Environment and Parks

Alberta Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2017

Salary Name Position
$127,359.23
earned in 2016
Sarah Depoe Dir,Cumulative Eff.Assessment
Environment and Parks
$158,503.10
earned in 2016
Sara Wong COS & ED of Integration
Environment and Parks
$131,427.14
earned in 2016
Scott Duguid Director, Consultations
Environment and Parks
$135,787.44
earned in 2016
Scott Jones Exec. Director of Program Coor
Environment and Parks
$164,060.78
earned in 2016
Scott Milligan Exec Director, Planning Branch
Environment and Parks
$118,938.56
earned in 2016
Sean M Douglas Water Project Mgmt Manager
Environment and Parks
$107,969.00
earned in 2016
Seong Lim Dam Safety Engineer
Environment and Parks
$108,254.64
earned in 2016
Shannadoa Pletcher Climate Change Engineer
Environment and Parks
$106,873.00
earned in 2016
Shantel MacKenzie-McDonald Manager/FOIP Coordinator
Environment and Parks
$118,938.56
earned in 2016
Sharon Willianen Director, Comm Engagement NSA
Environment and Parks
$118,938.56
earned in 2016
Shauna Arneson Director, Innova and Int Serv
Environment and Parks
$107,152.50
earned in 2016
Shawn C Ingram Manager, Compliance and Enforc
Environment and Parks
$133,317.86
earned in 2016
Shelly A Little Dir. Fin Reporting & Int Cont
Environment and Parks
$107,003.00
earned in 2016
Shoma Tanzeeba Hydrologist
Environment and Parks
$107,152.50
earned in 2016
Stanley J Kavalinas Intergovernmental Manager
Environment and Parks
$134,986.22
earned in 2016
Stanley Vander Helm Infrastructure Manager
Environment and Parks
$112,904.16
earned in 2016
Stephen Bergen Member,Surf Rights & land comp
Environment and Parks
$118,938.56
earned in 2016
Stephen M Bradbury Resource Manager
Environment and Parks
$132,872.22
earned in 2016
Stephen Wallace Director, Groundwater Policy
Environment and Parks
$177,720.46
earned in 2016
Steve Donelon ADM, Parks Division
Environment and Parks
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Published March 2017

Alberta Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2017

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:

  • Top Salaries at Environment and Parks in the 2017 Sunshine List
  • Deputy Minister of Env. & Park
    $285,877.28
  • Special Advisor Water Quality
    $285,877.28
  • ADM, Implement Engage & Reg
    $200,404.88
  • ADM Operations
    $199,019.60
  • ADM, Corp Services Div.
    $198,993.86

2017 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 332 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $41,323,416.51 in 2016.

At the top of the Environment and Parks Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Environment and Parks was Deputy Minister of Env. & Park Kenneth Andre Corbould, who brought home $285,877.28 in 2016.

Following Kenneth Andre Corbould was Special Advisor Water Quality Ernie Hui, with annual earnings of $285,877.28. ADM, Implement Engage & Reg Sandra Locke made $200,404.88, ADM Operations Graham Statt made $199,019.60, and ADM, Corp Services Div. Tom Davis round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $198,993.86 for the Environment and Parks 2017 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2016, 100 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 194 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 35 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 2 received between $250,001 and $300,000 at the Environment and Parks.

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

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2017 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2017 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2017 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