Ontario Arts Council

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 28 employees earning $100K+

Crown Agencies

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

28

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$3.7M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$131,592

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$125,405

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Ontario Arts Council in 2025?

Michael A Murray, Chief Executive Officer / Directrice générale, was paid $250,072 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 28 Ontario Arts Council employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $125,405.

How has Ontario Arts Council's Sunshine List changed?

Ontario Arts Council listed 1 people in 1996 and 28 in 2025 — 28× as many; payroll on the list went from $101K to $3.7M, and the median salary moved from $100,435 to $125,405.

How many Ontario Arts Council employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 25 yearly values of median salary, from $100,435 in 1996 to $125,405 in 2025. No data from 1997 to 2001.$100K$120K$140K$160K199620042011201520212025
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

#1Michael A Murray
$250,072
Chief Executive Officer / Directrice générale
#2Jaspreet Sandhu
$166,107
Director of Public Affairs, Communications and Research / Directrice des Affaires Publiques, Communications et Recherche
#3Mariya Afzal Rauf
$161,919
Director of Granting / Directrice des subventions
#4Hong Xu
$161,919
Director of Finance and Corporate Services / Directeur des Finances et des services corporatifs
#5Mao Sheng Li
$143,292
Manager of Information Systems, Technology / Chef, systèmes et technologies de l'information
#6Nina Small
$141,831
Director of Human Resources / Directrice des ressources humaines
#7Zhe Gu
$139,339
Associate Director of Granting / Directrice adjointe des subventions
#8Elise Chalmers
$139,176
Associate Director of Granting / Adjointe des subventions
#9David Parsons
$136,881
Program Officer / Responsable de programmes
#10Katherine Elena Bird
$133,268
Associate Director of Research and Analysis, Directrice adjointe de la recherche et de l’analyse
#11Soraya Peerbaye
$131,905
Program Officer / Responsable de programmes
#12Jessica Deljouravesh
$131,474
Granting Project Officer / Responsable de projet de subventions
#13Carolyn Gloude
$130,191
Program Officer / Responsable de programmes
#14Maura Broadhurst
$126,663
Program Officer / Responsable de programmes
#15Shani Kipang
$124,448
Manager of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility/Responsable de l’équité, de la diversité,de l’inclusion et de l’accessibilité
#16Shoshana Wasser
$123,796
Associate Director of Public Affairs and Communications /Directrice adjointe des affaires publiques et des communications
#17Lisa Wohrle
$123,133
Associate Program Officer / Responsable adjointe de programmes
#18Jing Guo
$122,201
Information System Analyst / Analyste de système informatique
#19Barbara Gilbert
$120,159
Program Officer / Responsable de programmes
#20David Chen
$115,574
Manager of Finance, Risk and Compliance/Responsable des Finances, des risques et de la conformité
#21David Birenbaum
$113,641
Procurement Specialist / Spécialiste de l’approvisionnement
#22Patrick Sarich
$113,560
Local Area Network Administrator / Administrateur du réseau local
#23Alana Forslund
$110,636
Northern Arts Representative / Représentante des arts du Nord
#24Kim Kinnear
$108,408
Granting Project Officer / Responsable de projet de subventions
#25Nahed Mansour
$108,379
Program Officer / Responsable de programmes

See all 28 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

Jessica Deljouravesh at Ontario Arts Council had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $101,840 to $131,329, up 29.0%.

Jessica Deljouravesh+29.0%
Granting Project Officer / Responsable de projet de subventions
$101,840 → $131,329
David Parsons+26.8%
Program Officer / Responsable de programmes
$107,865 → $136,730
Jing Guo+19.5%
Information System Analyst / Analyste de système informatique
$102,100 → $122,056
Zhe Gu+8.4%
Associate Director of Granting / Directrice adjointe des subventions
$128,405 → $139,165
Mao Sheng Li+7.5%
Manager of Information Systems, Technology / Chef, systèmes et technologies de l'information
$133,178 → $143,110

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.

11 people were new to Ontario Arts Council's list in 2025; <5 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

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