Kalamazoo Times

Ishmael Acker made $34,908 in 2018 working as a public employee at Western Michigan University, ranking the worker in the 52nd percentile in terms of pay among Michigan public employees with available salary information.

Peter Strazdas is the highest paid Western Michigan University employee among employees whose salary information was made available.

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 employees at Western Michigan University in 2018

Rank	Employee Full Name	Amount Earned
1	Peter Strazdas	$177,029
2	David Lyth	$163,644
3	Martha Warfield	$159,898
4	Dean Johnson	$144,289
5	Leigh Ford	$135,713
6	Debra Berkey	$135,550
7	David Houghton	$127,198
8	Tricia Hennessy	$126,037
9	Teresa Crumpton	$121,591
10	Joel Fletcher	$114,761
11	James Vandepolder	$114,230
12	Carol Dedow	$113,140
13	Shashanta James	$107,336
14	Jeffrey Lillard	$105,062
15	William Olsen	$104,960
16	George Jarvis	$102,017
17	Dennis McCrumb	$101,004
18	Brian Crandall	$100,639
19	Steven Thomas	$93,564
20	James Smith	$91,086
21	Nancy Cretsinger	$90,012
22	Diana Hernandez	$88,246
23	Daniel Brimmer	$83,979
24	Jeffrey Landers	$83,914
25	Charles Pearson	$83,567
26	Thomas Maida	$82,753
27	Judith Rypma	$80,026
28	Troy Leinaar	$79,250
29	Richard Boyd	$78,021
30	Margurite Clay	$77,156
31	Randolph Bortolussi	$76,632
32	Thomas Ramsdell	$76,351
33	Michelle Hruska	$75,907
34	Doralee Deryke	$75,850
35	Vicki Cox	$73,277
36	Robin Williams	$73,244
37	Guy Barks	$72,645
38	John Stanford	$72,597
39	David Bonselaar	$70,929
40	Joyce Lew	$70,439
41	Kirk Dillery	$69,477
42	Todd Havener	$68,143
43	Dale Sheppard	$66,195
44	John Rook	$65,771
45	Melinda Lockett	$64,663
46	Bryan Sutton	$64,383
47	Karen Stokes Chapo	$63,897
48	Jodie Laraway	$63,652
49	Sue Beougher	$63,590
50	Ila Baker	$63,586
51	Mario Galbreath	$63,191
52	Patricia Mikowski	$63,089
53	Paul Hildenbrand	$62,389
54	Stacy Thinnes	$61,150
55	Kevin West	$61,136
56	Bernadette Ballard-Reid	$61,071
57	David Wyman	$61,048
58	Maureen Lassiter	$61,032
59	Thomas Cook	$60,829
60	Tanya Bellamy	$60,815
61	Amy Washington	$60,497
61	Annmarie Cox	$60,497
63	Kathleen Springsteen	$59,310
64	Carol Olmstead	$59,131
65	Arthur Ward	$58,911
66	Lonnie Wesseling	$58,617
67	John Barton	$58,420
68	Linda Wallace	$58,244
69	Susan Coker	$57,974
70	David Paul	$57,508
71	Amy Burns	$57,420
72	Laurie Foster	$56,940
73	Vena Brower	$56,907
74	Angela Miller	$56,682
75	Melissa Bininger	$56,663
76	David Miller	$56,645
77	Kristin Gustafson	$56,520
78	James Hiatt	$56,508
79	Kevin Villadsen	$56,349
80	Richard Haynes	$56,105
81	Patricia Campbell	$55,619
82	Joseph Truppa	$55,501
83	Lisa Hotchkiss	$55,135
84	Eva Copija	$54,872
85	Nannette Morningstar	$54,629
86	Tracey Kauppila	$54,548
87	Rebecca Cook	$54,543
88	Diane Schuldt	$54,421
89	Rebecca Thiel	$54,287
90	Lori Krum	$54,143
91	Dan St. Clair	$54,063
92	Ronald Bell	$53,987
93	Michael Matthews	$53,775
94	Jeffery Johns	$53,649
95	John Winchell	$53,430
96	Carol Patterson	$53,146
97	Robyn Boyle	$52,879
98	Thomas Sauber	$52,726
99	Cheryl Siwik	$52,375
100	Terri Simmons	$52,319