Environment, Conservation and Parks

Also filed as Environment and Climate Change (2014, 2016–2018), Environment & Climate Change (2015) and Environment (1997–2013).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 1,357 employees earning $100K+

Government of Ontario – Ministries

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

1,357

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$175.7M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$129,308

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$120,454

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Environment, Conservation and Parks in 2025?

Orna Salamon, Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Sciences and Standards, was paid $397,154 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 1,357 Environment, Conservation and Parks employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $120,454.

How has Environment, Conservation and Parks' Sunshine List changed?

Environment, Conservation and Parks listed 10 people in 1997 and 1,357 in 2025 — 136× as many; payroll on the list went from $1.2M to $175.7M, and the median salary moved from $118,946 to $120,454.

How many Environment, Conservation and Parks employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 29 yearly values of median salary, from $118,946 in 1997 to $120,454 in 2025.$100K$105K$110K$115K$120K$125K199720032009201320192025
Median salary, 1997–2025. 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

#1Orna Salamon
$397,154
Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Sciences and Standards
#2Sarah Harrison
$379,117
Deputy Minister
#3Brandon Chaput
$312,771
Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Policy Division
#4Lisa Trevisan
$308,049
Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Assessment and Permissions Division
#5Chloe Tl Stuart
$305,163
Assistant Deputy Minister, Land and Water Division
#6Alexander Wood
$287,657
Assistant Deputy Minister, Climate Change and Resiliency Division
#7Jing Tao
$278,866
Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Management
#8Steven Carrasco
$261,912
Assistant Deputy Minister, Drinking Water and Environmental Compliance Division
#9Travis Coulter
$257,903
Director, Species at Risk
#10Charles O'Hara
$244,563
Director, Resource Recovery Policy Branch
#11Heather Malcolmson
$239,507
Director, Client Service and Permissions Branch
#12Andrea Roberts
$236,455
Director
#13Robyn Kurtes
$235,684
Director, Environmental Policy Branch
#14Gregory Malczewski
$233,398
Director, Ontario Parks Growth and Partnerships
#15Kathleen O'Neill Carter
$231,858
Director, Environmental Assessment
#16Susan Ecclestone
$229,869
Director, Caribou Conservation
#17Lubna Hussain
$227,310
Director, West Central Region
#18Jason Travers
$225,952
Director, Ontario Parks
#19Jacques Legris
$225,018
Director, Strategic Human Resources
#20Annamaria Cross
$224,970
Director, Environmental Assessment Modernization Project
#21Melissa Evers
$223,256
Director, Divisional Compliance Branch
#22Charlotte Beckett
$222,375
Director, Ontario Parks Growth and Partnerships
#23Peter Taylor
$221,586
Director, Eastern Region
#24Andrea Parks
$220,572
Director, Laboratory Services
#25Leo Luong
$217,540
Director, Great Lakes and Inland Waters Branch

See all 1,357 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

Orna Salamon at Environment, Conservation and Parks had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $210,425 to $396,874, up 88.6%.

Orna Salamon+88.6%
Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Sciences and Standards
$210,425 → $396,874
Lisa Trevisan+51.5%
Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Assessment and Permissions Division
$203,196 → $307,782
Jing Tao+49.0%
Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Management
$187,012 → $278,606
Chloe Tl Stuart+42.8%
Assistant Deputy Minister, Land and Water Division
$213,518 → $304,875
Andrea Roberts+57.8%
Director
$149,669 → $236,241

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.

233 people were new to Environment, Conservation and Parks's list in 2025; 133 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Environment, Conservation and Parks →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people