County of Brant

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 162 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

162

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$20.6M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$126,763

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$120,468

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at County of Brant in 2025?

Alison Newton, Chief Administrative Officer, was paid $238,577 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 162 County of Brant employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $120,468.

How has County of Brant's Sunshine List changed?

County of Brant listed 1 people in 2002 and 162 in 2025 — 162× as many; payroll on the list went from $108K to $20.6M, and the median salary moved from $107,151 to $120,468.

How many County of Brant employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 24 yearly values of median salary, from $107,151 in 2002 to $120,468 in 2025.$100K$105K$110K$115K$120K$125K200220072012201520202025
Median salary, 2002–2025. 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

#1Alison Newton
$238,577
Chief Administrative Officer
#2Cindy Stevenson
$192,489
General Manager of Emergency and Protective Services
#3Philip Mete
$186,094
General Manager of Community Services
#4Heather Boyd
$183,418
General Manager of Corporate Services
#5Kevin Robinson
$180,522
Deputy Chief of Operations and Quality Assurance
#6Neil Vanderpost
$178,254
Deputy Chief of Operations and Logistics
#7Kelly Bernstein
$176,686
Chief Executive Officer, County of Brant Library
#8Alysha Dyjach
$171,339
General Manager of Development Services
#9Russell King
$170,625
Chief of Brant-Brantford Paramedic Service
#10Rochelle Welchman
$168,960
Solicitor and Corporate Counsel
#11Brodie Johnson
$166,972
Primary Care Paramedic
#12Melissa Connor
$163,035
Manager of Communications, Operations
#13Darren Watson
$162,965
Fire Chief
#14Glen Cunnane
$159,700
Deputy Chief of Community Paramedicine
#15Andrea Bazzard
$158,853
Director of Environmental Services
#16Mark Eby
$155,859
Director of Infrastructure and Asset Management
#17Greg Demers
$155,838
Director of Roads
#18Heather Mifflin
$155,348
Director of Finance, Treasurer
#19Karen Dropko
$155,159
Director of Human Resources
#20James Rickert
$152,741
Director of Business and Technology Solutions
#21Cheryl Glassford
$152,473
Assistant County Solicitor
#22Adam Crozier
$152,169
General Manager of Strategic Initiatives
#23Brett Palfreyman
$151,271
Primary Care Paramedic
#24Mark Maxwell
$150,064
Director of Engineering and Infrastructure Planning
#25Craig Deryk
$148,930
Paramedic Superintendent

See all 162 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

Brodie Johnson at County Of Brant had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $125,107 to $166,424, up 33.0%.

Brodie Johnson+33.0%
Primary Care Paramedic
$125,107 → $166,424
Alysha Dyjach+23.1%
General Manager of Development Services
$138,357 → $170,382
Kevin Robinson+21.6%
Deputy Chief of Operations and Quality Assurance
$147,684 → $179,643
Neil Vanderpost+19.9%
Deputy Chief of Operations and Logistics
$147,914 → $177,378
Brett Palfreyman+24.1%
Primary Care Paramedic
$121,453 → $150,723

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.

59 people were new to County of Brant's list in 2025; 13 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at County of Brant →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people