas	Bath Community Schools	95,646	92,847	3%
22	Randy Barton	Ovid-Elsie Area Schools	95,278	94,343	1%
23	Adel Diorio	St. Johns Public Schools	94,403	93,403	1.1%
24	Matthew Dodson	Bath Community Schools	93,960	92,963	1.1%
25	Loretta Schomisch	Clinton County Intermediate School District	93,811	92,902	1%
26	Kenda Williams	Clinton County Intermediate School District	92,390	77,539	19.2%
27	Kenneth Lounds	Clinton County Intermediate School District	92,072	91,160	1%
28	Jason Gnegy	St. Johns Public Schools	91,597	87,643	4.5%
29	Jennifer Sarvis	Clinton County Intermediate School District	90,532	92,669	-2.3%
30	Robert Acre	Dewitt Public Schools	90,100	83,178	8.3%
31	Paul Minns	Fowler Public Schools	89,450	87,659	2%
32	Michael Spicer	Fowler Public Schools	89,040	81,300	9.5%
33	Mark Horak	St. Johns Public Schools	88,445	84,703	4.4%
34	Tawny Smith	Clinton County Intermediate School District	88,323	85,150	3.7%
35	Robert Zimmerman	Dewitt Public Schools	88,157	87,967	0.2%
36	Kate Fanelli	Clinton County Intermediate School District	88,156	84,086	4.8%
37	Brian Byars	Dewitt Public Schools	87,826	83,032	5.8%
38	Christopher Ervin	St. Johns Public Schools	87,685	84,703	3.5%
39	Lisa Roedel	Bath Community Schools	87,658	80,954	8.3%
40	Leslie Bragdon	Clinton County Intermediate School District	87,396	82,410	6.1%
41	Amy Simon	Clinton County Intermediate School District	86,781	78,540	10.5%
42	Michael Norman	Dewitt Public Schools	86,416	84,945	1.7%
43	Sheryl Ezze	Dewitt Public Schools	86,411	85,379	1.2%
44	Michael Garrod	Dewitt Public Schools	86,397	84,730	2%
45	Daniel Kemsley	St. Johns Public Schools	86,300	84,703	1.9%
46	Erik Harrelson	Bath Community Schools	86,224	89,174	-3.3%
47	Douglas Derdowski	Clinton County Intermediate School District	86,122	75,290	14.4%
48	Leigh Hammontree	Clinton County Intermediate School District	86,071	75,386	14.2%
49	Carole Ford	Clinton County Intermediate School District	85,936	77,539	10.8%
50	Therese Schafer	Clinton County Intermediate School District	85,936	77,539	10.8%
51	Dedrick Martin	St. Johns Public Schools	85,907	130,212	-34%
52	Kristine Sand	Clinton County Intermediate School District	85,904	75,686	13.5%
53	Therese Duffy	Clinton County Intermediate School District	85,572	75,386	13.5%
54	Timothy Fox	Clinton County Intermediate School District	85,572	75,386	13.5%
55	Catharine Poppema	Clinton County Intermediate School District	85,572	77,592	10.3%
56	Laura Ritsema	Clinton County Intermediate School District	85,572	75,386	13.5%
57	Joan Straw	Clinton County Intermediate School District	85,572	77,271	10.7%
58	Susan Marcotte	Clinton County Intermediate School District	85,564	75,386	13.5%
59	Paige Veltkamp	Clinton County Intermediate School District	85,535	75,386	13.5%
60	Terra Dodds	Clinton County Intermediate School District	85,333	85,646	-0.4%
61	Barry Kloenhamer	Dewitt Public Schools	85,288	84,087	1.4%
62	Kimberly Ross	Clinton County Intermediate School District	84,670	83,832	1%
63	Dave Koenigsknecht	Dewitt Public Schools	84,551	82,979	1.9%
64	Sherry McVay	Dewitt Public Schools	84,216	82,912	1.6%
65	Abbey Moore	Clinton County Intermediate School District	84,156	73,232	14.9%
66	Susan Lucian	Dewitt Public Schools	83,904	82,674	1.5%
67	Douglas Murphy	Bath Community Schools	83,599	77,773	7.5%
68	Michelle Bashore	Clinton County Intermediate School District	83,552	75,386	10.8%
69	Lisa Bolton-Hunt	Clinton County Intermediate School District	83,552	75,386	10.8%
70	Kathy Lamore	Clinton County Intermediate School District	83,552	75,386	10.8%
71	Michael Winkel	St. Johns Public Schools	83,368	80,829	3.1%
72	Daniel Anibal	Bath Community Schools	83,117	84,728	-1.9%
73	Steven Crowley	Dewitt Public Schools	82,977	76,408	8.6%
74	Joseph Corr	St. Johns Public Schools	82,938	81,189	2.2%
75	Jerry Jones	St. Johns Public Schools	82,896	81,196	2.1%
76	William McCullen	Dewitt Public Schools	82,783	81,636	1.4%
77	Robert Gavenda	Ovid-Elsie Area Schools	82,771	80,359	3%
78	Alan Shankel	Dewitt Public Schools	82,512	81,560	1.2%
79	Brenda Turner	Clinton County Intermediate School District	82,268	79,886	3%
80	Dawn Arnett	Dewitt Public Schools	82,257	81,472	1%
81	Judith Hanson	Dewitt Public Schools	82,218	78,813	4.3%
82	Anne Thorrington Potter	St. Johns Public Schools	81,939	80,829	1.4%
83	Kelly Williams	Dewitt Public Schools	81,928	82,812	-1.1%
84	Christine Callahan	Clinton County Intermediate School District	81,867	81,056	1%
85	Michael Maloney	St. Johns Public Schools	81,718	78,644	3.9%
86	Kassandra Lawhorne	Bath Community Schools	81,565	84,416	-3.4%
87	Rachel Parsons	Ovid-Elsie Area Schools	81,447	58,121	40.1%
88	Jennifer Heintz	Clinton County Intermediate School District	81,266	73,232	11%
89	Lori Seagraves	Clinton County Intermediate School District	81,166	74,842	8.4%
90	Todd Simmons	Pewamo-Westphalia Community School District	81,000	81,610	-0.7%
91	Kristen McIntyre	Bath Community Schools	80,999	82,646	-2%
92	Carie Johnson	Clinton County Intermediate School District	80,618	78,998	2.1%
93	Kelly Kendrick-Potts	Clinton County Intermediate School District	80,600	65,090	23.8%
94	Donna Carr	Dewitt Public Schools	80,587	78,758	2.3%
95	Gabriel Sowa	Bath Community Schools	80,565	80,014	0.7%
96	Todd Pagels	Dewitt Public Schools	80,514	78,802	2.2%
97	Mark Lasceski	St. Johns Public Schools	80,407	79,002	1.8%
98	Ashley Schafer	Clinton County Intermediate School District	80,134	68,235	17.4%
99	Teresa Patterson	Dewitt Public Schools	79,970	79,833	0.2%
100	Brock Delaney	Dewitt Public Schools	79,936	78,087	2.4%