Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security Sunshine List 2025
Also filed as Colleges and Universities (2020–2024).
219 employees earning $100K+ · median $127,798 · average $135,829 · overview and trend →
Who makes the most at Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security in 2025?
David S-M Wai, Deputy Minister, was paid $345,271 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 219 Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $127,798.
All Employees · 219 in 2025
| # | Name | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David S-M Wai | Deputy Minister | $335,605 | $345,271 |
| 2 | Zoe Kroeker | Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy and Planning Division | $294,343 | $294,630 |
| 3 | Joshua Paul | Assistant Deputy Minister, Financial Sustainability, Performance and Oversight Division | $281,086 | $281,399 |
| 4 | Jeff Butler | Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations Division | $265,590 | $265,883 |
| 5 | Jason Arandjelovic | Chief Administrative Officer and Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Management and Services Division | $264,055 | $264,315 |
| 6 | Konrad Stypka | Director, Financial Accountability Branch | $240,496 | $240,728 |
| 7 | Colleen Hogan | Director, Science and Research | $229,874 | $230,118 |
| 8 | Charlotte Smaglinski | Director, Career Colleges Branch | $223,691 | $223,940 |
| 9 | Laura Belfie | Director, Strategic Policy Coordination Branch | $218,997 | $219,221 |
| 10 | James Brown | Chief Executive Officer and Director, Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Branch | $216,579 | $216,828 |
| 11 | Jonathan Leigh | Director, Communications | $215,368 | $215,598 |
| 12 | Saba Ferdinands | Director, Student Financial Assistance Branch | $210,451 | $210,684 |
| 13 | Seetha Raja | Director, Postsecondary Education Programs Branch | $200,192 | $200,409 |
| 14 | Samuel Andrey | Director, Strategic Review Secretariat | $192,938 | $192,938 |
| 15 | Hilary Blain | Director, Indigenous Education | $190,354 | $190,568 |
| 16 | Kinneret Butterfield | Director, Postsecondary Education Policy | $188,925 | $189,125 |
| 17 | Elizabeth Hoerath | Director, French Language Priorities | $187,632 | $187,840 |
| 18 | Cynthia Watt | Senior Policy Advisor | $183,631 | $183,854 |
| 19 | Galen Kennedy | Manager, Intellectual Property Unit | $177,809 | $178,007 |
| 20 | Sarah Robb | Executive Assistant | $177,799 | $177,991 |
| 21 | Adrienne Swanson | Manager, Research Programs | $174,449 | $174,639 |
| 22 | Hong Son Duong | Senior Manager, Controller | $172,072 | $172,263 |
| 23 | Mirjana Lukac-Vulovic | Manager, Research, Talent and Awards | $171,495 | $171,688 |
| 24 | Michael Aj Callaghan | Manager, Strategic Mandate Agreements | $171,183 | $171,376 |
| 25 | Christopher Huey | Manager, Operations and Projects Unit | $170,352 | $170,545 |
| 26 | Noel Abbott | Manager, Registration Unit | $170,186 | $170,379 |
| 27 | Anita Mahadeo | Manager, Learner Success Unit | $169,909 | $170,088 |
| 28 | Albert Lo | Director, Corporate Finance and Services Branch | $168,121 | $168,304 |
| 29 | Gaetano Gigliotti | Manager, Financial Health Oversight | $166,830 | $167,023 |
| 30 | Terrence Tretter | Manager, Compliance and Enforcement | $166,653 | $166,837 |
| 31 | Delna Karanjia | Manager, Ontario Student Assistance Program Transformation | $164,909 | $165,099 |
| 32 | Jennifer Murray | Manager, Organizational Development | $163,114 | $163,294 |
| 33 | Dara Renton | Assistant Director, Product | $162,154 | $162,347 |
