2015 Sunshine List: Centre for Addiction & Mental Health top earners
Every year Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants, which includes nurses, teachers, police officers, and firefighters, with six-figure salaries. In Centre for Addiction & Mental Health , 288 staffers made the list this year, earning a total salary of $35,950,069.33 in 2014.
At the top of the Sunshine List
Topping the list for Centre for Addiction & Mental Health was President & Chief Executive Officer / Présidente-directrice générale CATHERINE ZAHN who brought home $668,249.21 in 2014.
Following CATHERINE ZAHN was Executive Vice President, Corporate Services / Vice-président à la direction, Services de gestion DEVENDRA CHOPRA, who had annual earnings of $333,767.02. Executive Vice President, Clinical Programs/Vice-Présidente à la direction, programmes de soins SARAH DOWNEY made $298,019.80, Vice President, Human Resources / Vice-Présidente, Ressources Humaines KIM BELLISSIMO made $243,003.80 and Senior Scientist, Section Head / Scientifique principale, chef de section RACHEL TYNDALE round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $240,231.23 for the Centre for Addiction & Mental Health 2015 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among the 288 Centre for Addiction & Mental Health 's employees, who received more than six-figure salaries 122 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 135 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 17 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 11 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 1 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , 2 received over $300,000 at Centre for Addiction & Mental Health .
For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2015 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2015 Employees List. If you wish to analyse the list by employer go to Sunshine List 2015 Employers List.
The Sunshine List
The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 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.
In Ontario the Sunshine List was first published in 1996, by the Progressive Conservative government of Mike Harris. Just 4,576 names appeared on the first list.