Research & Innovation

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2010

Salary Name Position
$181,200.07
earned in 2009
ANTHONY ROCKINGHAM Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation & Commercialization Division
Research & Innovation
$154,281.68
earned in 2009
ANTHONY VANDER VOET Assistant Deputy Minister, Science & Research Division
Research & Innovation
$107,796.52
earned in 2009
BRAD DEFOE Special Advisor
Research & Innovation
$124,452.45
earned in 2009
CAMERON SUMMERS Chief of Staff
Research & Innovation
$120,477.23
earned in 2009
CRAIG FOWLER Director, Research Branch
Research & Innovation
$111,072.75
earned in 2009
DAVID AYOTTE Assistant Director, Communications Branch
Research & Innovation
$138,187.15
earned in 2009
DEBORAH SWAIN Director, Communications Branch
Research & Innovation
$112,472.63
earned in 2009
GEORGE CADETE Manager, Commercialization & Infrastructure Finance
Research & Innovation
$108,486.11
earned in 2009
GEORGE LOO Team Lead, Venture Capital
Research & Innovation
$214,605.25
earned in 2009
GEORGE ROSS Deputy Minister
Research & Innovation
$101,810.62
earned in 2009
HELEN KALITSIS Program Lead
Research & Innovation
$105,299.08
earned in 2009
JACK KREPEL Program Lead
Research & Innovation
$112,472.63
earned in 2009
JANE KIRKWOOD Manager, Research Programs
Research & Innovation
$100,957.03
earned in 2009
JENNIFER LE BLANC Manager, Stakeholder Communication, New Media & Events
Research & Innovation
$105,792.77
earned in 2009
JENNIFER PROULX Manager, Issues & Media Relations
Research & Innovation
$132,283.24
earned in 2009
JOHN MARSHALL Director, Access to Capital & Business Development
Research & Innovation
$107,833.76
earned in 2009
KATHERINE KELLY-GATTEN Manager, Innovation Policy
Research & Innovation
$100,555.37
earned in 2009
LUKE GARTNER Senior Policy Advisor
Research & Innovation
$111,114.37
earned in 2009
MARIE LAROSE Manager, International & Business Development
Research & Innovation
$106,024.87
earned in 2009
MARY-ELLEN SWEETNAM Executive Assistant to the Deputy Minister
Research & Innovation
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Published March 2010

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2010

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 2010 Sunshine List
  • Deputy Minister
    $214,605.25
  • Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation & Commercialization Division
    $181,200.07
  • Assistant Deputy Minister, Science & Research Division
    $154,281.68
  • Director, Commercialization Branch
    $138,187.15
  • Director, Communications Branch
    $138,187.15

2010 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 27 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $3,245,411.76 in 2009.

At the top of the Research & Innovation Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Research & Innovation was Deputy Minister GEORGE ROSS, who brought home $214,605.25 in 2009.

Following GEORGE ROSS was Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation & Commercialization Division ANTHONY ROCKINGHAM, with annual earnings of $181,200.07. Assistant Deputy Minister, Science & Research Division ANTHONY VANDER VOET made $154,281.68, Director, Commercialization Branch WILLIAM MANTEL made $138,187.15, and Director, Communications Branch DEBORAH SWAIN round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $138,187.15 for the Research & Innovation 2010 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2009, 12 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 12 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 2 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1 received between $200,001 and $250,000 at the Research & Innovation.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 12 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 12 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 2 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 2010 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2010 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2010 Employers List.