| 34 | Matthew Clarke | Manager, Data Strategy and Coordination Unit | $161,875 | $162,052 |
| 35 | Warren Godinho | Senior Manager, Transfer Payment Modernization | $158,902 | $159,095 |
| 36 | Robert Ho | Manager, Financial Administration Unit | $157,698 | $157,873 |
| 37 | Brian Riley | Manager, Transfer Payment and Grant Accountability Unit | $156,843 | $157,013 |
| 38 | Kayla Vanwyck | Director, Capital and Financial Policy Branch | $156,590 | $156,787 |
| 39 | Anika Bhatti | Executive Assistant | $156,037 | $156,212 |
| 40 | Suge Liu | Manager, Finance and Administrative Services | $155,390 | $155,583 |
| 41 | Caitlin Clark | Chief of Staff | $155,236 | $155,431 |
| 42 | James Cawlishaw | Business Lead | $153,293 | $153,470 |
| 43 | Sharon Reid | Manager, Strategic Initiatives Unit | $152,297 | $152,458 |
| 44 | Lesley Cunningham | Senior Policy Advisor | $149,740 | $149,908 |
| 45 | Emamezi Awe | Manager, Student Financial Assistance Programs | $149,543 | $149,713 |
| 46 | Erin Sutherland | Manager, Policy and Programs Unit | $149,389 | $149,557 |
| 47 | Andrew Nolan | Controllership and Risk Lead | $148,640 | $148,798 |
| 48 | Karin Lang | Manager, French Language Postsecondary Education, Policy and Programs Unit | $147,902 | $148,089 |
| 49 | Patrick Lohier | Manager, Digital and Creative Services Unit | $147,212 | $147,377 |
| 50 | Nicola Hepburn | Manager, Strategic Policy Unit | $146,947 | $146,947 |
| 51 | Sarah Wilde | Manager, Colleges | $146,090 | $146,257 |
| 52 | Yassar Muttaqi | Senior Policy Advisor | $145,038 | $145,206 |
| 53 | Isabella Di Cristofaro | Executive Assistant | $144,059 | $144,235 |
| 54 | Liliya Bogutska | Senior Policy Advisor | $143,310 | $143,461 |
| 55 | Karen Alexanian | Senior Policy Advisor | $143,085 | $143,242 |
| 56 | Lucia Padure | Senior Policy Advisor | $143,047 | $143,215 |
| 57 | Murray Gaudreau | Manager, Community Insights | $142,578 | $142,763 |
| 58 | Audrey Pereira | Project Lead, Intellectual Property | $142,437 | $142,605 |
| 59 | Frankie Little | Team Lead | $140,512 | $140,674 |
| 60 | Daria Zaslaver | Manager, Colleges and Universities Finance Unit | $140,331 | $140,504 |
| 61 | Sandra Beattie | Program Manager, Student Services | $138,507 | $138,672 |
| 62 | Helen Bullingham | Team Lead, Marketing Communications | $138,449 | $138,606 |
| 63 | Lisa Stanley | Team Lead | $138,377 | $138,537 |
| 64 | Chantal Gilbert | Team Lead, Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) Modelling | $137,249 | $137,417 |
| 65 | Anam Sultan | Senior Portfolio Lead | $137,043 | $137,225 |
| 66 | Connie Rinaldi | Strategic Planning Coordinator | $137,037 | $137,195 |
| 67 | Millie Ng | Manager, Strategic Business Unit | $136,744 | $136,895 |
| 68 | Angie Leung | Manager, Financial Framework | $136,265 | $136,432 |
| 69 | Rachel Houpt | Manager, Policy Coordination | $135,957 | $136,122 |
| 70 | Christy Pentland | Team Lead | $135,677 | $135,845 |
| 71 | Barbara Brownlee | Senior Policy Advisor | $135,677 | $135,845 |
| 72 | Anna Crosskill | Senior Policy Advisor | $135,677 | $135,845 |
| 73 | Olivia Cymbalista-Clapp | Senior Policy Advisor | $135,677 | $135,845 |
| 74 | Timothy Franklin | Senior Policy Advisor | $135,677 | $135,845 |
| 75 | Karla Giraldo Morris | Senior Policy Advisor | $135,677 | $135,845 |
| 76 | Carlene Harris | Senior Policy Advisor | $135,677 | $135,845 |
| 77 | Shuxian He | Senior Policy Advisor | $135,677 | $135,845 |
| 78 | Miranda Hotrum | Senior Policy Advisor | $135,677 | $135,845 |
| 79 | Dhanindarjit Kaur | Senior Policy Advisor | $135,677 | $135,845 |
