Lorell Vacha earns 51.6% more in 2019 working as a public employee in Kent County

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By Grand Rapids Reporter

Jun 25, 2021

Lorell Vacha earned $61,070 in 2019, 51.6 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Kent County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Teresa Weatherall Neal's compensation of $252,430 was the most as a public employee in Kent 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 Kent County

Rank	Employee	Employer	2019 amount earned	2018 amount earned	Percent Change
1	Teresa Weatherall Neal	Grand Rapids Public Schools	$252,430	$265,790	-5%
2	Michael Shibler	Rockford Public Schools	$249,108	$244,473	1.9%
3	Daniel Behm	Forest Hills Public Schools	$229,396	$213,129	7.6%
4	Ronald Caniff	Kent County Intermediate School District	$210,846	$207,017	1.8%
5	Michael Zoerhoff	Kentwood Public Schools	$208,797	$213,554	-2.2%
6	Gregory Pratt	Lowell Area Schools	$202,666	$199,418	1.6%
7	Frank Conner	Grand Rapids Community College	$200,181	$197,782	1.2%
8	Roger Bearup	Grandville Public Schools	$195,295	$178,087	9.7%
9	Daniel Takens	Byron Center Public Schools	$194,941	$189,262	3%
10	William Smith	Kent County Intermediate School District	$180,349	$166,632	8.2%
11	Michael Hagerty	Kent County Intermediate School District	$180,236	$176,962	1.9%
12	Coni Sullivan	Kent County Intermediate School District	$179,662	$176,399	1.8%
13	Ronald Koehler	Kent County Intermediate School District	$179,400	$166,010	8.1%
14	Rebecca Brinks	Grand Rapids Community College	$178,472	$179,132	-0.4%
15	Jeffrey Spoelman	Grand Rapids Community College	$177,637	$175,247	1.4%
16	Glenn Gelderloos	Grand Rapids Community College	$177,083	$171,184	3.4%
17	Craig Hoekstra	Wyoming Public Schools	$175,000	$126,750	38.1%
18	Michael Pickard	Kentwood Public Schools	$172,891	$205,125	-15.7%
19	Margaret Sweeney-Fellinger	Forest Hills Public Schools	$170,593	$164,872	3.5%
20	Christine Annese	Forest Hills Public Schools	$170,093	$164,372	3.5%
21	Julie Davis	Forest Hills Public Schools	$170,092	$162,872	4.4%
22	William Fetterhoff	Godwin Heights Public Schools	$169,214	$164,285	3%
23	Lisa Freiburger	Grand Rapids Community College	$166,291	$163,050	2%
24	Michael Weiler	Kent City Community Schools	$162,000	$78,000	107.7%
25	Gary Ebels	Grand Rapids Community College	$161,447	$160,965	0.3%
26	Evan Hordyk	Kentwood Public Schools	$160,928	$191,000	-15.7%
27	Shirley Johnson	Kentwood Public Schools	$160,827	$160,657	0.1%
28	Michael Cuneo	Rockford Public Schools	$160,006	$157,031	1.9%
29	Cedric Williams	Grand Rapids Community College	$159,922	$162,031	-1.3%
30	Laura Van Duyn	Cedar Springs Public Schools	$158,969	$162,086	-1.9%
31	Matthew Lewis	Wyoming Public Schools	$158,538	$155,050	2.2%
31	Sarah Earnest	Wyoming Public Schools	$158,538	$126,750	25.1%
33	Judith Bezile	Grand Rapids Community College	$158,069	$149,041	6.1%
34	Garret Brand	Grand Rapids Community College	$157,118	$155,609	1%
35	Stephen Abid	Grand Rapids Community College	$156,855	$156,058	0.5%
36	William Millar	Grand Rapids Community College	$155,836	$151,918	2.6%
37	Michael Korpak	Northview Public Schools	$155,815	$159,350	-2.2%
38	Felix Pereiro	Grand Rapids Community College	$154,994	$152,393	1.7%
39	Nikolaos Antonakis	Grand Rapids Community College	$154,058	$154,258	-0.1%
40	Gerald Hopkins	Kenowa Hills Public Schools	$153,089	$150,627	1.6%
41	John Zielinski	Lowell Area Schools	$151,624	$144,362	5%
42	Laura Moody	Grand Rapids Community College	$151,385	$161,527	-6.3%
43	Todd Bell	Kentwood Public Schools	$151,146	$156,611	-3.5%
44	Michael Devivo	Grand Rapids Community College	$150,352	$152,160	-1.2%
45	Michael Steinfort	Grand Rapids Community College	$149,956	$149,311	0.4%
46	Katie Vandermeer	Grand Rapids Community College	$148,761	$147,715	0.7%
