Tourism, Culture and Gaming

Also filed as Tourism, Culture and Sport (2014, 2016–2019, 2023–2024), Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries (2020–2022), Tourism, Culture & Sport (2011–2013, 2015) and 1 more.

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 221 employees earning $100K+

Government of Ontario – Ministries

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

221

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$29.8M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$134,750

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$127,798

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Tourism, Culture and Gaming in 2025?

Nancy Kennedy, Deputy Minister, was paid $417,837 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 221 Tourism, Culture and Gaming employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $127,798.

How has Tourism, Culture and Gaming's Sunshine List changed?

Tourism, Culture and Gaming listed 32 people in 2010 and 221 in 2025 — 6.9× as many; payroll on the list went from $4.0M to $29.8M, and the median salary moved from $114,608 to $127,798.

How many Tourism, Culture and Gaming employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 16 yearly values of median salary, from $114,608 in 2010 to $127,798 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K201020132016201920222025
Median salary, 2010–2025. 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

#1Nancy Kennedy
$417,837
Deputy Minister
#2Jill Vienneau
$299,535
Assistant Deputy Minister, Gaming
#3Lisa Lavecchia
$299,410
Assistant Deputy Minister, Agency Relations and Accountability
#4Katherine Kelly
$259,952
Assistant Deputy Minister, Tourism and Culture
#5Cameron Whitehead
$254,517
Director, Financial Performance and Strategy Office
#6Kristina Lauesen
$240,022
Director, Strategic Policy Development and Planning
#7Patrick Morash
$234,460
General Manager, Fort William Historical Parks
#8William Baird
$227,990
General Manager, Huronia Historical Parks
#9Liza Kobrinsky
$219,405
Director, Gaming Special Projects
#10Antony Marzotto
$210,059
Director, Tourism Policy and Research
#11Lorraine Dooley
$207,510
Director, Culture Policy
#12Hayley Berlin
$206,855
Director, Investment and Development Office
#13Hena Tyyebi
$196,920
Director, Agency Relations and Accountability
#14Stephane Baffier-Rochonnat
$195,332
Director, Business Services Integration
#15Erin Sarantis
$193,049
Director, Human Resources and Strategic Business Unit
#16Ryan Corrigan
$191,152
Director, Corporate Finance
#17Estelle Marie Reine Halbach
$187,391
Director, Communications
#18Creed Atkinson
$186,421
Chief of Staff
#19Roderick Browning
$179,458
Director, Strategy Policy Development and Planning
#20Akshay Awal
$176,101
Manager, Business and Fiscal Planning
#21Darryl Soshycki
$174,034
Manager, Regional Tourism
#22Sarah Hahn
$172,819
Manager, Creative Cluster Policy
#23Deborah Cope
$172,305
Manager, Culture Policy Unit
#24Valerie Andrews
$171,863
Manager, East Region
#25Kathryn Nowina
$167,187
Manager, Strategic Policy Unit

See all 221 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

Cameron Whitehead at Tourism, Culture and Gaming had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $161,955 to $254,287, up 57.0%.

Cameron Whitehead+57.0%
Director, Financial Performance and Strategy Office
$161,955 → $254,287
Patrick Morash+53.6%
General Manager, Fort William Historical Parks
$152,545 → $234,239
Lisa Lavecchia+35.5%
Assistant Deputy Minister, Agency Relations and Accountability
$220,736 → $299,104
Kristina Lauesen+43.5%
Director, Strategic Policy Development and Planning
$167,128 → $239,776
Stephane Baffier-Rochonnat+36.7%
Director, Business Services Integration
$142,732 → $195,128

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.

64 people were new to Tourism, Culture and Gaming's list in 2025; 63 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Tourism, Culture and Gaming →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people