| 80 | Andrew Marsden | Senior Policy Advisor | $135,677 | $135,845 |
| 81 | Bruce Haines | Program Lead | $135,584 | $135,751 |
| 82 | Antonina Di Misa | Senior Policy Advisor | $135,551 | $135,718 |
| 83 | Amanda Lee | Project Lead | $134,795 | $134,962 |
| 84 | Gennadiy Liokumovich | Team Lead, Colleges Financial Reporting | $134,007 | $134,167 |
| 85 | Jenny Lue | Controllership and Risk Lead | $133,274 | $133,431 |
| 86 | Radu Mocanu | Team Lead, Financial Accountability and Business Practices | $133,166 | $133,324 |
| 87 | Melanie Van Hees | Team Lead | $133,148 | $133,313 |
| 88 | Melissa Bangay | Assistant Director | $133,010 | $133,154 |
| 89 | Maria Santarcangelo | Senior Policy Advisor | $131,834 | $131,996 |
| 90 | Lesley Chitra | Manager, Inspection and Compliance | $131,750 | $131,888 |
| 91 | Ambica Kaushal | Team Lead | $131,632 | $131,795 |
| 92 | Erin O'Neill | Team Lead | $131,294 | $131,449 |
| 93 | Amrish Sidhu | Senior Manager | $131,044 | $131,205 |
| 94 | Zhencai Tang | Senior Lead, Business and Fiscal Planning, and Business Strategy and Decision Support | $130,311 | $130,447 |
| 95 | Aleksandra Katsiouras | Strategic Business Advisor | $130,237 | $130,390 |
| 96 | Adina Serbanescu | Team Lead | $129,946 | $130,106 |
| 97 | Adam Hendy | Manager, Postsecondary Innovation and Pathways Unit | $129,481 | $129,754 |
| 98 | David Wk Tin | Senior Modelling Specialist | $129,485 | $129,645 |
| 99 | Alan Chu | Team Lead | $129,075 | $129,235 |
| 100 | Serge Mokri | Senior Policy Analyst | $128,913 | $129,073 |
| 101 | Daniela Mosu | Senior Policy Advisor | $128,720 | $128,877 |
| 102 | Nicholas Boukas | Team Lead, Program Evaluation | $128,084 | $128,243 |
| 103 | Maddalena Areias | Senior Policy Advisor | $127,797 | $128,065 |
| 104 | David Combaluzier | Team Lead | $127,833 | $127,991 |
| 105 | Patrice Bourgeois | Senior Policy Advisor (Bilingual) | $127,798 | $127,956 |
| 106 | Joel Buenting | Senior Policy Advisor | $127,798 | $127,956 |
| 107 | Timothy Colfe | Senior Program Design and Development Analyst | $127,798 | $127,956 |
| 108 | Gordon Conley | Senior Policy Advisor | $127,798 | $127,956 |
| 109 | Alan Edwards | Senior Business Analyst | $127,798 | $127,956 |
| 110 | Aytan Farrokhyar | Senior Policy Advisor | $127,798 | $127,956 |
| 111 | Ashley Gough | Senior Policy Advisor | $127,798 | $127,956 |
| 112 | Adam Mably | Senior Policy Advisor | $127,798 | $127,956 |
| 113 | Shu-Yan Mok | Senior Policy Advisor | $127,798 | $127,956 |
| 114 | Tiina Pedel | Senior Program Design and Development Analyst | $127,798 | $127,956 |
| 115 | Billroy Powell | Senior Program Design and Development Analyst | $127,798 | $127,956 |
| 116 | Sureka Selvarajah | Senior Policy Advisor | $127,798 | $127,956 |
| 117 | Jacques Therrien | Program and Policy Advisor (Bilingual) | $127,798 | $127,956 |
| 118 | Tahira Gonsalves | Senior Policy Advisor | $127,797 | $127,955 |
| 119 | Arlene Woolley | Senior Policy Advisor | $127,739 | $127,897 |
| 120 | Samantha Fox | Manager, Capital Funding and Programs | $127,361 | $127,501 |
| 121 | Susan Medeiros | Senior Policy Advisor | $127,285 | $127,442 |
| 122 | Meghann Taylor | Senior Policy Advisor | $127,288 | $127,423 |
| 123 | Rakesh Jain | Information and Information Technology Senior Business Analyst | $125,941 | $126,098 |
| 124 | Adrian Chan | Senior Policy Analyst | $125,715 | $125,858 |
| 125 | Jessica Spano | Strategic Business Advisor | $124,935 | $125,084 |
| 126 | Milena Dimitrova | Project Lead, Grant Payment Oversight | $124,962 | $124,962 |
