Indigenous Affairs and First Nations Economic Reconciliation Sunshine List 2025
Also filed as Indigenous Affairs (2019–2024), Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation (2016–2018) and Aboriginal Affairs (2007–2015).
110 employees earning $100K+ · median $125,544 · average $139,182 · overview and trend →
Who makes the most at Indigenous Affairs and First Nations Economic Reconciliation in 2025?
Jane Mallen, Assistant Deputy Minister, Negotiations and Reconciliation, was paid $410,733 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 110 Indigenous Affairs and First Nations Economic Reconciliation employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $125,544.
All Employees · 110 in 2025
| # | Name | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jane Mallen | Assistant Deputy Minister, Negotiations and Reconciliation | $410,384 | $410,733 |
| 2 | Raj Dhir | Deputy Minister | $369,969 | $370,355 |
| 3 | Michael Reid | Assistant Deputy Minister, Indigenous Relations and Programs | $302,069 | $302,384 |
| 4 | Devindra Dutt | Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy and Planning | $257,091 | $257,339 |
| 5 | Richard Carr | Director, Claims Negotiations | $228,289 | $228,510 |
| 6 | Rados Zlatanovic | Director, Corporate Management | $212,565 | $212,776 |
| 7 | Nemone Smith | Director of Communications | $205,160 | $205,377 |
| 8 | Thomas Zach | Director of Communications | $201,193 | $201,193 |
| 9 | Marie Ln Chabot | Director, Indigenous Relations and Ministry Partnerships | $197,672 | $197,889 |
| 10 | Annette Huton | Director, Strategic Planning and Economic Policy | $195,232 | $195,444 |
| 11 | Rhonda Sutton | Director, Strategic Initiatives and Social Policy | $190,071 | $190,282 |
| 12 | Sarah Zelcer | Manager, Ministry Partnerships | $185,450 | $185,643 |
| 13 | Michael Macpherson | Manager, Strategic Initiatives | $184,377 | $184,568 |
| 14 | Michelle Braakman Bera | Director, Programs and Services | $182,356 | $182,570 |
| 15 | Emily Vassos | Chief of Staff | $177,429 | $177,634 |
| 16 | Tanya Tn Crimp | Executive Advisor | $174,999 | $175,208 |
| 17 | Denis Murphy | Manager, Issues Management and Media Relations | $174,062 | $174,254 |
| 18 | Jessica Hill | Manager, Indigenous Relations and Community Partnerships | $172,571 | $172,764 |
| 19 | Jason Mccullough | Manager, Programs and Services | $172,411 | $172,604 |
| 20 | Stephanie Rullo | Assistant Director, Strategic Communication Planning | $161,585 | $161,758 |
| 21 | Alison Mclaren | Senior Negotiator | $161,473 | $161,654 |
| 22 | John Lobo | Deputy Director | $158,269 | $158,462 |
| 23 | Kirsty Dickson | Manager, Northeast and South | $157,990 | $158,183 |
| 24 | Marsha Moshinsky | Senior Negotiator | $153,359 | $153,541 |
| 25 | Colin Coutts | Strategic Policy Advisor | $147,411 | $147,570 |
| 26 | Patricia Malone | Team Lead | $147,175 | $147,342 |
| 27 | Melissa Cooney | Executive Assistant | $145,497 | $145,673 |
| 28 | Kezia Picard | Team Lead | $144,931 | $145,098 |
| 29 | Frances Wilbur | Director, Indigenous Relations and Ministry Partnerships | $143,684 | $143,831 |
| 30 | Jane Thomas | Manager, Northwest | $140,833 | $140,998 |
| 31 | Cynthia Doughty | Team Lead | $140,676 | $140,843 |
| 32 | Flavia Mussio | Senior Strategic Issues Manager and Communications Coordinator | $138,782 | $138,943 |
| 33 | Jill Comerford | Manager, Regional Economic Development | $137,092 | $137,264 |
| 34 | Gloria Yip | Senior Strategic Communications Planner | $137,032 | $137,189 |
| 35 | Timothy Hindmarch-Watson | Senior Negotiator | $136,340 | $136,508 |
| 36 | Dianne Woods | Negotiator | $135,942 | $136,109 |
| 37 | Leslie Mauro | Negotiator | $135,794 | $135,959 |
| 38 | Beata Nowakowska | Team Lead | $135,677 | $135,845 |
| 39 | Askin Taner | Team Lead | $135,677 | $135,845 |
| 40 | Mark Richard | Negotiator | $135,551 | $135,718 |
| 41 | Natalie Zeitoun | Manager, Indigenous Relations | $133,068 | $133,231 |
| 42 | Deborah Odhiambo | Senior Advisor | $131,829 | $131,986 |
| 43 | Frances Tibollo | Manager, Social Policy | $130,691 | $130,863 |
| 44 | Caroline O'Brien | Special Policy Advisor | $128,429 | $128,587 |
| 45 | Laura Heidman | Implementation Coordinator | $127,798 | $128,256 |
| 46 | Jennifer Cooney | Senior Policy Advisor | $127,798 | $127,956 |
| 47 | Lucia De Stefano | Senior Strategic Communications Planner | $127,798 | $127,956 |
| 48 | Mollie Kermany | Senior Advisor | $127,798 | $127,956 |
