Agriculture and Forestry

Alberta Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2020

Salary Name Position
$164,060.78
earned in 2019
North Darren James Tapp Exec Director Wildfire Mgt. Br
Agriculture and Forestry
$160,905.76
earned in 2019
Margaret Halldorson Executive Director
Agriculture and Forestry
$160,518.54
earned in 2019
Keith Lehman Dir & Chief Prov Veterinarian
Agriculture and Forestry
$154,620.18
earned in 2019
Jagdish Patel Dir, Animal Health
Agriculture and Forestry
$154,428.30
earned in 2019
Rob Pungor Director, Change Management
Agriculture and Forestry
$145,740.14
earned in 2019
Walter Born Exec Director Wildfire Mgt. Br
Agriculture and Forestry
$143,983.06
earned in 2019
Susan Novak Executive Director, AH
Agriculture and Forestry
$143,983.06
earned in 2019
Christine Yaremko Senior Fin Officer & Exec Dir
Agriculture and Forestry
$135,697.10
earned in 2019
Valerie Mary Bohaychuk Dir, Agri-Food Laboratories
Agriculture and Forestry
$133,317.86
earned in 2019
Marcia Michelle Hewitt-Fisher Director, Plant & Bee Policy
Agriculture and Forestry
$133,317.86
earned in 2019
Annalisa Baer Director, Intl Market Dev
Agriculture and Forestry
$133,317.86
earned in 2019
Shiferaw Adilu Dir, Policy Coord & Research
Agriculture and Forestry
$133,317.86
earned in 2019
Dan Graham Director, Operations
Agriculture and Forestry
$133,317.86
earned in 2019
Carl Frederick Frederickson Dir, Animal Welfare
Agriculture and Forestry
$133,317.86
earned in 2019
Morgan Kehr Director, Wildfire Operations
Agriculture and Forestry
$133,317.86
earned in 2019
Peter A Kuperis Dir, Trade and Transportation
Agriculture and Forestry
$133,317.86
earned in 2019
Patrick Loewen Dir, Wildfire Prevention
Agriculture and Forestry
$133,317.86
earned in 2019
Wendy McCormick Dir, CAP Secretariat
Agriculture and Forestry
$133,317.86
earned in 2019
Deanna M McCullough Director, Business Services
Agriculture and Forestry
$133,317.86
earned in 2019
Dee Pannu Director,Investment Attraction
Agriculture and Forestry
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Published March 2020

Alberta Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2020

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 Agriculture and Forestry, including:

2020 Alberta Sunshine List: Agriculture and Forestry Top Earners

Every year, the Alberta government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Agriculture and Forestry's 136 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $17,720,750.00 in 2019.

At the top of the Agriculture and Forestry Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Agriculture and Forestry was Deputy Minister Kenneth Andre Corbould, who brought home $285,877.28 in 2019.

Following Kenneth Andre Corbould was Farmers' Advocate Peter Dobbie, with annual earnings of $205,076.04. ADM, Forestry Division Bruce Mayer made $199,639.44, Assistant Deputy Minister David Burdek made $199,115.80, and ED, Industry Gov & Research Brent McEwan round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $184,749.26 for the Agriculture and Forestry 2020 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2019, 4 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 118 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 11 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 1 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 1 received over $300,000 at the Agriculture and Forestry.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 4 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 118 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 11 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 1 employee made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 1 employee made between $250,000 to $300,000
  • 1 employee made more than $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2020 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2020 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2020 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