Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

Also filed as Vineland Research and Innovations Centre Inc (2017–2020), Vineland Research and Innovation Centre Inc. (2014), Vineland Research & Innovation Centre Inc. (2013) and 1 more.

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 22 employees earning $100K+

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At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

22

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$3.2M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$135,595

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$121,321

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Vineland Research and Innovation Centre in 2025?

Ian Potter, Chief Executive Officer, was paid $337,104 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 22 Vineland Research and Innovation Centre employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $121,321.

How has Vineland Research and Innovation Centre's Sunshine List changed?

Vineland Research and Innovation Centre listed 4 people in 2009 and 22 in 2025 — 5.5× as many; payroll on the list went from $651K to $3.2M, and the median salary moved from $141,612 to $121,321.

How many Vineland Research and Innovation Centre employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 17 yearly values of median salary, from $141,612 in 2009 to $121,321 in 2025.$100K$120K$140K$160K$180K200920122016201820222025
Median salary, 2009–2025. 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

#1Ian Potter
$337,104
Chief Executive Officer
#2Darby Mcgrath Green
$199,085
Vice President Research and Development
#3Joanne Tessier
$164,375
Controller
#4Aaron Maxwell Morrow
$160,114
Director, Operations
#5Travis Banks
$159,280
Director, Crop Enhancement and Adaptation
#6Michael Pautler
$158,217
Director, Commercialization
#7Amy Bowen
$155,371
Director, Consumer Insights
#8Rhoda B. Dejonge
$151,762
Director, Plant Responses and The Environment
#9Nicole De Long
$151,349
Director, Business and Client Development
#10Karen Consigli
$142,350
Director, Human Resources
#11Valerio Primomo
$133,444
Research Scientist – Vegetable Breeding
#12James Toivonen
$131,666
Lead Grower Greenhouses
#13David Liscombe
$129,097
Senior Research Scientist, Biochemistry
#14Peter Raakman
$127,496
Manager – Building Operations
#15Michael Josiak
$127,217
Farm Manager
#16Rosemarije Buitenhuis
$122,979
Director, Biological Crop Protection
#17Brian Lynch
$121,927
Director, Horticultural Technology Solutions
#18Rachael Leblanc
$116,946
Research Scientist – Plant Breeding
#19Jay Shah
$114,562
Senior Business Development Advisor
#20Daniel Bath
$112,884
Research Scientist – Robotics and Automation
#21Alexandra Grygorczyk
$110,467
Research Scientist, Sensory and Consumer Insights
#22Jason Henry
$109,926
Research Scientist – Soils

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

Ian Potter at Vineland Research and Innovation Centre had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $300,774 to $314,849, up 4.7%.

Ian Potter+4.7%
Chief Executive Officer
$300,774 → $314,849
Rhoda B. Dejonge+8.3%
Director, Plant Responses and The Environment
$128,181 → $138,835
Amy Bowen+7.5%
Director, Consumer Insights
$132,251 → $142,122
David Liscombe+7.2%
Senior Research Scientist, Biochemistry
$110,070 → $117,992
Darby Mcgrath Green+4.5%
Vice President Research and Development
$174,496 → $182,269

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.

<5 people were new to Vineland Research and Innovation Centre's list in 2025; <5 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

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