| 49 | Lars Eedy | Senior Advisor | $127,766 | $127,924 |
| 50 | Colt Manson | Deputy Chief of Staff | $127,428 | $127,586 |
| 51 | Zachary Gutfreund | Negotiator | $126,902 | $127,069 |
| 52 | Sarah Latha-Elliott | Team Lead | $126,269 | $126,422 |
| 53 | Mary-Margaret Jones | Team Lead, Strategic Communications | $126,140 | $126,295 |
| 54 | Pauline Mickelson | Senior Advisor | $125,695 | $125,844 |
| 55 | Jessica Bellissimo | Senior Advisor | $125,564 | $125,718 |
| 56 | Natasha Legault | Human Resources Business Advisor | $125,524 | $125,681 |
| 57 | Tracey King | Senior Negotiator | $125,323 | $125,477 |
| 58 | George Ferreira | Senior Policy Advisor | $125,074 | $125,229 |
| 59 | Shannon Campbell | Senior Advisor | $124,117 | $124,269 |
| 60 | Tsering Zongdho | Team Lead | $122,364 | $122,364 |
| 61 | Piyali Chakraborti | Senior Advisor | $121,310 | $121,450 |
| 62 | Kristian Velkoski | Director of Operations | $120,643 | $120,794 |
| 63 | Ciprian Nastase | Senior Strategic Issues Manager and Communications Coordinator | $120,120 | $120,258 |
| 64 | Alia Shah | Executive Assistant | $119,412 | $119,544 |
| 65 | Ameen Khan | Manager, Controllership and Business Planning | $119,116 | $119,223 |
| 66 | Kaitlin Hoffman | Senior Policy Advisor | $118,538 | $118,683 |
| 67 | Daniel Laxer | Senior Policy Advisor | $117,892 | $118,038 |
| 68 | Debrupa Pathak | Senior Policy Advisor | $117,871 | $118,017 |
| 69 | Matthew Jr Landry | Director, Stakeholder and Partner Relations | $117,864 | $118,012 |
| 70 | Antoine Tedesco | Senior Strategic Communications Planner | $117,659 | $117,812 |
| 71 | Mary-Jane Anderson | Negotiator | $116,503 | $116,644 |
| 72 | Mark Clearwater | Associate Negotiator | $116,474 | $116,612 |
| 73 | June Taylor | Senior Advisor | $115,865 | $116,008 |
| 74 | Sheena Thomas | Manager, Strategic Initiatives | $115,686 | $115,923 |
| 75 | Brandon Morris | Negotiator | $115,114 | $115,263 |
| 76 | Christine Sandiford | Associate Negotiator | $113,633 | $113,766 |
| 77 | Christina Mcintyre | Manager, Social Policy | $113,588 | $113,729 |
| 78 | Jessie King | Digital Team Lead | $113,515 | $113,674 |
| 79 | Natalie Gravelle | Senior Advisor | $113,261 | $113,401 |
| 80 | Abigail Veerasingham | Team Lead | $112,348 | $112,485 |
| 81 | Genevieve Padilla | Senior Advisor | $112,329 | $112,468 |
| 82 | Amanda Sims | Deputy Director | $111,567 | $111,705 |
| 83 | Dasnavisanitha Robert Elangovan | Senior Advisor, Performance Measures and Data | $111,538 | $111,674 |
| 84 | Nicholas Bacciaglia | Director of Policy | $111,099 | $111,235 |
| 85 | Farah Macdonald | Executive Advisor | $110,679 | $110,814 |
| 86 | Andrea Ellis Nsiah | Implementation Coordinator | $110,596 | $110,733 |
| 87 | Laura Yurincich | Senior Advisor | $109,799 | $109,934 |
| 88 | Devon Martin | Senior Policy Advisor | $109,670 | $109,801 |
| 89 | Stephanie Prosen | Director, Strategic Initiatives and Social Policy | $108,865 | $109,063 |
| 90 | Melissa Gobin | Executive Assistant/Project Coordinator | $108,530 | $108,660 |
| 91 | Leslie Brewer-Palhazi | Senior Policy Advisor | $108,282 | $108,412 |
| 92 | Rachel Scott | Digital and Social Media Advisor | $107,851 | $108,014 |
| 93 | Juan Arellano | Senior Policy Advisor | $107,710 | $107,710 |
| 94 | Clarice Dale | Policy Advisor | $107,440 | $107,565 |
| 95 | Rona Leah Mcintyre | Team Lead | $107,330 | $107,464 |
| 96 | Amelie Nephin | Associate Negotiator | $106,871 | $107,002 |
| 97 | Amy Packwood | Senior Advisor | $106,803 | $106,935 |
| 98 | Joanna Lesurf | Senior Advisor | $106,361 | $106,495 |
| 99 | Cara Hernould | Negotiator | $106,094 | $106,218 |
| 100 | Steven Turner | Writer / Editor, Correspondence | $105,757 | $105,982 |
| 101 | Pauline Watkinson | Executive Assistant to the Director | $105,537 | $105,668 |
| 102 | Delaney Waddell | Advisor | $105,537 | $105,644 |
| 103 | Fil Aguiar | Executive Assistant to the Director | $104,355 | $104,486 |
| 104 | Kateryna Tomchuk | Strategic Policy Advisor | $104,097 | $104,219 |
| 105 | Ruxandra Dicu | Associate Negotiator | $103,292 | $103,419 |
| 106 | Aaron Foster | Senior Advisor, Information Governance and Access | $102,955 | $103,082 |
| 107 | Ammie Singh-Persaud | Team Lead | $101,841 | $101,966 |
| 108 | Michelle Roberts | Senior Advisor | $101,502 | $101,715 |
| 109 | Valerie John | Senior Advisor | $101,414 | $101,539 |
| 110 | Aishwarya Rajendran | Senior Manager, Business Intelligence and Data Analytics | $100,381 | $100,381 |