Board of Health for the Northwestern Health Unit

Also filed as Northwestern Health Unit (2003–2010) and Northwest Health Unit (1996).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 37 employees earning $100K+

Hospitals & Boards of Public Health

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

37

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$4.6M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$124,050

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$108,667

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Board of Health for the Northwestern Health Unit in 2025?

Kit Ngan Young Hoon, Medical Officer of Health, was paid $350,007 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 37 Board of Health for the Northwestern Health Unit employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $108,667.

How has Board of Health for the Northwestern Health Unit's Sunshine List changed?

Board of Health for the Northwestern Health Unit listed 1 people in 1996 and 37 in 2025 — 37× as many; payroll on the list went from $127K to $4.6M, and the median salary moved from $127,002 to $108,667.

How many Board of Health for the Northwestern Health Unit employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 28 yearly values of median salary, from $127,002 in 1996 to $108,667 in 2025. No data for 2002. No data for 2012.$100K$125K$150K$175K$200K199620042008201520192025
Median salary, 1996–2025. Axis starts at $100,000, the Sunshine List disclosure threshold. That threshold has never been indexed to inflation, so this line can fall over time simply because more people newly cross it — not necessarily because pay fell.

Top Employees
2025

#1Kit Ngan Young Hoon
$350,007
Medical Officer of Health
#2Marilyn Herbacz
$209,536
Chief Executive Officer
#3Alex Berry
$156,998
Director
#4Donna Stanley
$156,898
Director
#5Alexie Schussler
$153,083
Director, Corporate Services
#6Lee Pitt
$133,772
Manager, Information Technology and Operations
#7Thomas Nabb
$133,672
Manager, Environmental Health
#8Dawn Sauve
$133,672
Manager, Dental Health
#9Judy Lynch
$133,672
Manager, Human Resources
#10Shannon Brown
$128,819
Manager, Infectious Disease
#11Julie Slack
$127,462
Manager, Community Health Promotion
#12Jessica Kivell
$126,090
Manager, Substance Use and Injury Communications
#13Tricia Wearne
$125,002
Manager, Speech Language, Hearing, Vision
#14Sandra Krikke
$123,297
Manager, Infectious Disease
#15Alison Ratcliffe
$118,732
Business Administrator
#16Kurtis Casey
$116,113
Public Health Inspector
#17Miranda Sigurdson
$115,040
Public Health Nurse
#18Twyla Berube
$109,698
Program Specialist
#19Tekla Rundle
$109,249
Manager, Family Health
#20Dorian Lunny
$107,957
Epidemiologist
#21Michael Mackie
$106,140
Public Health Inspector
#22Michelle Mclarty
$105,496
Manager, Sexual Health and Outreach services
#23Chelsey Barker
$105,117
Program Specialist
#24Jessica Hill
$104,595
Program Specialist
#25Corey Fives
$103,822
Public Health Inspector

See all 37 employees in 2025 →

Download CSV (2025) →Released by the Government of Ontario under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. Compiled by SunshineList.

Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2024 → 2025

Marilyn Herbacz at Board Of Health For The Northwestern Health Unit had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $196,554 to $208,530, up 6.1%.

Marilyn Herbacz+6.1%
Chief Executive Officer
$196,554 → $208,530
Alison Ratcliffe+11.1%
Business Administrator
$106,133 → $117,914
Kit Ngan Young Hoon+3.5%
Medical Officer of Health
$337,322 → $349,000
Alexie Schussler+5.1%
Director, Corporate Services
$144,734 → $152,127
Alex Berry+4.7%
Director
$148,990 → $155,926

A year-over-year increase or decrease in disclosed pay can include overtime, a retroactive payment, a vacation payout or severance, not only a change in base pay, rate, or role — the Sunshine List discloses total salary paid that year, not a pay rate. This list is ranked by the dollar increase, not by the percentage shown.

16 people were new to Board of Health for the Northwestern Health Unit's list in 2025; 0 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Board of Health for the Northwestern Health Unit →

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