47	Julie Bera	Grand Rapids Community College	$148,550	$152,696	-2.7%
48	Donna Kragt	Grand Rapids Community College	$148,321	$147,995	0.2%
49	David Anderson	Grand Rapids Community College	$147,795	$145,123	1.8%
50	John Doane	Grand Rapids Community College	$147,070	$149,390	-1.6%
51	Kevin Macina	Byron Center Public Schools	$145,687	$140,178	3.9%
52	Jianchu Chen	Grand Rapids Community College	$145,312	$144,513	0.6%
53	Mary Byerwalter	Grand Rapids Community College	$145,150	$150,776	-3.7%
54	Eve Sidney	Grand Rapids Community College	$144,885	$121,818	18.9%
55	Kenneth Smith	Grand Rapids Community College	$144,740	$142,316	1.7%
56	Jamie Gordon	Kentwood Public Schools	$144,644	$109,922	31.6%
57	Jennifer Borrello	Grand Rapids Community College	$143,193	$159,130	-10%
58	Scott Joseph	Byron Center Public Schools	$142,029	$134,538	5.6%
59	Julie Quillan	Grand Rapids Community College	$141,427	$138,558	2.1%
60	Kevin Philipps	East Grand Rapids Public Schools	$141,053	$137,169	2.8%
61	Yan Bai	Grand Rapids Community College	$140,733	$140,002	0.5%
62	Thomas Kaechele	Grand Rapids Community College	$140,562	$144,539	-2.8%
63	Larry Johnson	Grand Rapids Public Schools	$140,191	$137,510	1.9%
64	Kristin Roberts	Grand Rapids Community College	$139,704	$137,260	1.8%
65	Michael Campo	Grand Rapids Community College	$139,697	$145,879	-4.2%
66	Tamera Powers	Byron Center Public Schools	$139,422	$136,688	2%
67	Ronald Gorman	Grand Rapids Public Schools	$138,447	$134,467	3%
68	Heather Roszkowski	Grandville Public Schools	$138,425	$129,406	7%
69	Kevin Polston	Godfrey-Lee Public Schools	$138,171	$132,375	4.4%
70	Darrell Kingsbury	Caledonia Community Schools	$137,708	$134,961	2%
71	Scott Lampe	Grand Rapids Community College	$137,702	$136,883	0.6%
72	Robin Vanrooyen	Grand Rapids Community College	$137,661	$119,943	14.8%
73	Michelle Richter	Grand Rapids Community College	$137,468	$134,128	2.5%
74	Katherine Keating	Grand Rapids Community College	$137,412	$134,864	1.9%
75	Mary Jo	Grand Rapids Public Schools	$137,083	$134,467	1.9%
75	Carolyn Evans	Grand Rapids Public Schools	$137,083	$134,467	1.9%
75	Sharron Pitts	Grand Rapids Public Schools	$137,083	$134,467	1.9%
75	Lawrence Oberst	Grand Rapids Public Schools	$137,083	$134,467	1.9%
79	Scott Merkel	Grandville Public Schools	$137,077	$134,214	2.1%
80	Richard Barnhart	Grand Rapids Community College	$136,936	$137,676	-0.5%
81	Chad Lodenstein	Grand Rapids Community College	$135,944	$125,725	8.1%
82	Kathryn Mullins	Grand Rapids Community College	$135,618	$133,113	1.9%
83	Michelle Olszewski	Grand Rapids Community College	$135,514	$114,464	18.4%
84	Frederick Zomer	Grand Rapids Community College	$135,153	$131,180	3%
85	John Philo	Grandville Public Schools	$135,077	$119,260	13.3%
86	Julie Hess	Grand Rapids Community College	$134,781	$134,851	-0.1%
87	Jon Gregory	Forest Hills Public Schools	$134,168	$132,567	1.2%
88	Steven Harvey	Forest Hills Public Schools	$133,668	$131,567	1.6%
89	Sherry Knoppers	Grand Rapids Community College	$133,435	$136,989	-2.6%
90	Stephen Passinault	Forest Hills Public Schools	$133,168	$131,567	1.2%
91	Laura Robinson	Kent County Intermediate School District	$132,396	$104,872	26.2%
92	Margaret Sesselmann	Grand Rapids Community College	$132,078	$139,052	-5%
93	Michael Ramm	Rockford Public Schools	$131,891	$112,302	17.4%
94	Mark Thomas	Northview Public Schools	$131,813	$129,770	1.6%
95	Victoria Janowiak	Grand Rapids Community College	$131,387	$129,289	1.6%
96	Matthew Hickson	Godwin Heights Public Schools	$131,224	$130,613	0.5%
97	Jennifer Fee	East Grand Rapids Public Schools	$131,176	$127,566	2.8%
98	Robert Cebelak	Grand Rapids Community College	$131,113	$129,293	1.4%
99	Patrick Kamau	Grand Rapids Community College	$130,697	$127,810	2.3%
100	Amy Mansfield	Grand Rapids Community College	$129,598	$127,494	1.7%