Brian Rodgers earns 5.2% more in 2018 working as a public employee in Wayne County

By Metric Media News Service

Feb 29, 2020

Brian Rodgers earned $48,610 in 2018, 5.2 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Wayne County.

Nikolai Vitti's compensation of $294,999 was the most as a public employee in Wayne 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 Wayne County

Rank	Employee	Employer	2018 amount earned	2017 amount earned	Percent Change
1	Nikolai Vitti	Detroit Public Schools Community District	294,999	21,557	1268.4%
2	Glenn Maleyko	Dearborn Public Schools	227,317	219,988	3.3%
3	Monica Merritt	Plymouth-Canton Community School District	216,687	212,500	2%
4	Andrea Oquist	Livonia Public Schools	203,992	187,850	8.6%
5	Randy Liepa	Wayne County RESA	203,362	201,307	1%
6	Mary Gallagher	Northville Public Schools	200,356	192,113	4.3%
7	Gary Niehaus	Grosse Pointe Public Schools	199,000	207,445	-4.1%
8	Shawn Loving	Schoolcraft Community College	190,554	185,917	2.5%
9	Alexander Thomson	Schoolcraft Community College	187,095	178,860	4.6%
10	Cheryl Hagen	Schoolcraft Community College	184,438	172,788	6.7%
11	Stuart Baker	Schoolcraft Community College	182,057	163,852	11.1%
12	Steven Ezikian	Wayne County RESA	180,939	179,107	1%
13	Pamela Anstey	Plymouth-Canton Community School District	179,200	133,800	33.9%
14	John Carroll	Henry Ford College	177,954	191,856	-7.2%
15	Kimberly Soranno-Bond	Melvindale-Northern Allen Park School District	176,650	162,000	9%
16	Carole Sloan	Henry Ford College	174,970	178,694	-2.1%
17	Nickolas Butkevich	Schoolcraft Community College	173,601	207,718	-16.4%
18	Royetta Ealba	Henry Ford College	173,563	162,216	7%
19	Gary McIlroy	Henry Ford College	173,314	175,545	-1.3%
20	Gwendolyn Pringle	Henry Ford College	172,614	174,101	-0.9%
21	Derrick Coleman	River Rouge Public School	172,600	166,700	3.5%
22	Anthony Conti	Henry Ford College	168,507	165,677	1.7%
23	Edward Kavanaugh	Schoolcraft Community College	168,365	155,797	8.1%
24	Helen Ditouras	Schoolcraft Community College	167,879	157,821	6.4%
25	Cheryl Hawkins	Schoolcraft Community College	167,456	141,438	18.4%
26	Adam Hazlett	Henry Ford College	165,700	151,677	9.2%
27	Kevin Ridge	Henry Ford College	165,095	155,225	6.4%
28	Kimberly Bland	Detroit Edison Public School Academy	164,219	157,931	4%
29	Diana Baran	Henry Ford College	163,633	159,014	2.9%
30	Kalvin Harvell	Henry Ford College	163,501	157,568	3.8%
31	G. Kevin	Henry Ford College	162,042	136,308	18.9%
32	Jody Scheller	Schoolcraft Community College	161,819	158,065	2.4%
33	Bonnie Jobe	Henry Ford College	160,473	169,099	-5.1%
34	Eric Gackenbach	Henry Ford College	160,043	159,422	0.4%
35	Sue Carnell	Westwood Community Schools	159,941	162,330	-1.5%
36	Michael Zopf	Northville Public Schools	158,284	156,610	1.1%
37	Paul Salah	Wayne County RESA	157,255	155,657	1%
38	Diane Smith	Henry Ford College	156,284	144,707	8%
39	Diane O'Connell	Schoolcraft Community College	154,862	144,423	7.2%
40	Mark Haight	Schoolcraft Community College	154,706	146,594	5.5%
41	David Rodgers	Northville Public Schools	153,805	147,241	4.5%
42	Corinne Asher	Henry Ford College	153,672	136,809	12.3%
43	Brian Galdes	South Redford School District	153,250	151,029	1.5%
44	D. Todd	Henry Ford College	152,855	153,068	-0.1%
45	Andrea Lazarski	Schoolcraft Community College	152,159	142,940	6.4%
46	Laurine Van Valkenburg	Crestwood School District	152,024	169,735	-10.4%
