Although the annual disclosure of public sector salaries has a threshold of $100,000, the top earners in Greater Sudbury paid from the public purse have salaries higher than $200,000 with several earning more than $300,000

Editor’s note: This story was originally published March 27 and is being reprinted here for anyone who may have missed it on Friday.

There are 4,794 Sudburians represented on the annual list of public sector salary disclosures for 2025, also known as the Sunshine List.

The list was released earlier today and Sudbury.com has spent the past few hours compiling and cataloguing the local implications. What follows below is a breakdown of local representation on the Sunshine List by three sectors: municipal, education and health care. 

While the list includes those paid $100,000, Sudbury.com is focusing on those making more than $200,000.

As several readers have noted in the comment threads under a story about the list Sudbury.com ran earlier today, a $100,000 salary in 2025 or 2026 does not mean what it mean in 1996 when the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act was made law.

The Bank of Canada’s inflation calculator shows the buying power of $100,000 in 2025 is only equal to about $53,104 in 1996. The calculation is based on the consumer price index, which has increased by about 85 per cent since 1996.

Put the other way, a “basket” of goods and services that cost $100,000 in 1996, would cost about $185,017 in 2025, and $188,308 in 2026.

There are 30,075 employees on the Sunshine List making $185,000 or more, which is fewer than 7.5 per cent of the 404,921-person list of public sector salaries at or above $100,000.

For comparison, there were 4,494 people on the first Sunshine List in 1996, or 200 people fewer than the number of people from Greater Sudbury who are on the list today.

City of Greater Sudbury

The City of Greater Sudbury’s Sunshine List has grown from 719 members in 2024 to 807 in 2025.

There were 23 city employees who earned more than $200,000 in 2025, which is a slight boost from the 21 recorded in 2024.

The top-paid municipal employee was Greater Sudbury Police Service Chief Sara Cunningham, whose salary was $283,562.88. This is a boost from her 2024 salary of $255,825.20.

Greater Sudbury Fire Services captain Richard James McDougall was in second place, at a salary of $271,198.54 ($250,566.95 in 2024).

In third was former city CAO Ed Archer, at a salary of $266,032.02, despite city council ending his contract in October 2024.

His 2024 salary was $457,555.56.

Archer’s employment agreement as CAO stipulated that although the city can terminate employment at any time with cause, any other termination of employment would include severance pay of 24 months after six years of service, which at more than eight years he exceeded.

Archer was terminated without cause, and since his 2023 salary was $297,160, his total severance pay would be almost $600,000.

Earlier this year, city CAO Shari Lichterman terminated the employment of five city managers. Although all five appear on the Sunshine List, because their employment was terminated in 2026 and their termination packages are negotiated, the total cost of these terminations will not appear until the 2026 Sunshine List is released in late March 2027.

As with past years, firefighters dominated the municipality’s top earners in 2025, making up 11 of the 23 people to earn more than $200,000.

The City of Greater Sudbury’s top earners to bring in more than $200,000 in salary paid (excluding taxable benefits, which range from nothing to city Roads Operation manager Michel Riberdy’s $34,115.52) were, in order:


Sara Cunningham – Chief of police: $283,562.88
Richard James McDougall – fire captain: $271,198.54
Ed Archer – city CAO (city council ended his contract in October 2024): $266,032.02
Kevin Fowke – General Manager of Corporate Services: $261,717.51
Joseph Nicholls – General Manager of Community Safety and chief of Fire and Paramedic Services (retired in late 2025): $258,914.37
Tony Cecutti – Strategic Projects Lead: $258,818.36
Natalie Hiltz – GSPS Deputy Chief: $251,361.92
Michael Sean McMahon – fire platoon chief: $237,781.73
Colin Braney – fire captain: $237,079.33
Tyler Popowich – fire chief training officer: $230,517.83
Michael Slywchuk – fire captain: $226,768.50
Shari Lichterman – city CAO (started in late March 2025): $226,751.52
Robert Hyndman – fire captain: $222,410.17
Eric Labelle – city solicitor and clerk: $220,296.41
Nathan Brubacher – fire captain: $217,872.07
Giovanna Verrilli – Greater Sudbury Airport Authority CEO: $217,802.57
James Gervais – fire captain: $215,166.70
Richard Dodge – fire captain: $213,913.31
Tyler Campbell – Community Wellbeing general manager: $204,652.03
Andre Groulx – fire platoon chief: $201,566.00
Kris Longston – Planning and Growth general manager: $200,739.72
Brendan Adair – Transit Services – $200,686.75

Health Care Sector

In hospitals, the Sunshine List does not usually include the names of physicians, most of whom are self-employed, not on the government payroll and are regarded as independent contractors.

