Children's Aid Society of the Niagara Region

Also filed as Family & Children's Services Niagara (2007–2009).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 49 employees earning $100K+

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At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

49

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$6.3M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$127,814

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$123,217

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Children's Aid Society of the Niagara Region in 2025?

Anna Bozza, Executive Director / Directrice Générale, was paid $211,944 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 49 Children's Aid Society of the Niagara Region employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $123,217.

How has Children's Aid Society of the Niagara Region's Sunshine List changed?

Children's Aid Society of the Niagara Region listed 6 people in 2007 and 49 in 2025 — 8.2× as many; payroll on the list went from $718K to $6.3M, and the median salary moved from $115,012 to $123,217.

How many Children's Aid Society of the Niagara Region employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 19 yearly values of median salary, from $115,012 in 2007 to $123,217 in 2025.$100K$105K$110K$115K$120K$125K200720112015201720212025
Median salary, 2007–2025. 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

#1Anna Bozza
$211,944
Executive Director / Directrice Générale
#2Dawn Harper
$181,977
Chief Operating Officer / Chef des Opérations
#3Michelle L Bernard
$180,817
Director of Investigation and Residential Services / Directrice de L'Enquête et Services Résidentielles
#4Denise Collins
$158,462
Director of Child Welfare Services / Directrice de Services de Protection de L'Enfance
#5Sherrie P Moore
$152,361
Director of Child Welfare Services / Directrice de Services de Protection de L'Enfance
#6Shawn Secord
$151,160
Chief Financial Officer / Chef des Finances
#7Sarah Lee
$150,233
Director of Quality Assurance, Planning Support and Privacy / Directrice de l'Assurance de la Qualité, du Soutien de la Planification et de la Confidentialité
#8Teena Shah
$145,936
Service Director / Directrice de Service
#9Wayne Herter
$145,502
Senior Legal Counsel / Avocat Conseiller Principal
#10Jolan E Rimnyak
$143,876
Service Director / Directrice de Service
#11Brett Sweeney
$143,198
Director of Communications and Community Engagement / Directeur des Communications et de l'Engagement Communautaire
#12Vesna Benic-Mayer
$135,836
Associate Senior Legal Counsel / Avocate Conseillère Principale Associée
#13Diane Brennan Allen
$133,804
Service Director / Directrice de Service
#14David Gill
$129,709
Child Welfare Supervisor / Superviseur en Protection de L'Enfance
#15Jordin L Carriere
$128,686
Child Welfare Supervisor / Superviseure en Protection de L'Enfance
#16Lisa-Marie Turcotte
$128,485
Child Welfare Supervisor / Superviseure en Protection de L'Enfance
#17Tamara Johnston
$126,981
Child Welfare Supervisor / Superviseure en Protection de L'Enfance
#18Jeannie Hostetter
$126,155
Manager of Family Counselling Centre Administration and Programs / Gestionnaire de l'Administration et Programmes du Centre de Counseling Familial
#19Vivekkumar Surati
$125,970
Director of Information Technology / Directeur des Technologies de L'Information
#20Karen Myers
$124,844
Child Welfare Supervisor / Superviseure en Protection de L'Enfance
#21Kristy E Kaupp-Ingram
$124,558
Child Welfare Supervisor / Superviseure en Protection de L'Enfance
#22Jason Farrer
$124,248
Legal Counsel / Avocat Conseiller
#23Ciara J Mccaffrey
$124,248
Legal Counsel / Avocate Conseillère
#24Mark Morwood
$124,222
Child Welfare Supervisor / Superviseur en Protection de L'Enfance
#25Margaret Scull
$124,201
Legal Counsel / Avocate Conseillère

See all 49 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

Denise Collins at Children's Aid Society Of The Niagara Region had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $145,556 to $157,632, up 8.3%.

Denise Collins+8.3%
Director of Child Welfare Services / Directrice de Services de Protection de L'Enfance
$145,556 → $157,632
Diane Brennan Allen+9.7%
Service Director / Directrice de Service
$121,295 → $133,095
Sherrie P Moore+7.2%
Director of Child Welfare Services / Directrice de Services de Protection de L'Enfance
$141,333 → $151,561
Jordin L Carriere+7.3%
Child Welfare Supervisor / Superviseure en Protection de L'Enfance
$119,312 → $128,035
Michelle L Bernard+4.9%
Director of Investigation and Residential Services / Directrice de L'Enquête et Services Résidentielles
$171,584 → $179,926

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.

5 people were new to Children's Aid Society of the Niagara Region's list in 2025; 6 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Children's Aid Society of the Niagara Region →

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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people