Novi Times

Kathryn Vangorder earned $41,774 in 2019, 26.6 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Oakland County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Wanda Cook-Robinson's compensation of $245,818 was the most as a public employee in Oakland 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	Wanda Cook-Robinson	Oakland County Intermediate School District	$245,818	$243,358	1%
2	Kenneth Gutman	Walled Lake Consolidated Schools	$235,462	$237,716	-0.9%
3	Robert Shaner	Rochester Community Schools	$233,771	$229,383	1.9%
4	Robert Glass	Bloomfield Hills School District	$228,040	$224,040	1.8%
5	Peter Provenzano	Oakland Community College	$227,384	$222,498	2.2%
6	Maria Ginopolis	Lake Orion Community School #3	$225,086	$174,114	29.3%
7	Gerald Hill	West Bloomfield Schools	$214,876	$208,554	3%
8	Richard Machesky	Troy City School District	$210,575	$197,126	6.8%
9	Melissa Baker	South Lyon Community Schools	$205,248	$197,832	3.7%
10	Dennis McDavid	Berkley School District	$200,652	$186,179	7.8%
11	Keith Wunderlich	Waterford School District	$198,182	$194,298	2%
12	George Heitsch	Farmington Public Schools	$196,500	$196,500	0%
13	Steven Matthews	Novi Community School District	$193,702	$190,592	1.6%
14	Timothy Throne	Oxford Area Community Schools	$190,836	$182,000	4.9%
15	Angel Abdulahad	Madison District Public Schools	$181,974	$151,518	20.1%
16	Tammy Evans	Oakland County Intermediate School District	$179,724	$178,139	0.9%
17	Mary Elizabeth	Royal Oak City School District	$178,300	$175,000	1.9%
18	Dania Bazzi	Ferndale City School District	$177,000	$160,000	10.6%
19	Brian Shaw	Oakland Community College	$176,885	$138,713	27.5%
20	Michael Yocum	Oakland County Intermediate School District	$172,793	$171,035	1%
21	Dale Steen	Lamphere Public Schools	$172,053	$172,560	-0.3%
22	Dandridge Floyd	Oakland County Intermediate School District	$170,784	$168,986	1.1%
23	Shawn Ryan	Clarkston Community Schools #3F	$170,000	$140,392	21.1%
24	Stephen Speck	Madison District Public Schools	$169,673	$166,500	1.9%
25	Tahir Khan	Oakland Community College	$168,196	$163,194	3.1%
26	Kelley Williams	Pontiac City School District	$167,793	$167,493	0.2%
27	Michael Vollbach	Oakland Community College	$165,754	$154,428	7.3%
28	Matthew Outlaw	Brandon School District	$165,656	$168,139	-1.5%
29	Roberta Remias	Oakland Community College	$164,999	$149,038	10.7%
30	Rosalind Reaves	Oakland Community College	$164,425	$146,193	12.5%
31	Lawrence Gallagher	Berkley School District	$164,050	$159,424	2.9%
32	Mark Stevenson	Oakland Community College	$163,292	$162,656	0.4%
33	Godson Nasari	Oakland Community College	$162,694	$163,088	-0.2%
34	Krishna Stilianos	Oakland Community College	$161,756	$144,723	11.8%
35	Daveda Colbert	Oak Park School District	$161,600	$152,750	5.8%
36	Anthony Baracco	Oakland Community College	$161,521	$137,035	17.9%
37	James Schwarz	Avondale School District	$160,982	$152,000	5.9%
38	Debra Fragomeni	Rochester Community Schools	$159,833	$157,581	1.4%
39	Elizabeth Davis	Rochester Community Schools	$158,907	$156,688	1.4%
40	Heidi Mercer	Lake Orion Community School #3	$158,591	$157,236	0.9%
41	Margaret Lambert	Oakland Community College	$158,127	$154,377	2.4%
42	Anthony Racka	Oakland Community College	$158,104	$154,274	2.5%
43	Judith Matteson	Oakland Community College	$157,745	$152,789	3.2%
44	John Fitzgerald	Lake Orion Community School #3	$157,166	$156,211	0.6%
44	Ricky Arnett	Lake Orion Community School #3	$157,166	$148,096	6.1%
46	Kenneth Aud	Oakland Community College	$157,004	$136,783	14.8%
47	Rick West	Troy City School District	$156,555	$149,275	4.9%
47	Jordan Harris	Troy City School District	$156,555	$149,275	4.9%
