County of Middlesex

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 57 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

57

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$8.5M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$146,334

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$130,944

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at County of Middlesex in 2025?

Cindy Howard, General Manager Finance and Community Services, was paid $378,512 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 57 County of Middlesex employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $130,944.

How has County of Middlesex's Sunshine List changed?

County of Middlesex listed 2 people in 2002 and 57 in 2025 — 29× as many; payroll on the list went from $227K to $8.5M, and the median salary moved from $112,694 to $130,944.

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

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 24 yearly values of median salary, from $112,694 in 2002 to $130,944 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K$140K200220072012201520202025
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

#1Cindy Howard
$378,512
General Manager Finance and Community Services
#2William Rayburn
$373,357
Chief Administrative Officer
#3Durk Vanderwerff
$237,050
Director of Planning
#4Chris Traini
$236,327
General Manager Infrastructure and County Engineer
#5Paul Shipway
$235,909
Chief Administrative Officer
#6Yihua Wu
$200,329
Manager of Finance
#7David Samuels
$199,939
Director of Legal Services
#8Brent Kerwin
$190,391
Strathmere Lodge Administrator
#9Janice De Schiffert
$185,376
Registered Nurse
#10Cara Finn
$182,162
Director of Economic Development
#11Chris Bailey
$176,035
Director of Information Technology Services
#12Jessica Ngai
$175,842
Director, Human Resources
#13Lindsay Brock
$169,813
Director of Library and Chief Executive Officer
#14Sonya Gillett
$169,813
Director of Resident Care
#15Joe Winser
$159,042
Director of Human Service
#16Oleksandr Bondarenko
$151,072
Senior Legal Counsel
#17Smithamol Joseph
$150,404
Registered Nurse
#18Marcia Ivanic
$149,038
Director Legislative Services
#19Joyce Verberg-Buchan
$148,682
Registered Nurse
#20Jarett Hoglund
$147,123
General Road Superintendent
#21Bernadette Johnstone
$141,652
Registered Nurse
#22Kelly Timm
$141,448
Registered Nurse
#23Teena Mary Kadeparambil Josesph
$139,224
Registered Nurse
#24Tim Williams
$139,218
Manager of Planning
#25Dan Fitzgerald
$138,944
Manager of Planning

See all 57 employees in 2025 →

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Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2024 → 2025

Cindy Howard at County Of Middlesex had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $200,087 to $369,906, up 84.9%.

Cindy Howard+84.9%
General Manager Finance and Community Services
$200,087 → $369,906
Yihua Wu+72.5%
Manager of Finance
$115,718 → $199,621
Durk Vanderwerff+38.5%
Director of Planning
$170,252 → $235,847
David Samuels+33.9%
Director of Legal Services
$148,583 → $198,907
William Rayburn+18.7%
Chief Administrative Officer
$258,358 → $306,652

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.

18 people were new to County of Middlesex's list in 2025; 6 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at County of Middlesex →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people