What was the largest increase in disclosed pay at Trinity College in 2023?

The largest increase in disclosed pay at Trinity College in 2023 was $123,886 to $155,168, up 25.3%; it went to Michael Kessler. 11 people had an increase in disclosed pay between 2022 and 2023, with a median increase of 3.4%.

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Michael Kessler →

Largest increase (by dollars)

$31,282

Michael Kessler · +25.3%

Had an increase

11

2022 → 2023

Median increase

+3.4%

among those who had one

On the list

26

2023 Sunshine List

Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
Trinity College · 2022 → 2023

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.

Michael Kessler+25.3%
Director, Margaret MacMillanTrinity One Program
$123,886 → $155,168
John Duncan+8.6%
Director, Ethics, Society and Law
$140,702 → $152,798
Kristen Moore+8.6%
Dean of Students
$139,747 → $151,717
Donald Wiebe+7.6%
Professor, Divinity
$109,010 → $117,248
Kathy Prpic+4.0%
Associate Director, Alumni Engagement
$117,371 → $122,029
Young-Mee Um+3.2%
Director, Communications
$139,305 → $143,699
Diane Prillo+3.4%
Manager, Finance and Payroll
$122,927 → $127,076
Christopher Brittain+2.1%
Dean of Divinity
$190,873 → $194,830
Nelson De Melo+1.7%
Director, Student Services and Registrar
$154,209 → $156,832
Sylvia Lassam+2.0%
Rolph Bell Archivist
$107,150 → $109,293

<5 people were new to Trinity College's list in 2023; <5 who were on it in 2022 were not. See the full 2023 roster →

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Method. Figures are salary paid, the same basis the year pages use for their movers sections. A mover is excluded from the raises above when their 2022 record was their first year at Trinity College (a partial year, such as a September hire, that a full second year then dwarfs and misreads as an outsized raise), or when their 2023 record is their very last on the Sunshine List — a partial final year before leaving looks identical to a real change in pay until next year's data confirms it. This page does not list pay cuts: even the province-wide 2023 Sunshine List omits cuts for its own most recent year, since a partial final year before leaving looks identical to a real cut until next year’s data arrives — that same reasoning applies to every employer, in every year, so cuts are left off this page entirely rather than showing them in some years and not others. Counts under five people show “<5”. Data runs through 2025. The 2023 figures were published here on .