Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB)

Also filed as Canadian National Institute for the Blind (2003, 2007, 2010–2016) and CNIB (2000–2002, 2004, 2008–2009).

Ontario Sunshine List 2020 · 37 employees earning $100K+

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Data ends in 2020. Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) has no records in the 2025 Sunshine List — it may have been renamed, merged into another organization, or no longer report under this name. Search for its current listing.

At a Glance
2020

Employee Count

37

2020 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$5.5M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$144,457

2020 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$119,992

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) in 2020?

John Rafferty, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $433,894 in 2020 — the highest total compensation among 37 Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $119,992.

How has Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB)'s Sunshine List changed?

Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) listed 8 people in 2000 and 37 in 2020 — 4.6× as many; payroll on the list went from $1.0M to $5.5M, and the median salary moved from $113,090 to $119,992. It has not appeared under this name since 2020.

How many Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 20 yearly values of median salary, from $113,090 in 2000 to $119,992 in 2020. No data for 2005.$100K$110K$120K$130K$140K$150K200020042009201120162020
Median salary, 2000–2020. 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
2020

#1John Rafferty
$433,894
President and Chief Executive Officer
#2Katharine Rabideau
$244,921
Chief Financial Officer
#3Angela Bonfanti
$244,146
Senior Vice President, Foundation Programs
#4Maria Ash
$242,290
Senior Vice President, Business Support Services
#5Shane Silver
$228,369
Vice President, Social Enterprise and Innovation
#6Craig Lillico
$211,422
Corporate Secretary; Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
#7Diane Bergeron
$198,006
President, Guide Dogs; Vice President, International Affairs
#8Melanie Burgess
$161,517
Vice President, Centralized Programs and Customer Experience
#9Stanley Ramdath
$160,413
Senior Director, Finance Transformation
#10Gary Baldey
$156,492
Senior Director, Property
#11Frank Lombardo
$149,568
Senior Director of Technology
#12Edward Oikawa
$145,379
Senior Director, Financial Accounting
#13Elizabeth Charles
$143,023
Senior Director, People and Culture
#14Roger Beatty
$141,142
Director, Accessible Publishing
#15Jin Shen
$130,927
Director, Finance
#16Gregor Barnes
$128,808
Director, Frontier Accessibility
#17Monique Pilkington
$124,778
National Director, Eye Van and Executive Director, Lake Joseph Centre
#18Jaswinder Grewal
$123,125
Director, Finance (Central Zone)
#19Robert Gaunt
$120,656
Executive Director, Ontario West and North
#20Leila Verheyen
$120,389
Director, Corporations/Foundations and Prospect Research
#21Danielle Brown
$119,142
Director, Direct Marketing and Operations
#22Cynthia Meyer Kirwan
$118,180
Director, Planned Giving
#23Vijay Anand
$117,089
Senior Manager, Accessible Publishing Information Technology
#24Elisabeth Schoep
$116,243
Director, People and Culture
#25Suzanne Decary
$115,012
Executive Director, Ontario (Greater Toronto Area and East Region)

See all 37 employees in 2020 →

Download CSV (2020) →Released by the Government of Ontario under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. Compiled by SunshineList.

Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2019 → 2020

No qualifying raises were computed for the 2020 Sunshine List.

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.

13 people were new to Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB)'s list in 2020; 8 who were on it in 2019 were not. See the full 2020 roster →

See all pay increases at Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) →

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