Ontario Energy Board

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2009

Salary Name Position
$121,839.26
earned in 2008
DUNCAN SKINNER Special Advisor, Regulatory Audit
Ontario Energy Board
$104,325.12
earned in 2008
EDIK ZWARENSTEIN Project Advisor, Facilities Applications
Ontario Energy Board
$123,591.62
earned in 2008
ERIC PELLETIER Manager, Communications
Ontario Energy Board
$355,677.37
earned in 2008
GORDON KAISER Vice Chair
Ontario Energy Board
$118,410.32
earned in 2008
GORDON RYCKMAN Senior Advisor, Compliance
Ontario Energy Board
$125,257.10
earned in 2008
HAROLD THIESSEN Senior Advisor, Electricity Rate Applications
Ontario Energy Board
$487,769.75
earned in 2008
HOWARD WETSTON Chair/Chief Executive Officer
Ontario Energy Board
$161,500.36
earned in 2008
JENNIFER LEA Counsel, Special Projects, Applications & Regulatory Audit
Ontario Energy Board
$124,054.29
earned in 2008
JILL BADA Manager, Compliance
Ontario Energy Board
$123,188.58
earned in 2008
JOANNA ROSSET Counsel, Legal Services
Ontario Energy Board
$134,332.27
earned in 2008
JOHN MILES Manager, Human Resources
Ontario Energy Board
$107,478.32
earned in 2008
JOHN VRANTSIDIS Policy Advisor, Energy Infrastructure Policy
Ontario Energy Board
$102,186.57
earned in 2008
JUDITH FERNANDES Project Advisor, Licence Applications
Ontario Energy Board
$104,553.94
earned in 2008
KAREN TAYLOR Executive Advisor
Ontario Energy Board
$108,595.11
earned in 2008
KEITH RITCHIE Project Advisor, Electricity Rates Applications
Ontario Energy Board
$183,154.30
earned in 2008
KENNETH QUESNELLE Board Member
Ontario Energy Board
$152,522.68
earned in 2008
KIRSTEN WALLI Board Secretary
Ontario Energy Board
$134,937.73
earned in 2008
KRISTI SEBALJ Senior Legal Counsel
Ontario Energy Board
$129,563.18
earned in 2008
LAURA COONEY Controller
Ontario Energy Board
$108,243.32
earned in 2008
LAURIE KLEIN Policy Advisor, Energy Retail Policy
Ontario Energy Board
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Published March 2009

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2009

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 Ontario Energy Board, including:

2009 Ontario Sunshine List: Ontario Energy Board Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Ontario Energy Board's 72 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $10,456,182.70 in 2008.

At the top of the Ontario Energy Board Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Ontario Energy Board was Chair/Chief Executive Officer HOWARD WETSTON, who brought home $487,769.75 in 2008.

Following HOWARD WETSTON was Vice Chair GORDON KAISER, with annual earnings of $355,677.37. Vice Chair PAMELA NOWINA made $355,677.37, Chief Operating Officer D. ALECK DADSON made $242,868.41, and General Counsel, Legal Services MARY ANNE ALDRED round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $225,874.40 for the Ontario Energy Board 2009 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2008, 24 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 28 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 12 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 5 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 3 received between $250,001 and $300,000 at the Ontario Energy Board.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 24 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 28 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 12 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 5 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 3 employees made more than $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2009 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2009 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2009 Employers List.