Agriculture and Forestry

Alberta Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2021

Salary Name Position
$30,252.90
earned in 2020
Annalisa Baer Director, Intl Market Dev
Agriculture and Forestry
$118,938.56
earned in 2020
Bradley Andres Director, Emergency Management
Agriculture and Forestry
$133,317.86
earned in 2020
Brenda Anne Yurchi Director, Fin Oper. & Rpting
Agriculture and Forestry
$115,106.43
earned in 2020
Bret Kennedy Director, Env.Extension & Prog
Agriculture and Forestry
$115,724.71
earned in 2020
Carmen Andrew Director, Rural Policy and Pro
Agriculture and Forestry
$118,573.34
earned in 2020
Carolyn Stuparyk Director, Policy Advice, Coordination and Engagement
Agriculture and Forestry
$133,317.86
earned in 2020
Dan Graham Director, Operations
Agriculture and Forestry
$0.00
earned in 2020
Darcy Driedger Director, Cropping Systems
Agriculture and Forestry
$127,858.38
earned in 2020
David Feindel Director, Plant & Bee Health
Agriculture and Forestry
$133,317.86
earned in 2020
Deanna M McCullough Director, Business Services
Agriculture and Forestry
$129,992.76
earned in 2020
Diane McCann-Hiltz Director, 4-H
Agriculture and Forestry
$114,046.14
earned in 2020
Iwona Jachowicz Director, Fin Plan & Policy
Agriculture and Forestry
$115,724.70
earned in 2020
Jason Cathcart Director, Rural Utilities
Agriculture and Forestry
$115,896.04
earned in 2020
Jennifer Nitschelm Director, BWM & Ir Secretariat
Agriculture and Forestry
$26,074.99
earned in 2020
Karen Rachel Cannon Director, Program Delivery
Agriculture and Forestry
$147,527.56
earned in 2020
Katrina Bluetchen Executive Director, Policy Services, Planning and Innovation
Agriculture and Forestry
$24,554.40
earned in 2020
Kerry Engel Director, Crop Assurance Ext
Agriculture and Forestry
$133,317.86
earned in 2020
Marcia Michelle Hewitt-Fisher Director, Plant & Bee Policy
Agriculture and Forestry
$0.00
earned in 2020
Margaret Halldorson Executive Director
Agriculture and Forestry
$127,616.58
earned in 2020
Mark P MacNaughton Director, Crop Genetics
Agriculture and Forestry
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Published March 2021

Alberta Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2021

Alberta first started publishing the Sunshine List in 2014 following the 2012 election of Alison Redford.

The salary and severance disclosure, makes Alberta's public sector more open and accountable to taxpayers. The act requires organizations that receive public funding from the Province of Alberta to make public the names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of employees paid 136,805 or more in the previous calendar year.

At SunshineListStats.com, we rank employees from organizations that received public funding from the Province of Alberta and earn over $136,805 per year, including total taxable benefits.

This year's sunshine list includes the top earners in Agriculture and Forestry, including:

2021 Alberta Sunshine List: Agriculture and Forestry Top Earners

Every year, the Alberta government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Agriculture and Forestry's 144 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $13,971,921.01 in 2020.

At the top of the Agriculture and Forestry Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Agriculture and Forestry was Deputy Minister Andre Paul Tremblay, who brought home $285,877.28 in 2020.

Following Andre Paul Tremblay was Farmers' Advocate Peter Dobbie, with annual earnings of $205,076.04. Assistant Deputy Minister Jamie Curran made $200,404.88, ADM, Forestry Division Bruce Mayer made $199,639.44, and ED, Industry Gov & Research Brent McEwan round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $164,060.79 for the Agriculture and Forestry 2021 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2020, 2 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 88 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 8 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 2 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 1 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 43 received over $300,000 at the Agriculture and Forestry.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 2 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 88 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 8 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 2 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 1 employee made between $250,000 to $300,000
  • 43 employees made more than $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2021 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2021 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2021 Employers List.

What is disclosed and thresholds

  • Compensation includes base salary, overtime, bonuses, honoraria paid to board members and taxable benefits. This category essentially reflects the income amount on the person’s T4.
  • Severance reflects amounts paid or payable related to termination of employment, including retiring allowance.
  • Non-monetary (other) benefits are generally non-taxable benefits including the employer’s portion of pension contributions, employment insurance, Canada Pension Plan and Workers' Compensation Board premiums.
  • Employment and/or severance contracts for:
    • Designated executives under the Reform of Agencies, Boards and Commissions Compensation Regulation
    • Designated executives under the Reform of Agencies, Boards and Commissions (Post-Secondary Institutions) Compensation Regulation
    • The Chief Executive Officer of Alberta Health Services
    • The Chief Executive Officer of the Alberta Electric System Operator

Employee thresholds

Public sector bodies are required to post online the names and amount of compensation and severance paid to employees who earn more than the threshold amount for that disclosure period.

For December disclosures, if no severance was paid, disclosure is not required.

1 The annual threshold is applied to severance disclosures in December of the current year and to compensation disclosed in June of the following year. For example, the threshold for severances disclosed by December 31, 2021 is $136,805. This is also the threshold for compensation disclosed by June 30, 2022.
Calendar year 1 Annual threshold
2021 $136,805
2020 $135,317
2019 $132,924
2018 $129,809
2017 $127,765
2016 $126,375
2015 $125,000