Research & Innovation

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2009

Salary Name Position
$130,796.24
earned in 2008
ALLISON BARR Director, Research Branch
Research & Innovation
$181,436.93
earned in 2008
ANTHONY ROCKINGHAM Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation & Commercialization Division
Research & Innovation
$138,941.21
earned in 2008
ANTHONY VANDER VOET Assistant Deputy Minister/Chief Operating Officer, Research & Innovation Division
Research & Innovation
$103,462.41
earned in 2008
BRAD DEFOE Special Advisor
Research & Innovation
$104,703.28
earned in 2008
BRIAN LOVE Director, Ontario Commercial Network Review Branch
Research & Innovation
$124,572.24
earned in 2008
CAMERON SUMMERS Executive Assistant
Research & Innovation
$101,515.69
earned in 2008
CRAIG FOWLER Director, Corporate Policy & Program Services Branch
Research & Innovation
$101,505.50
earned in 2008
DAVID AYOTTE Assistant Director, Communications Branch
Research & Innovation
$127,901.81
earned in 2008
DEBORAH SWAIN Director, Communications Branch
Research & Innovation
$109,479.90
earned in 2008
GEORGE CADETE Manager, Commercialization & Infrastructure Support
Research & Innovation
$203,374.20
earned in 2008
GEORGE ROSS Deputy Minister
Research & Innovation
$100,411.75
earned in 2008
JACK KREPEL Program Lead
Research & Innovation
$107,812.71
earned in 2008
JANE KIRKWOOD Manager, Research Programs
Research & Innovation
$122,218.31
earned in 2008
JOHN MARSHALL Director, Outreach Promotion & Business Development Branch
Research & Innovation
$103,860.58
earned in 2008
MARIE LAROSE Manager, International & Business Development
Research & Innovation
$101,436.25
earned in 2008
MARTHA MURRAY Chief of Staff
Research & Innovation
$104,909.41
earned in 2008
P. ROBERT LACHANCE Manager, Outreach Marketing & Promotion
Research & Innovation
$104,806.59
earned in 2008
RYAN LOCK Manager, Biopharm Investment Program
Research & Innovation
$107,812.71
earned in 2008
STEPHANIE HOLBIK Manager, Research Talent & Awards
Research & Innovation
$107,812.71
earned in 2008
WALTER KUSHNIR Manager, Life Science & Health Technology
Research & Innovation
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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 Research & Innovation, including:

  • Top Salaries at Research & Innovation in the 2009 Sunshine List
  • Deputy Minister
    $203,374.20
  • Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation & Commercialization Division
    $181,436.93
  • Assistant Deputy Minister/Chief Operating Officer, Research & Innovation Division
    $138,941.21
  • Director, Commercialization Branch
    $134,903.12
  • Director, Research Branch
    $130,796.24

2009 Ontario Sunshine List: Research & Innovation Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Research & Innovation's 21 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $2,523,673.55 in 2008.

At the top of the Research & Innovation Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Research & Innovation was Deputy Minister GEORGE ROSS, who brought home $203,374.20 in 2008.

Following GEORGE ROSS was Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation & Commercialization Division ANTHONY ROCKINGHAM, with annual earnings of $181,436.93. Assistant Deputy Minister/Chief Operating Officer, Research & Innovation Division ANTHONY VANDER VOET made $138,941.21, Director, Commercialization Branch WILLIAM MANTEL made $134,903.12, and Director, Research Branch ALLISON BARR round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $130,796.24 for the Research & Innovation 2009 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2008, 13 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 6 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 1 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1 received between $200,001 and $250,000 at the Research & Innovation.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 13 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 6 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 1 employee 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.