Health

Alberta Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2017

Salary Name Position
$132,307.50
earned in 2016
Carol Robertson Baker Mental Health Patient Advocate
Health
$115,724.44
earned in 2016
Carol Taylor-Shemanchuk Dir, Claims & Special Prgrms
Health
$118,938.56
earned in 2016
Catherine Simpson Dir, Enterprise Content Mgmt
Health
$115,995.07
earned in 2016
Celine O'Brien Director, Communicable Disease
Health
$153,719.84
earned in 2016
Chad Mitchell Dir, Pharm Strategy&Foresight
Health
$157,259.65
earned in 2016
Charlene Dawn Wong Sr Exec Dir, Fin Planning
Health
$107,705.48
earned in 2016
Charlene Seehagel Nurse Consultant
Health
$138,147.36
earned in 2016
Cheryl L Whitten Ex.Dir.,StandardsCompliance&Li
Health
$114,206.56
earned in 2016
Christina Maslyk Dir. Emerg. Preparedness Plan.
Health
$127,323.04
earned in 2016
Christopher Sargent Dir. Policy Coordination
Health
$107,152.50
earned in 2016
Claudette Andree Edney Manager,Senior Records Officer
Health
$144,343.16
earned in 2016
Corinne Parker Dir, CC Standards & Licensing
Health
$151,049.34
earned in 2016
Corinne Schalm Executive Director
Health
$118,938.56
earned in 2016
Crystal Ewaschuk Director,Application&BusSuppor
Health
$131,041.09
earned in 2016
Dalton Wenstob Dir,SpecialProjects,Policy&Com
Health
$106,886.26
earned in 2016
Darcy Matras Information Security Manager
Health
$133,317.86
earned in 2016
Darren S Joslin Director, Innovation
Health
$130,436.28
earned in 2016
David Biddiscombe Director, Financial Planning
Health
$134,138.28
earned in 2016
David Onyschuk Director
Health
$159,197.04
earned in 2016
Dawn Friesen ADM Public Health & Compliance
Health
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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 Health, including:

2017 Alberta Sunshine List: Health Top Earners

Every year, the Alberta government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Health's 175 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $21,933,750.59 in 2016.

At the top of the Health Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Health was Sr Provincial Medical Advisor Alan Casson, who brought home $332,465.40 in 2016.

Following Alan Casson was Dep Chief Med Officer of Hlth Martin Lavoie, with annual earnings of $326,115.76. Chief Medical Officer of Healt Karen Margaret Grimsrud made $250,210.65, Senior ADM,Ministry Ops & FCS Martin John Chamberlain made $227,536.60, and Assistant Deputy Minister Denise Perret round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $211,985.28 for the Health 2017 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2016, 64 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 87 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 15 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 4 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 1 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 4 received over $300,000 at the Health.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 64 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 87 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 15 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 4 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 1 employee made between $250,000 to $300,000
  • 4 employees made more than $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