Royal Ontario Museum

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2008

Salary Name Position
$116,435.70
earned in 2007 		CHRISTOPHER DARLING Senior Curator
Royal Ontario Museum
$115,764.67
earned in 2007 		ROBERT MURPHY Senior Curator
Royal Ontario Museum
$113,672.64
earned in 2007 		RICHARD WINTERBOTTOM Senior Curator
Royal Ontario Museum
$113,352.62
earned in 2007 		JUDITH LEE EGER Senior Curator
Royal Ontario Museum
$112,563.58
earned in 2007 		GERTRUDE NICKS Senior Curator
Royal Ontario Museum
$110,698.56
earned in 2007 		MIMA KAPCHES Senior Curator
Royal Ontario Museum
$107,799.53
earned in 2007 		KLAAS RUITENBEEK Senior Curator
Royal Ontario Museum
$106,660.58
earned in 2007 		ALEXANDRA PALMER Senior Curator
Royal Ontario Museum
$103,947.59
earned in 2007 		PETER VON-BITTER Senior Curator
Royal Ontario Museum
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Published March 2008

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2008

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:

  • Top Salaries at Royal Ontario Museum in the 2008 Sunshine List
  • WILLIAM THORSELL
    Director/Chief Executive Officer
    $338,275.63
  • MARGARET BECKEL
    Chief Operating Officer/Secretary to the Board
    $218,665.18
  • MARK ENGSTROM
    Deputy Director, Collections & Research
    $172,635.72
  • ANTHONY HUSHION
    Vice President, Exhibits, Programming & New Media Resources
    $164,055.63
  • AL SHAIKOLI
    Executive Director, Capitol Development & Facilities
    $135,535.65

2008 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 $3,108,306.21 in 2007.

At the top of the Royal Ontario Museum Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Royal Ontario Museum was Director/Chief Executive Officer WILLIAM THORSELL, who brought home $338,275.63 in 2007.

Following WILLIAM THORSELL was Chief Operating Officer/Secretary to the Board MARGARET BECKEL, with annual earnings of $218,665.18. Deputy Director, Collections & Research MARK ENGSTROM made $172,635.72, Vice President, Exhibits, Programming & New Media Resources ANTHONY HUSHION made $164,055.63, and Executive Director, Capitol Development & Facilities AL SHAIKOLI round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $135,535.65 for the Royal Ontario Museum 2008 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2007, 6 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 13 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 2 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 1 received between $250,001 and $300,000 at the Royal Ontario Museum.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 6 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 13 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
  • 1 employee made more than $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2008 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2008 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2008 Employers List.