Niagara Parks Commission

Also filed as Niagara Parks Comm. (2001).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 91 employees earning $100K+

Crown Agencies

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

91

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$12.2M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$132,879

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$119,495

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Niagara Parks Commission in 2025?

David Adames, Chief Executive Officer, Chef de l'exploitation, was paid $320,084 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 91 Niagara Parks Commission employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $119,495.

How has Niagara Parks Commission's Sunshine List changed?

Niagara Parks Commission listed 1 people in 1996 and 91 in 2025 — 91× as many; payroll on the list went from $121K to $12.2M, and the median salary moved from $118,061 to $119,495.

How many Niagara Parks Commission employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 30 yearly values of median salary, from $118,061 in 1996 to $119,495 in 2025.$100K$105K$110K$115K$120K$125K199620022008201320192025
Median salary, 1996–2025. 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

#1David Adames
$320,084
Chief Executive Officer, Chef de l'exploitation
#2Marcelo Gruosso
$241,127
Chief Operating Officer, Chef des operations
#3Jason Seaward
$216,451
Sergeant, Sergent
#4Adam Kitson
$205,821
Sergeant, Sergent
#5Melissa Atamanyk
$201,462
Sergeant, Sergent
#6Mitchell Henry
$199,362
Constable, Gendarme
#7Thomas Szczygiel
$194,202
Senior Constable, Gendarme supérieur
#8Lance Dobbin
$188,953
Senior Sergeant, Sergent supérieur
#9Janice Spino
$181,745
Chief Human Resources Officer, Chef des ressources humaines
#10Reid Morgan
$178,217
Constable, Gendarme
#11Drew Harrison
$176,881
Constable, Gendarme
#12Alexis Arp
$169,033
Constable, Gendarme
#13Laura Pingue
$168,923
Chief Financial Officer, Chef des finances
#14Paul Forcier
$168,563
Chief of Police, Chef de la police
#15Fabio Magazzeni
$164,376
Director, Parks Operations, Directeur, Opérations des parcs
#16Omer Yazaroglu
$162,765
Director, Culinary Services, Directeur, Services culinaires
#17Curtis Labelle
$160,262
Director, Golf Operations, Directeur, Opérations de Golf
#18Shannon Halliday
$159,793
Constable, Gendarme
#19Ron Carpenter
$158,255
Director, Capital Works, Directeur, Projets d'immobilisations
#20Charles Hunter
$158,227
Director, Horticulture and Education, Directeur, Horticulture et Éducation
#21Cole Cheropita
$154,419
Constable, Gendarme
#22Kate Paul
$149,236
Constable, Gendarme
#23Timothy Flagg
$148,505
Manager, Facility Maintenance, Gestionnaire, Entretien des installations
#24Cail Cirillo
$148,130
Constable, Gendarme
#25Melissa Sauer
$147,978
Director, Retail and Attractions, Directrice, commerce de détail et d'attractions

See all 91 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

David Adames at Niagara Parks Commission had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $203,164 to $309,659, up 52.4%.

David Adames+52.4%
Chief Executive Officer, Chef de l'exploitation
$203,164 → $309,659
Jason Seaward+53.0%
Sergeant, Sergent
$141,344 → $216,252
Adam Kitson+54.4%
Sergeant, Sergent
$133,215 → $205,622
Drew Harrison+65.5%
Constable, Gendarme
$105,598 → $174,806
Thomas Szczygiel+53.3%
Senior Constable, Gendarme supérieur
$125,334 → $192,117

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.

29 people were new to Niagara Parks Commission's list in 2025; 13 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

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