Royal Ontario Museum

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2005

Salary Name Position
$121,985.71
earned in 2004
AL SHAIKOLI Executive Director, Facilities
Royal Ontario Museum
$126,214.11
earned in 2004
ALLAN BAKER Head, Natural History
Royal Ontario Museum
$156,293.45
earned in 2004
ANTHONY HUSHION VP, Exhibits, Prog. & NMR
Royal Ontario Museum
$118,104.35
earned in 2004
CHRISTOPHER DARLING Senior Curator
Royal Ontario Museum
$115,521.49
earned in 2004
CHRISTOPHER KOESTER Executive Director, HR & OD
Royal Ontario Museum
$114,362.19
earned in 2004
DAN RAHIMI Executive Director, Gallery Development
Royal Ontario Museum
$109,156.60
earned in 2004
GERTRUDE NICKS Senior Curator
Royal Ontario Museum
$102,031.29
earned in 2004
JOCELYN HART Director, Project Management
Royal Ontario Museum
$152,217.94
earned in 2004
JOEL PETERS VP, Marketing & Comm. Dev.
Royal Ontario Museum
$106,307.35
earned in 2004
JUDITH LEE EGER Senior Curator
Royal Ontario Museum
$106,805.35
earned in 2004
KLAAS RUITENBEEK Senior Curator
Royal Ontario Museum
$120,698.95
earned in 2004
KRZYSZTOF GRZYMSKI Head, World Cultures
Royal Ontario Museum
$111,065.49
earned in 2004
LISA GOLOMBEK Senior Curator
Royal Ontario Museum
$218,012.32
earned in 2004
MARGARET BECKEL COO/Secretary to the Board
Royal Ontario Museum
$147,526.63
earned in 2004
MARK ENGSTROM VP, Collections & Research
Royal Ontario Museum
$206,796.34
earned in 2004
MICHAEL SHOREMAN Senior VP, Business & Capital Dev.
Royal Ontario Museum
$113,532.62
earned in 2004
PETER VON-BITTER Senior Curator
Royal Ontario Museum
$110,416.77
earned in 2004
RICHARD WINTERBOTTOM Senior Curator
Royal Ontario Museum
$112,589.29
earned in 2004
ROBERT MURPHY Senior Curator
Royal Ontario Museum
$155,161.42
earned in 2004
ROBERT BARNETT VP, Gallery Development
Royal Ontario Museum
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Published March 2005

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2005

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 Royal Ontario Museum, including:

2005 Ontario Sunshine List: Royal Ontario Museum Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Royal Ontario Museum's 23 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $3,095,567.36 in 2004.

At the top of the Royal Ontario Museum Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Royal Ontario Museum was Director/CEO WILLIAM THORSELL, who brought home $241,849.64 in 2004.

Following WILLIAM THORSELL was COO/Secretary to the Board MARGARET BECKEL, with annual earnings of $218,012.32. Senior VP, Business & Capital Dev. MICHAEL SHOREMAN made $206,796.34, VP, Exhibits, Prog. & NMR ANTHONY HUSHION made $156,293.45, and VP, Gallery Development ROBERT BARNETT round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $155,161.42 for the Royal Ontario Museum 2005 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2004, 5 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 12 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 3 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 3 received between $200,001 and $250,000 at the Royal Ontario Museum.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 5 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 12 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 3 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 3 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2005 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2005 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2005 Employers List.