Natural Resources

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2013

Salary Name Position
$137,361.58
earned in 2012
JUDY TOMARIN Director, Transition for Land Resources Cluster
Natural Resources
$102,527.03
earned in 2012
JULIE MCARDLE Far North Policy Manager
Natural Resources
$102,735.75
earned in 2012
JULIE SCHULTZ Policy Liaison Officer
Natural Resources
$102,735.75
earned in 2012
KAREN DANDRIDGE Policy Liaison Officer
Natural Resources
$140,679.71
earned in 2012
KATHLEEN MCFADDEN Assistant Deputy Minister, Forestry Division
Natural Resources
$102,492.56
earned in 2012
KENNETH ABRAHAM Research Scientist Waterfowl & Wetlands
Natural Resources
$105,646.05
earned in 2012
KEVIN LOFTUS Manager, Fish Culture Section
Natural Resources
$105,223.71
earned in 2012
KEVIN RIDE Regional Forest Resources Supervisor
Natural Resources
$101,904.14
earned in 2012
LEIGH COLPITTS Manager, Forest Tenure Section
Natural Resources
$103,544.86
earned in 2012
LENARD SEDORE Systems Officer
Natural Resources
$136,360.75
earned in 2012
LOIS DEACON Director, Enforcement Branch
Natural Resources
$108,655.83
earned in 2012
MARK PARSONS Manager, Aviation Forest Fire & Emergency Services Policy & Business Management
Natural Resources
$131,000.22
earned in 2012
MARK SPEERS Director, Forest Tenure & Economics Branch
Natural Resources
$102,735.75
earned in 2012
MARTIN WEST Information Management Coordinator
Natural Resources
$110,323.23
earned in 2012
MARY ELLEN STOLL Manager, Northeast Science & Information Section
Natural Resources
$102,735.75
earned in 2012
MARY PYSCH Policy Liaison Officer
Natural Resources
$122,574.14
earned in 2012
MICHAEL MORENCIE Director, Fish & Wildlife Services Branch
Natural Resources
$101,707.45
earned in 2012
MICHAEL SHAPLAND Aerial Fire Operations Specialist
Natural Resources
$102,492.56
earned in 2012
MICHAEL TER–MIKAELIAN Research Scientist, Forest Modelling
Natural Resources
$117,516.56
earned in 2012
MIKE BALLAGH Fire Response Specialist
Natural Resources
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Published March 2013

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2013

The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996 makes Ontario’s public sector more open and accountable to taxpayers. The act requires organizations that receive public funding from the Province of Ontario to make public, by March 31 each year, the names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of employees paid $100,000 or more in the previous calendar year.

At SunshineListStats.com, we rank employees from organizations that received public funding from the Province of Ontario and earn over $100,000 per year, including total taxable benefits.

This year's sunshine list includes the top earners in Natural Resources, including:

2013 Ontario Sunshine List: Natural Resources Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Natural Resources's 316 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $35,651,086.76 in 2012.

At the top of the Natural Resources Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Natural Resources was Chief Information Officer JAMES HAMILTON, who brought home $215,603.95 in 2012.

Following JAMES HAMILTON was Deputy Minister VIRGINIA WEST, with annual earnings of $208,023.30. Deputy Minister DAVID O'TOOLE made $204,597.38, Chief Information Officer ROBERT HOLLIS made $201,641.44, and Assistant Deputy Minister, Transformation WILLIAM THORNTON round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $188,807.05 for the Natural Resources 2013 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2012, 192 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 110 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 10 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 4 received between $200,001 and $250,000 at the Natural Resources.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 192 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 110 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 10 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 4 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2013 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2013 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2013 Employers List.