Sudbury’s Health Sciences North hospital employed 1,383 people in 2024, and 1,350 in 2025, a decrease of 33 people.

The top ten earners at Health Sciences North for 2025 are:


Dr. Pankaj Bhatia, chief of staff and medical director, earned $367,786 (2024) $394,591.13 (2025)
David R. McNeil, hospital president and CEO, earned $343,045 in 2024 and $370,411.90 in 2025.
Dr. Jason Prpic, medical director, centre for prehospital care earned $325, 794
Michael Oliver, senior medical physicist, earned $313,255.96,
Lisa Lee Smith, vice president of medicine and chief nursing executive earned $279,613.11
Dr. Kona Williams, forensic pathologist, $272,994
Stephanie Winn, vice president surgical and clinical services, $268,761
Dr. Konrad Leszczynski, chief physicist and manager, $268,755
Dr. Daniel Provost, Medical Physicist, $264,000
Hau Chun Felix Wong, Medical Physicist, $260,538

Altogether, 27 individuals at the Sudbury hospital earned more than $200,000.

Also in the health sector were salary disclosures for Public Health Sudbury and Districts, which employed 38 people.

The top 10 paid individuals at Public Health Sudbury and Districts are:


Dr. Mustafa Hirji, medical officer of health (hired March 18, 2024) earned $254,056 in 2024 and $323,296.07 in 2025.
Sandra Lacle, director, corporate services for PHSD earned $153,789.91
Stacey Gilbeau, director, school health, vaccine-preventable diseases and COVID prevention, earned $138,528 in 2024 and $147,735.12 in 2025.
Stacey Laforest, director, health protection division $147,635.12
Renee St. Onge, director, knowledge and strategic services, earned $141,621 in 2024 and $147,635.12 in 2025.
Dr. Penny Sutcliffe, medical officer of health (retired March 31, 2025) earned $375,590 in 2024 and $138,641.81 for 2025.
Emily Groot, associate medical officer of health, $135,570.78
Cynthia Peacock-Rocca, manager, 122756.97
Jonathan Groulx, manager, $121,541.31
Stephanie Zakrocki, manager, earned $118,379 in 2024 and 121, 384.76 in 2025.

St Joseph’s Health Centre of Sudbury had 27 employees in 2025 and these are the top ten earners:


Kari Gervais, president and CEO, $302,004
Vicki Lejambe, chief operating nursing and allied health officer, $152,331
Leya Mary Paul, registered nurse, $143,059
Stefan Staneckyj, chief financial officer, $141,032
Roger Leveille, director of planning and facilities, $138,063
Francine Dorion, administrator, $129,755
Anju Saseendran, registered nurse, $127,309
Cindy Murray, administrator, $122,395
Barb Desjardins, vice president, corporate services, $120,582

Below, please find a searchable database of Greater Sudbury’s $200,000 club.

Education sector

Laurentian University had 292 employees in 2024 and now 312 in 2025. Of those, 10 make more than $200,000. These are the top earners:


Lynn Wells, president and vice chancellor, Laurentian University, $302,590
Malcolm Campbell, provost and vice chancellor academic, Laurentian University $237,630
Charles Lachance, sessional, $231,200
Sylvie Lafontaine, vice president, finance and administration, $223,250.04
Tammy Eger, vice president, research, $217,984
Ming Cai, full professor, $211, 799
Serge Demers, registrar and associate vice president, student enrollment, $202,686
Kabwe Nkongolo, full professor $201,731
Elizabeth Levin, associate professor $201,309
Tracy McLeod, chief advancement officer, $201,144

NOSM University had 95 employees in 2024 and 109 in 2025. Of those, 20 made more than $200,000. These are the top ten earners:


Sarita Verma, past-president, NOSM University, $534,491
Michael Green, president, vice-chancellor, dean,CEO, NOSM University $439,999
Ray Hunt, vice president, administration and COO, NOSM University, $252,680
Celine Lariviere, provost and vice president, academic, $236,102
Zacharias Suntres, professor, and Assistant Dean, (Phase 1), $233,489
T.C. Tai, division head, human and medical sciences divisions, $233,146
Owen Prouse, vice president, clinical partnerships and hospital relations, $229,629
Robert Anderson, associate dean, post-grad medical education and health services, $228, 007
Lee Toner, associate dean, undergraduate medical education, $228,006
David Marsh, vice president, research and graduate studies $223, 063

