Training, Colleges & Universities

Also filed as Training, Colleges and Universities (2002, 2014, 2019) and Advanced Education and Skills Development (2016–2018).

Ontario Sunshine List 2019 · 212 employees earning $100K+

Government of Ontario – Ministries
Data ends in 2019. Training, Colleges & Universities has no records in the 2025 Sunshine List — it may have been renamed, merged into another organization, or no longer report under this name. Search for its current listing.

At a Glance
2019

Employee Count

212

2019 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$25.4M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$119,480

2019 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$110,578

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Training, Colleges & Universities in 2019?

Laurie Leblanc, Deputy Minister, was paid $380,775 in 2019 — the highest total compensation among 212 Training, Colleges & Universities employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $110,578.

How has Training, Colleges & Universities' Sunshine List changed?

Training, Colleges & Universities listed 8 people in 1999 and 212 in 2019 — 27× as many; payroll on the list went from $973K to $25.4M, and the median salary moved from $107,323 to $110,578. It has not appeared under this name since 2019.

How many Training, Colleges & Universities employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 21 yearly values of median salary, from $107,323 in 1999 to $110,578 in 2019.$100K$105K$110K$115K$120K$125K199920032008201020152019
Median salary, 1999–2019. 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
2019

#1Laurie Leblanc
$380,775
Deputy Minister
#2George Zegarac
$354,928
Deputy Minister
#3Kelly Burke
$232,497
Assistant Deputy Minister
#4David Carter-Whitney
$216,484
Assistant Deputy Minister, Employment and Training
#5Kelly Shields
$179,410
Assistant Deputy Minister
#6James Brown
$176,828
Chief Executive Officer
#7Susan Flanagan
$176,798
Chief Administrative Officer
#8Jennifer Barton
$174,745
Regional Director, Eastern
#9B.K. Mccartan
$174,548
Director, Indigenous Education
#10Jan-Peter Hughes
$170,224
Director, Organization and Business Excellence
#11Sarah Mcquarrie
$165,893
Director, Apprenticeship
#12Carol Strachan
$165,604
Director, Private Career Colleges
#13Andrew Irvine
$157,620
Regional Director, Northern Ontario
#14Patricia Buckley
$155,010
Director, Postsecondary Education
#15Grant Jameson
$154,652
Fairness Commissioner
#16Mary Mellas
$153,058
Director
#17Kristie Leigh Pratt
$152,382
Director, Information Management and Strategy
#18Paola Gemmiti
$150,653
Director, Communications
#19Louise Richard-Beaulne
$148,332
Regional Program Manager
#20Katherine Locke
$143,539
Chief of Staff
#21Ivonne Mellozzi
$142,920
Director, Postsecondary Accountability Branch
#22John Michel
$142,881
Director, Organization and Business Excellence
#23Suzanne Skinner
$142,227
Director, Strategic Workforce Policy and Programs
#24Mohd Tariq Ismati
$141,104
Regional Director, Central Greater Toronto Area
#25Monica Neitzert
$141,104
Project Director, Lifelong Learning and Essential Skills

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Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2018 → 2019

No qualifying raises were computed for the 2019 Sunshine List.

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.

56 people were new to Training, Colleges & Universities's list in 2019; 42 who were on it in 2018 were not. See the full 2019 roster →

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By Year
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Top Positions
2019 · 5 or more people