Legal Aid Ontario

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2009

Salary Name Position
$141,522.97
earned in 2008
ANEURIN THOMAS Director, Strategic Research
Legal Aid Ontario
$112,885.41
earned in 2008
ANN SCHOLBERG Director, Family Law Office
Legal Aid Ontario
$104,311.21
earned in 2008
BARBARA CASSON Staff Lawyer
Legal Aid Ontario
$102,785.51
earned in 2008
CARL GARLAND Director, Criminal Law Office
Legal Aid Ontario
$121,463.60
earned in 2008
CARMELO RUNCO Area Director
Legal Aid Ontario
$111,939.22
earned in 2008
CAROLE DAHAN Director, Refugee Law Office
Legal Aid Ontario
$103,739.60
earned in 2008
CHARLES LAFORTUNE Program Manager
Legal Aid Ontario
$128,632.02
earned in 2008
COLIN BOAL Director, Finance
Legal Aid Ontario
$102,290.48
earned in 2008
CYNTHIA HARPER Regional Business Manager, Toronto Region
Legal Aid Ontario
$110,110.33
earned in 2008
DANIELLE FUOCHI Staff Lawyer
Legal Aid Ontario
$114,577.85
earned in 2008
DAVE VANSTONE Director, Facilities & Support Services
Legal Aid Ontario
$147,940.32
earned in 2008
DAVID MCKILLOP Vice President, Policy & Research
Legal Aid Ontario
$103,179.90
earned in 2008
DIONNE PEART Duty Counsel, Criminal
Legal Aid Ontario
$133,966.75
earned in 2008
GAVIN LUTZ Director, Human Resources
Legal Aid Ontario
$166,388.61
earned in 2008
GEORGE BIGGAR Senior Special Advisor to the President/Chief Executive Officer
Legal Aid Ontario
$150,898.19
earned in 2008
HEATHER ROBERTSON Vice President, Central Programming & Innovation
Legal Aid Ontario
$168,021.53
earned in 2008
HELENA BIRT Policy Counsel
Legal Aid Ontario
$115,754.39
earned in 2008
HELEN CARBONE Supervisory Staff Lawyer
Legal Aid Ontario
$102,635.38
earned in 2008
IAN RITCHIE Supervisory Duty Counsel/Staff Lawyer
Legal Aid Ontario
$153,807.54
earned in 2008
JACQUELINE MURPHY Deputy Director, Legal Aid Ontario Law
Legal Aid Ontario
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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 Legal Aid Ontario, including:

  • Top Salaries at Legal Aid Ontario in the 2009 Sunshine List
  • President/Chief Executive Officer
    $243,274.71
  • Senior Special Advisor to the Chair & Board
    $176,593.61
  • Vice President/Chief Administrative Officer
    $175,793.59
  • Vice President/General Counsel
    $169,218.59
  • Policy Counsel
    $168,021.53

2009 Ontario Sunshine List: Legal Aid Ontario Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Legal Aid Ontario's 64 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $7,919,934.98 in 2008.

At the top of the Legal Aid Ontario Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Legal Aid Ontario was President/Chief Executive Officer ROBERT WARD, who brought home $243,274.71 in 2008.

Following ROBERT WARD was Senior Special Advisor to the Chair & Board RUTH LAWSON, with annual earnings of $176,593.61. Vice President/Chief Administrative Officer MICHELLE SEGUIN made $175,793.59, Vice President/General Counsel SUSAN MCCAFFREY made $169,218.59, and Policy Counsel HELENA BIRT round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $168,021.53 for the Legal Aid Ontario 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 31 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 8 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1 received between $200,001 and $250,000 at the Legal Aid Ontario.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 24 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 31 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 8 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 1 employee made between $200,000 to $250,000

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.