Waterloo Region District School Board

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 3,302 employees earning $100K+

School Boards

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

3,302

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$391.7M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$118,517

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$116,487

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Waterloo Region District School Board in 2025?

Robert Miller, Director of Education, was paid $298,652 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 3,302 Waterloo Region District School Board employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $116,487.

How has Waterloo Region District School Board's Sunshine List changed?

Waterloo Region District School Board listed 34 people in 2006 and 3,302 in 2025 — 97× as many; payroll on the list went from $4.0M to $391.7M, and the median salary moved from $107,956 to $116,487.

How many Waterloo Region District School Board employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 20 yearly values of median salary, from $107,956 in 2006 to $116,487 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K$140K200620102014201720212025
Median salary, 2006–2025. 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

#1Robert Miller
$298,652
Director of Education
#2Jeewan Chanicka
$277,102
Director of Education
#3William Lemon
$244,295
Associate Director
#4Alison Gaymes San Vicente
$232,275
Associate Director
#5Paramjeet Kaur
$213,693
Superintendent of Education
#6Crissa Hill
$207,498
Superintendent of Education
#7Jodi Albrecht
$205,991
Superintendent of Education
#8Michelle Newlands
$205,416
Superintendent of Education
#9Nicholas Landry
$203,880
Superintendent of Business Services
#10Rajvinder Chatha
$203,355
Superintendent of Education
#11Jay Fedosoff
$202,213
Superintendent of Education
#12Vida Collis
$195,310
Superintendent of Education
#13Christopher Sagar
$194,505
Superintendent/Facility Services
#14Carol-Lynn Dey
$191,535
Executive Manager/Human Resources
#15Ryan Hume
$186,855
Superintendent of Education
#16Penny Miller
$182,193
Principal/Elementary
#17Karen Moore
$179,092
System Administrator/Learning Services
#18Miruna Armellini
$177,281
Controller of Financial Services
#19Paula Bender
$177,071
Superintendent of Education
#20Bryan Lozon
$177,071
Principal/Secondary
#21Dennis Haid
$177,071
Principal/Secondary
#22Muhammad Nasir
$176,017
Executive Officer Information Technology Services
#23Susan Martin
$175,195
Principal/Secondary
#24Stephen Mccrae
$174,864
System Administrator Special Education
#25Jennifer Shortreed
$174,283
Principal/Secondary

See all 3,302 employees in 2025 →

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Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2024 → 2025

Robert Miller at Waterloo Region District School Board had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $248,877 to $298,462, up 19.9%.

Robert Miller+19.9%
Director of Education
$248,877 → $298,462
Sherri-Ann Davidson+22.2%
Principal/Elementary
$131,972 → $161,283
Shannon Thompson+25.1%
Manager of Review Services
$105,303 → $131,771
Krista Mohr Beamish+19.1%
Principal/Elementary
$129,687 → $154,495
Noriko Fukumoto+16.6%
Vice Principal/Secondary
$126,341 → $147,254

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.

148 people were new to Waterloo Region District School Board's list in 2025; 522 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Waterloo Region District School Board →

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