| 127 | Jenna Oldham | Senior Policy Advisor | $123,898 | $124,157 |
| 128 | Hassan Khan | Business Strategy, Decision Support and Fiscal Planning Lead | $123,754 | $123,902 |
| 129 | Annet Rex Christy | Senior Policy Advisor | $123,159 | $123,308 |
| 130 | Assunta Muzzi-Pedota | Registration and Compliance Analyst/ Inspector | $122,887 | $123,024 |
| 131 | Michael Chow | Business Strategy, Decision Support and Fiscal Planning Lead | $122,843 | $122,994 |
| 132 | Cecilia Oh | Team Lead | $122,729 | $122,881 |
| 133 | Jason Yeung | Team Lead | $122,370 | $122,521 |
| 134 | Jan Philip Kmiec | Senior Policy Advisor | $122,161 | $122,261 |
| 135 | Marilyn Stoyle | Senior Policy Advisor | $121,654 | $121,754 |
| 136 | Jelena Sekulovska | Accounting and Reporting Advisor | $121,483 | $121,626 |
| 137 | Sylvie Duong | Senior Policy Advisor (Bilingual) | $120,249 | $120,261 |
| 138 | Ciara Nardelli | Manager, Community Insights | $120,099 | $120,237 |
| 139 | Paul Heasman | Divisional Coordinator | $119,749 | $119,884 |
| 140 | Marc Betsworth | Senior Policy Advisor/Analyst | $118,488 | $118,634 |
| 141 | Pui-Ling Tam | Senior Planning and Financial Analyst | $118,394 | $118,537 |
| 142 | Harleen Kaur Panesar | Senior Policy Advisor | $117,513 | $117,513 |
| 143 | Irene Grubb | Production Lead | $116,721 | $116,864 |
| 144 | Dominika Sedlak | Senior Portfolio Lead | $116,717 | $116,861 |
| 145 | Marisa Martell | Senior Policy Advisor | $116,631 | $116,775 |
| 146 | Alisha Bhanji | Team Lead, Universities | $116,520 | $116,664 |
| 147 | Stephen Flaherty | Senior Policy Advisor | $116,637 | $116,637 |
| 148 | Dayna Smockum | Director of Communications | $116,101 | $116,246 |
| 149 | Marc Rodrigues | Senior Policy Analyst | $116,061 | $116,203 |
| 150 | Jual D'Rozario | Senior Program and Policy Analyst | $116,000 | $116,142 |
| 151 | Angel Hargrove | Registration and Compliance Analyst/ Inspector | $115,865 | $116,108 |
| 152 | Marisa Cugliari | Senior Analyst | $115,865 | $116,008 |
| 153 | Ronald Grisbrook | Finance and Registration Coordinator | $115,865 | $116,008 |
| 154 | Huiyu He | Senior Analyst | $115,865 | $116,008 |
| 155 | Deirdre Pascoe | Registration and Compliance Analyst/ Inspector | $115,865 | $116,008 |
| 156 | Krisha Raveendran | Senior Analyst | $115,865 | $116,008 |
| 157 | Lisa Reed | Investigator | $115,865 | $116,008 |
| 158 | Katie Yew | Registration and Compliance Analyst/ Inspector | $115,865 | $116,008 |
| 159 | Emman Rahman | Team Lead | $115,791 | $115,951 |
| 160 | Ngirababo Ngira-Batware | Manager, Corporate Priorities and Engagement | $115,769 | $115,907 |
| 161 | Khai Yuan Ng | Senior Planning and Financial Analyst | $114,941 | $115,082 |
| 162 | Margi Shah | Senior Policy Advisor | $114,714 | $114,854 |
| 163 | Robert Deighan | Senior Policy Advisor | $114,664 | $114,796 |
| 164 | Hanin Abuzaid | Senior Policy Advisor | $114,520 | $114,520 |
| 165 | Alexander Mckaig | Senior Policy Advisor | $114,021 | $114,160 |
| 166 | Ikjot Litt | Senior Program and Policy Analyst | $113,953 | $114,092 |
| 167 | Evangelia Seliotis | Inspector, International Student Program | $113,526 | $113,666 |
| 168 | Zuzana Fabian | Senior Policy Advisor | $113,087 | $113,244 |
| 169 | Fatima Al-Dhaher | Senior Policy Advisor | $113,048 | $113,181 |
| 170 | Shamien Nazareth | Senior Advisor | $112,160 | $112,398 |
| 171 | Mercedes Lee | Senior Policy Advisor | $112,237 | $112,358 |
| 172 | Danielle Katic | Senior Information Officer | $111,649 | $111,789 |
| 173 | Linda Chiarvesio | Senior Information Officer | $111,546 | $111,784 |
