Niagara Catholic District School Board

Also filed as Niagara CDSB (2002–2003, 2005), Niagara Catholic DSB (2004) and Niagara RCDSB (1998–2001).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 1,200 employees earning $100K+

School Boards

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

1,200

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$154.1M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$128,274

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$129,383

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Niagara Catholic District School Board in 2025?

Camillo Cipriano, Director of Education and Secretary-Treasurer, was paid $272,302 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 1,200 Niagara Catholic District School Board employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $129,383.

How has Niagara Catholic District School Board's Sunshine List changed?

Niagara Catholic District School Board listed 6 people in 1998 and 1,200 in 2025 — 200× as many; payroll on the list went from $681K to $154.1M, and the median salary moved from $111,805 to $129,383.

How many Niagara Catholic District School Board employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 28 yearly values of median salary, from $111,805 in 1998 to $129,383 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K199820042010201320192025
Median salary, 1998–2025. 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

#1Camillo Cipriano
$272,302
Director of Education and Secretary-Treasurer
#2Giancarlo Vetrone
$208,100
Associate Director of Education
#3Patsy Rocca
$204,610
Superintendent of Education
#4Lee Ann Forsyth-Sells
$200,956
Superintendent of Education
#5Gino Pizzoferrato
$185,841
Superintendent of Education
#6Kimberly Kinney
$183,820
Superintendent of Education
#7Julia Tiessen
$182,115
Executive Officer of Human Resources
#8Louis Zaroda
$181,730
Superintendent of Education
#9Andrew Boon
$179,491
Secondary Principal
#10Domenic Massi
$178,533
Superintendent of Education
#11Luigi Stranges
$177,477
Secondary Principal
#12John Belcastro
$177,295
Secondary Principal
#13James Whittard
$177,136
Secondary Vice-Principal
#14Carlo-Alberto Arghittu
$175,455
Elementary Teacher
#15Daniel Trainor
$173,454
Elementary Principal
#16Mary Katharine Kalagian
$172,720
Elementary Teacher
#17Paul Moccia
$172,720
Elementary Principal
#18Kevin Timmins
$172,494
Secondary Principal
#19Rosetta Araujo
$171,850
Elementary Principal
#20Adrian Bishop
$171,850
Elementary Principal
#21Christopher Boyer
$171,850
Elementary Principal
#22Antonio Cardamone
$171,850
Elementary Principal
#23Amanda Cybula
$171,850
Elementary Principal
#24Theo Dagenais
$171,850
Elementary Principal
#25Jennifer Decoff
$171,850
Elementary Principal

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Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2024 → 2025

Heidi-Ann Poltl at Niagara Catholic District School Board had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $129,220 to $160,632, up 24.3%.

Heidi-Ann Poltl+24.3%
Secondary Vice-Principal
$129,220 → $160,632
Marylee Kelly+24.0%
Elementary Vice-Principal
$129,485 → $160,546
Jaime Taylor+25.0%
Elementary Teacher
$110,437 → $138,062
Andrea Baranoski+24.4%
Elementary Teacher
$104,284 → $129,702
Maria Kish+18.5%
Elementary Teacher
$135,736 → $160,891

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.

80 people were new to Niagara Catholic District School Board's list in 2025; 113 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Niagara Catholic District School Board →

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