47	Jared Boyd	Henry Ford College	151,697	141,608	7.1%
48	Michael Dean	Grosse Pointe Public Schools	151,255	151,255	0%
49	Becky Chadwick	Henry Ford College	150,769	160,191	-5.9%
50	Sandra Kerr	Schoolcraft Community College	150,197	140,111	7.2%
51	Steven Murrell	Henry Ford College	150,044	148,832	0.8%
52	Meena Sharma	Henry Ford College	150,018	127,604	17.6%
53	Joseph Decker	Schoolcraft Community College	149,958	147,055	2%
54	Holly Austin	Schoolcraft Community College	149,906	156,067	-3.9%
55	Maureen Webster	Henry Ford College	149,241	165,903	-10%
56	Michael Daher	Henry Ford College	148,627	140,749	5.6%
57	Janice Gilliland	Henry Ford College	148,540	136,978	8.4%
58	Deborah Zopf	Henry Ford College	148,139	131,898	12.3%
59	Adnan Salhi	Henry Ford College	148,034	151,782	-2.5%
60	Bradley Stetson	Schoolcraft Community College	147,863	162,088	-8.8%
61	Kevin Culler	Henry Ford College	147,783	132,787	11.3%
62	Coley McLean	Schoolcraft Community College	147,326	135,557	8.7%
63	Susan McGraw	Henry Ford College	147,100	131,461	11.9%
64	Robert Leadley	Schoolcraft Community College	146,842	141,097	4.1%
65	Lisa Jackson	Schoolcraft Community College	146,082	140,842	3.7%
66	Craig Priskorn	Henry Ford College	145,701	146,872	-0.8%
67	Gerard Mellnick	Schoolcraft Community College	145,559	163,940	-11.2%
68	Mark Greathead	Woodhaven-Brownstown School District	145,326	144,945	0.3%
69	Susan Ontko	Schoolcraft Community College	145,211	154,110	-5.8%
70	Catherine Cost	Wyandotte Public Schools	145,000	140,000	3.6%
71	Cynthia Glass	Henry Ford College	144,938	148,549	-2.4%
72	David Cunningham	Henry Ford College	144,816	135,323	7%
73	Linda Brandt	Henry Ford College	144,807	150,469	-3.8%
74	Michelle Randall	Schoolcraft Community College	144,665	129,720	11.5%
75	Debra Szymanski	Henry Ford College	144,482	156,756	-7.8%
76	Yolanda Smith	Detroit Public Schools Community District	144,453	581	24737.3%
77	Holly Diamond	Henry Ford College	143,927	119,993	19.9%
78	Stanley Moore	Henry Ford College	143,386	141,571	1.3%
79	Michael Orick	Schoolcraft Community College	143,281	149,702	-4.3%
80	Laura Yeakel	Henry Ford College	143,205	142,160	0.7%
81	Deborah Vendittelli	Schoolcraft Community College	143,028	147,899	-3.3%
82	Warren Yeakel	Henry Ford College	141,797	141,674	0.1%
83	Andrew Brodie	Flat Rock Community Schools	141,646	139,300	1.7%
84	Julie Nelson	Taylor School District	141,348	130,070	8.7%
85	Leo Yaros	Henry Ford College	141,302	146,030	-3.2%
86	Audrone Mingela	Schoolcraft Community College	141,252	158,565	-10.9%
87	James Larson Shidler	Wayne-Westland Community Schools	141,162	144,369	-2.2%
88	Steven Archibald	Livonia Public Schools	141,102	136,408	3.4%
89	Kathryn Murray	Grosse Pointe Public Schools	140,751	140,326	0.3%
90	Elaine Saneske	Henry Ford College	140,354	142,221	-1.3%
91	Kristen Howard	Detroit Public Schools Community District	140,000	33,384	319.4%
92	Brent Fulton	Henry Ford College	139,733	139,565	0.1%
93	Thomas Desana	Wyandotte Public Schools	139,392	137,460	1.4%
94	Catherine Gangarossa	Henry Ford College	139,209	131,779	5.6%
95	Russell Pickell	Riverview Public Schools	138,999	145,505	-4.5%
96	Stewart Vining	Henry Ford College	138,885	147,254	-5.7%
97	William Barber	Henry Ford College	138,858	152,413	-8.9%
98	Shannon Peterson	Dearborn Public Schools	138,792	137,853	0.7%
99	Sam Bazzi	Henry Ford College	138,309	123,483	12%
100	Maureen Bur	Grosse Pointe Public Schools	138,094	137,251	0.6%