47	Kristine Griffor	Troy City School District	$156,555	$149,125	5%
50	Rachel Guinn	Birmingham Public Schools	$155,986	$153,067	1.9%
51	Saul Grunfeld	Oakland Community College	$155,648	$148,247	5%
52	Charles Martin	Oakland Community College	$152,486	$157,149	-3%
53	Todd Bidlack	Bloomfield Hills School District	$152,182	$142,077	7.1%
54	Robert Featherstone	Oakland Community College	$151,853	$146,290	3.8%
55	Anne Evans	Rochester Community Schools	$151,408	$149,300	1.4%
56	Jack Cronin	Oakland Community College	$151,312	$137,828	9.8%
57	Martin Orlowski	Oakland Community College	$150,646	$147,692	2%
58	John Tavernier	Huron Valley School District #4F	$149,659	$145,710	2.7%
59	Joseph Hoffman	Birmingham Public Schools	$149,498	$146,118	2.3%
60	Jeffrey Eichold	Oakland Community College	$149,454	$142,707	4.7%
61	Scott Lindberg	Huron Valley School District #4F	$149,409	$143,157	4.4%
62	Sandra Bradley	Oakland Community College	$149,328	$156,073	-4.3%
63	Renee Muro	Oakland Community College	$149,315	$147,450	1.3%
64	Christina Kostiuk	Bloomfield Hills School District	$149,182	$149,182	0%
64	Kelly Bohl	Bloomfield Hills School District	$149,182	$66,713	123.6%
66	Carrie Lawler	Rochester Community Schools	$148,893	$146,785	1.4%
67	Peter Anderson	Oakland Community College	$148,194	$149,413	-0.8%
68	Kerry Smith	Oakland Community College	$148,017	$163,129	-9.3%
69	Robert Long	Oakland Community College	$147,853	$145,964	1.3%
70	Kenneth Weaver	Oxford Area Community Schools	$147,481	$142,700	3.4%
71	Cynthia Willoughby	Oakland County Intermediate School District	$146,976	$140,584	4.5%
72	Timothy Loock	Oakland County Intermediate School District	$146,810	$144,399	1.7%
73	John Mousty	Oakland Community College	$146,698	$134,716	8.9%
74	Aaron Johnson	Farmington Public Schools	$146,610	$144,667	1.3%
75	Thomas Zakrzewski	Oakland Community College	$146,586	$149,194	-1.7%
76	John Sefcovic	Oakland Community College	$146,456	$139,464	5%
77	Mark Hopkins	Oakland Community College	$146,008	$149,061	-2%
78	Kent Aeschliman	Oakland Community College	$145,982	$150,899	-3.3%
79	Paul Spoor	Oakland County Intermediate School District	$145,843	$144,399	1%
79	Karen Olex	Oakland County Intermediate School District	$145,843	$144,399	1%
81	Vickie Hall	Southfield Public Schools	$145,564	$141,362	3%
81	Kathryn Dankovich	Southfield Public Schools	$145,564	$142,962	1.8%
83	Janet Roberts	Oakland Community College	$145,466	$137,536	5.8%
84	David Strand	Oakland Community College	$145,271	$139,070	4.5%
85	Sherry McMillan	Oakland County Intermediate School District	$145,239	$142,456	2%
86	Lisa Kudwa	South Lyon Community Schools	$144,839	$142,055	2%
87	Jarrad Grandy	Oakland County Intermediate School District	$144,726	$113,260	27.8%
88	Richard Lamb	Oakland Community College	$144,624	$137,160	5.4%
89	Robert Andersen	Oakland Community College	$144,603	$136,757	5.7%
90	Jennifer Kaminski	Farmington Public Schools	$144,551	$140,464	2.9%
91	Michelle Saunders	Oakland County Intermediate School District	$144,406	$140,931	2.5%
92	Patrick Watson	West Bloomfield Schools	$144,369	$145,355	-0.7%
93	Dean Niforos	Birmingham Public Schools	$144,274	$139,635	3.3%
94	Michelle Schurman	Madison District Public Schools	$143,996	$157,100	-8.3%
95	Jonathan Manier	Farmington Public Schools	$143,970	$141,432	1.8%
96	Amy Kruppe	Hazel Park Public Schools	$143,876	$143,875	0%
97	Nadine Milostan	Waterford School District	$143,581	$142,000	1.1%
98	Deanna Barash	West Bloomfield Schools	$143,448	$109,061	31.5%
99	Kyle Hall	Birmingham Public Schools	$143,042	$147,663	-3.1%
100	Janet Peart	Oakland Community College	$143,024	$138,881	3%