| 174 | Danielle Reimer | Senior Policy Advisor | $111,462 | $111,608 |
| 175 | Mary Catharine Lennon | Senior Policy Advisor | $111,098 | $111,242 |
| 176 | Christopher Gould | Investigator | $110,636 | $110,773 |
| 177 | Holly Smale | Senior Policy Advisor | $110,062 | $110,191 |
| 178 | Kristine Al Bernabe | Policy Advisor | $109,746 | $109,881 |
| 179 | Shenique Turner | Executive Assistant to the Assistant Deputy Minister | $109,749 | $109,872 |
| 180 | Nicolas Sabourin | Senior Financial Analyst (Bilingual) | $109,702 | $109,702 |
| 181 | Zuzana Wilcox | Senior Policy Advisor (Bilingual) | $108,547 | $108,681 |
| 182 | Matthew Casselman | Executive Assistant | $107,743 | $107,877 |
| 183 | Inez Campbell | Senior Policy Advisor | $107,570 | $107,701 |
| 184 | Manjuthan Nagarajeswaran | Business Lead | $107,210 | $107,343 |
| 185 | Rishav Kayastha | Senior Digital Advisor | $106,622 | $106,622 |
| 186 | Judith Cohen | Compliance Officer | $106,223 | $106,450 |
| 187 | Tina Masetto | Compliance Officer | $106,223 | $106,450 |
| 188 | Stacee Yew | Compliance Officer | $106,223 | $106,450 |
| 189 | Scott Ramsay | Director of Policy, Issues and Legislative Affairs | $106,378 | $106,422 |
| 190 | Pavlina Zelcevic | Divisional Coordinator | $106,056 | $106,187 |
| 191 | Ryan Hammond | Senior Internet Communications Officer | $105,757 | $105,982 |
| 192 | Monica Decker | Operations Coordinator | $105,537 | $105,668 |
| 193 | Arvin Mabalay | Technical Coordinator | $105,537 | $105,668 |
| 194 | Alain Ngouem | Program and Policy Analyst (Bilingual) | $105,537 | $105,668 |
| 195 | Sivaharan Sivappiragasam | Business Strategy, Decision Support and Fiscal Planning Lead | $104,740 | $104,869 |
| 196 | Tenzin Lhawang | Senior Advisor | $104,705 | $104,821 |
| 197 | Jacqueline Chan | Senior Policy Advisor | $104,551 | $104,679 |
| 198 | Olivia Leung | Senior Advisor | $104,588 | $104,588 |
| 199 | Daya Maiga | Senior Policy Advisor (Bilingual) | $104,493 | $104,493 |
| 200 | Eric Gj Joly | Registration and Compliance Analyst/ Inspector | $104,217 | $104,439 |
| 201 | Krista Doran-Pelechaty | Program Manager, Institution Services | $104,185 | $104,308 |
| 202 | Benish Choudhry | Investigator | $104,056 | $104,270 |
| 203 | Madhu Sandhu | Inspector, International Student Program | $103,906 | $104,034 |
| 204 | Christopher Martin | Project Manager | $103,947 | $103,947 |
| 205 | Tanjila Rahman | Operations Coordinator | $103,620 | $103,748 |
| 206 | Ryder Leblanc | Team Lead | $103,691 | $103,691 |
| 207 | Mohammad Khan | Registration and Compliance Analyst/ Inspector | $103,545 | $103,670 |
| 208 | Justin Cooper | Investigator | $103,517 | $103,645 |
| 209 | Weijie (Eric) Gu | Team Lead | $103,337 | $103,456 |
| 210 | Grace Lee | Accounting and Reporting Analyst | $103,240 | $103,366 |
| 211 | John Lei | Research Policy Analyst (Bilingual) | $102,989 | $103,117 |
| 212 | Kate Glasspool | Senior Policy Advisor | $102,803 | $102,930 |
| 213 | Wan Hon | Senior Financial Analyst | $102,737 | $102,737 |
| 214 | Sithamparanathan Kumaru | Compliance Officer | $101,945 | $102,171 |
| 215 | James Karaiskakis | Senior Procurement Advisor | $100,867 | $100,991 |
| 216 | Laura Pomanti | Senior Business Analyst | $100,865 | $100,988 |
| 217 | Cameron Smith | Senior Policy Advisor | $100,879 | $100,900 |
| 218 | Katelyn Tufford | Senior Information Officer | $100,741 | $100,741 |
| 219 | Dawne Johnson | Senior Policy Advisor | $100,180 | $100,377 |
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