Environment and Parks

Alberta Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2019

Salary Name Position
$285,877.28
earned in 2018
Beverly Yee Deputy Minister of Env. & Park
Environment and Parks
$194,904.06
earned in 2018
Ronda Goulden ADM, Policy and Planning
Environment and Parks
$189,553.18
earned in 2018
John Conrad ADM Operations
Environment and Parks
$181,228.06
earned in 2018
Gilbert P Van Nes General Counsel
Environment and Parks
$179,678.04
earned in 2018
Kevin Peterson A/ADM, Corporate Services Div
Environment and Parks
$164,060.78
earned in 2018
David Louis Ardell Ex..Director Infrastructure
Environment and Parks
$164,060.78
earned in 2018
Roger Burns Prgm Director,IRMS Informatics
Environment and Parks
$164,060.78
earned in 2018
Monique Dube Executive Director, IEAP
Environment and Parks
$164,060.78
earned in 2018
Andrew Lamb Director, Grant Programs
Environment and Parks
$164,060.78
earned in 2018
Roger K Ramcharita Executive Director, S Sask Reg
Environment and Parks
$164,060.78
earned in 2018
Travis Ripley Exec Director, Fish & Wildlife
Environment and Parks
$163,380.88
earned in 2018
William Donahue Exec. Director, Science Branch
Environment and Parks
$162,070.74
earned in 2018
Andrew Bachelder Board Legal Counsel
Environment and Parks
$162,054.62
earned in 2018
Kathleen Rich Exec.Dir Climate Change Policy
Environment and Parks
$162,054.36
earned in 2018
Terry Zitnak Regional Exec Dir, Lower Atha
Environment and Parks
$161,988.32
earned in 2018
Marian Fluker Associate Counsel
Environment and Parks
$161,916.42
earned in 2018
Karen Wronko Exec Director, Land Policy
Environment and Parks
$160,481.62
earned in 2018
Randall Barrett Reg'l Director Red Deer / N SK
Environment and Parks
$160,176.84
earned in 2018
Scott Milligan Exec Director, Provincial Prog
Environment and Parks
$158,781.16
earned in 2018
Dana Mackie Exec Director, Implementation
Environment and Parks
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Published March 2019

Alberta Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2019

Alberta first started publishing the Sunshine List in 2014 following the 2012 election of Alison Redford.

The salary and severance disclosure, makes Alberta's public sector more open and accountable to taxpayers. The act requires organizations that receive public funding from the Province of Alberta to make public the names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of employees paid 136,805 or more in the previous calendar year.

At SunshineListStats.com, we rank employees from organizations that received public funding from the Province of Alberta and earn over $136,805 per year, including total taxable benefits.

This year's sunshine list includes the top earners in Environment and Parks, including:

2019 Alberta Sunshine List: Environment and Parks Top Earners

Every year, the Alberta government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Environment and Parks's 234 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $30,316,360.26 in 2018.

At the top of the Environment and Parks Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Environment and Parks was Deputy Minister of Env. & Park Beverly Yee, who brought home $285,877.28 in 2018.

Following Beverly Yee was Chief Scientist and ADM Frederick Wrona, with annual earnings of $234,273.26. ADM Strategy Richard Blackwood made $196,961.18, ADM, Policy and Planning Ronda Goulden made $194,904.06, and ADM Operations John Conrad round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $189,553.18 for the Environment and Parks 2019 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2018, 7 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 194 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 31 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 1 received between $250,001 and $300,000 at the Environment and Parks.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 7 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 194 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 31 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 1 employee made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 1 employee made between $250,000 to $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2019 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2019 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2019 Employers List.

What is disclosed and thresholds

  • Compensation includes base salary, overtime, bonuses, honoraria paid to board members and taxable benefits. This category essentially reflects the income amount on the person’s T4.
  • Severance reflects amounts paid or payable related to termination of employment, including retiring allowance.
  • Non-monetary (other) benefits are generally non-taxable benefits including the employer’s portion of pension contributions, employment insurance, Canada Pension Plan and Workers' Compensation Board premiums.
  • Employment and/or severance contracts for:
    • Designated executives under the Reform of Agencies, Boards and Commissions Compensation Regulation
    • Designated executives under the Reform of Agencies, Boards and Commissions (Post-Secondary Institutions) Compensation Regulation
    • The Chief Executive Officer of Alberta Health Services
    • The Chief Executive Officer of the Alberta Electric System Operator

Employee thresholds

Public sector bodies are required to post online the names and amount of compensation and severance paid to employees who earn more than the threshold amount for that disclosure period.

For December disclosures, if no severance was paid, disclosure is not required.

1 The annual threshold is applied to severance disclosures in December of the current year and to compensation disclosed in June of the following year. For example, the threshold for severances disclosed by December 31, 2021 is $136,805. This is also the threshold for compensation disclosed by June 30, 2022.
Calendar year 1 Annual threshold
2021 $136,805
2020 $135,317
2019 $132,924
2018 $129,809
2017 $127,765
2016 $126,375
2015 $125,000