Seniors and Housing

Alberta Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2017

Salary Name Position
$123,045.58
earned in 2016
Donald Squire Exec Dir, Capital Initiatives
Seniors and Housing
$122,750.20
earned in 2016
Mohinder Bajwa Dir. Emergency Housing Prog
Seniors and Housing
$122,467.54
earned in 2016
Jasvinder Chana Director, Engagement
Seniors and Housing
$121,919.42
earned in 2016
Annette Lemire Dir, Office of the Sr Advocate
Seniors and Housing
$119,540.46
earned in 2016
Steve Stringfellow Minister's Chief of Staff
Seniors and Housing
$119,196.22
earned in 2016
Krista Goretzky Dir., Hsg Strategies &Prog Sup
Seniors and Housing
$119,196.22
earned in 2016
John P. Faustino Director of IT
Seniors and Housing
$119,196.22
earned in 2016
Andrew Kennett Dir., Cap Imp & Tech Advisory
Seniors and Housing
$118,938.56
earned in 2016
Myles Poff Senior Manager
Seniors and Housing
$116,358.06
earned in 2016
Christopher S. Zalasky Director, Financial Planning
Seniors and Housing
$115,724.70
earned in 2016
Terri Lynn Almeda Dir.of Seniors Policy & Planni
Seniors and Housing
$115,724.70
earned in 2016
Janet Gerosa Gomez Chief of Staff
Seniors and Housing
$115,592.82
earned in 2016
Jasmine Seivright Dir, Housing Fin Plan. & Prg.
Seniors and Housing
$112,922.25
earned in 2016
Pei Ling Chan SM,Financial Assurance & Admin
Seniors and Housing
$111,471.57
earned in 2016
Michaleen Elabdi Asst. Comm. Dir. Seniors
Seniors and Housing
$110,464.64
earned in 2016
Kirsten Anne Ganske Director, AB Seniors Benefits
Seniors and Housing
$110,040.01
earned in 2016
Rachel Foley Manager, Strategic Policy
Seniors and Housing
$107,152.50
earned in 2016
Darlene Spelten Mgr., Policy & Leg. Services
Seniors and Housing
$107,152.50
earned in 2016
Denine Ritchie Manager, Community Partnership
Seniors and Housing
$107,152.50
earned in 2016
Laura Paradowski Manager,Seniors Information
Seniors and Housing
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Published March 2017

Alberta Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2017

Alberta first started publishing the Sunshine List in 2014 following the 2012 election of Alison Redford.

The salary and severance disclosure, makes Alberta's public sector more open and accountable to taxpayers. The act requires organizations that receive public funding from the Province of Alberta to make public the names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of employees paid 136,805 or more in the previous calendar year.

At SunshineListStats.com, we rank employees from organizations that received public funding from the Province of Alberta and earn over $136,805 per year, including total taxable benefits.

This year's sunshine list includes the top earners in Seniors and Housing, including:

2017 Alberta Sunshine List: Seniors and Housing Top Earners

Every year, the Alberta government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Seniors and Housing's 49 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $6,408,830.83 in 2016.

At the top of the Seniors and Housing Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Seniors and Housing was Deputy Minister Shannon A.J. Marchand, who brought home $285,877.28 in 2016.

Following Shannon A.J. Marchand was Special Advisor Mike Leathwood, with annual earnings of $200,404.88. Assistant Deputy Minister Mary Anne Wilkinson made $200,404.88, Assistant Deputy Minister John Cabral made $182,501.02, and CIO, Seniors Christopher Kearney round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $164,060.78 for the Seniors and Housing 2017 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2016, 12 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 28 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 6 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 2 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 1 received between $250,001 and $300,000 at the Seniors and Housing.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 12 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 28 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 6 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 2 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 1 employee made between $250,000 to $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2017 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2017 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2017 Employers List.

What is disclosed and thresholds

  • Compensation includes base salary, overtime, bonuses, honoraria paid to board members and taxable benefits. This category essentially reflects the income amount on the person’s T4.
  • Severance reflects amounts paid or payable related to termination of employment, including retiring allowance.
  • Non-monetary (other) benefits are generally non-taxable benefits including the employer’s portion of pension contributions, employment insurance, Canada Pension Plan and Workers' Compensation Board premiums.
  • Employment and/or severance contracts for:
    • Designated executives under the Reform of Agencies, Boards and Commissions Compensation Regulation
    • Designated executives under the Reform of Agencies, Boards and Commissions (Post-Secondary Institutions) Compensation Regulation
    • The Chief Executive Officer of Alberta Health Services
    • The Chief Executive Officer of the Alberta Electric System Operator

Employee thresholds

Public sector bodies are required to post online the names and amount of compensation and severance paid to employees who earn more than the threshold amount for that disclosure period.

For December disclosures, if no severance was paid, disclosure is not required.

1 The annual threshold is applied to severance disclosures in December of the current year and to compensation disclosed in June of the following year. For example, the threshold for severances disclosed by December 31, 2021 is $136,805. This is also the threshold for compensation disclosed by June 30, 2022.
Calendar year 1 Annual threshold
2021 $136,805
2020 $135,317
2019 $132,924
2018 $129,809
2017 $127,765
2016 $126,375
2015 $125,000