University of Sudbury only has two employees listed:


Serge Mivelle, director and vice-chancellor, $231,068
Louise Bray, director of finance and administration, $126, 211

Cambrian College had 224 employees listed in 2024 and 234 on the list in 2025. Of those, the top 10 earners are:


Kristine Morrisey, president, Cambrian College, $293,723
Janice Clarke, vice president, academic, $210,504
Marian Nicholls, vice president, finance and administration, applied research, $210,478
Alison De Luisa, vice president, human resources and student services, $204, 329
Shawn Poland, vice president, external partnerships and strategic enrolment, $192,537
Marc Saini, director of people and culture, $188,427
Renee Scott, director, marketing, recruitment and student success, $188, 238
Rick Daoust, director, information technology, $187,939
Michelle Brunette, dean, school of community services, planning, institutional research and quality assurance, $183,248
Melanie Cacciotti, chief of staff, $183,065

Collège Boréal had 143 employees in 2024 and 169 in 2025. Of those, the top ten earners are:


Daniel Giroux, president, Collège Boréal $294,581
Terry Comeau, executive director, Toronto campus, Collège Boréal $287,610
Michel Doucet, vice president, corporate services, $228,260
Paulette Bonin, vice president, academic, $213,729
Brian Vaillancourt, vice president, business development, $204,989
Carole Nkoa, vice president , Toronto and central southwest, $192,858
Jean Cotnoir, dean, school of business, $186,226
Daniel Leduc, dean, school of environment, natural resources, trades and applied technologies, $186,224
Suzanne Lemieux, dean, school of health, $185, 623
Marc Despatie, executive director, communications, government relations, Boréal Foundation, $183,123

Rainbow District School Board had 904 employees in 2024 and 1810 in 2025. Of those, here are the top earners:


Bruce Bourget, director of education, Rainbow District School Board, $257,102
Kathy Wachnuk, superintendent of schools, $199,333
Adam Guilbault, superintendent of business, $185,102
Maureen McNamara, superintendent of schools, senior administrator of human resources, $172,969
Heather Downey, secondary principal, $167,711
Daniel Koziar, superintendent of schools, $166,387
Leslie Mantle, superintendent of schools, $166,240
Tiffany Hayes, senior administrator of human resources, $165,408
Martin Punkari, secondary principal, $163,510
Victoria Zymantas, secondary vice principal, $158,500

The Sudbury Catholic School Board had 416 employees in 2024 and 404 in 2025. Here are the ten highest earners:


Cheryl Ann Corallo, executive superintendent, business and finance, $207,434
Erica Raymond, superintendent of education, $191,308
Natasha Folino, superintendent of education, $188,474
Joanne Benard, director of education, $178,676
Stephanie Venturi, principal, secondary, $176,625
Chantal Rancourt, elementary teacher, $172,950
Aaron Barry, principal secondary, $172,785
Alan Levesque, manager, facility services and health and safety, $169,563
Karl Dreger, principal, elementary $166,110
Beverly Belanger, principal secondary $165,230

Conseil Scolaire De District Catholique Du Nouvel-Ontario had 471 employees in 2024 and 498 employees in 2025. Of those, five made more than $200,000. Here are the top ten highest earners.


Tom Michaud, director of education, Conseil Scolaire De District Catholique Du Nouvel-Ontario, $252,302
Maryse Barrette, superintendent, financial affairs, $223,461
Jhonel Morvan, superintendent of education, $209,585
Tammy Séguin, superintendent of education, $206,765
Tracey-Lynn Foucault, superintendent of education, $203,474
Pauline Lafreniére, director, schools, $197,270
Tracy Rossini, director, learning support, $177,779
Guylaine Rheault, director, learning support, $173,686
Michelle Cotnoir, director of well-being and inclusion, $171,481
Chantal Lafleur, director, student services, $171,402

Conseil Scolaire Public Du Grand Nord De L’Ontario was listed as having 190 employees in 2024, which jumped to 258 in 2025. The top ten earners are:


Gabrielle Lemieux, teacher, $232,939
Alain Gélinas, director of education, $215,147
Stéphanie Sampson, superintendent of education, $174,823
Shannon Chevrier, superintendent of business, $174,547
Norma Saad, superintendent of education, $174,547
Julie Cyr, school principal, $162,611
Denis Ferron, manager, maintenance, health and safety, $159,268
Eric Despatie, director human resources, $155,308
Dominique Jean, director of schools, $155,265
Lea Clinchamps, director of schools, $152,010