“Sunshine List” announced for 2025 public sector employees

The “Sunshine List” is out for another year.

The list, mandated to be released by provincial legislation, shows all public sector employees in Ontario that earned $100,000 or more in the previous year.

There were a total of 34 staff members from the Town of Amherstburg that made the list in 2025, with two on the town’s list cracking the $200,000 mark.

Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Valerie Critchley earned $230,218.96 in 2025 while Deputy CAO/director of development services Melissa Osborne earned $208,226.35 last year.

Deputy Fire Chief Jason Durocher had a 2025 salary listed at $192,212.42 while District Chief Andrew Challans’ salary was listed at $190,890.58. District Chief Randy Wismer earned $189,172.20 in 2025.

Director of parks, recreation and culture Heidi Baillargeon, director of corporate services/treasurer Tracy Prince and director of engineering and infrastructure services Antonietta Giofu each earned $186,232.90 in 2025.

District chief Rick Wismer made $178,326.86 while fire chief Michael Mio earned $166,169.84. Fire training officer Nick D’Amore earned $157,609 while fire prevention officer Mario Fiorito earned $154,012.08. Manager of roads and fleet Eric Chamberlain earned $140,743.82.

Manager of planning services Christopher Aspila earned $140,643.82 last year, as did chief building official/manager of building services Angelo Avolio, manager of human resources Donna Drouillard, manager of financial services and deputy chief financial officer Yufang Du, manager of environmental services Dwayne Grondin, manager of engineering Todd Hewitt, manager of information technology Jordan Long, and deputy fire chief Ron Meloche.

Deputy fire chief Dan Monk earned $136,885.47 while manager of municipal facilities Terry Fasan made $132,694.18 in 2025.

Manager of recreation services Trese MacNeil’s 2025 salary was listed at $120,908.27 with deputy chief building official Robert Unis and manager of parks and naturalized areas Annette Zahaluk earning the same salary.

Manager of economic development and tourism Jen Ibrahim earned $112,912.67 last year while planner Janine Mastronardi made $110,876.41.

Clerk/risk manager Kevin Fox earned $110,329.50 while human resources health and safety business partner Sabrina Bilyk had a 2025 salary of $107,857.19.

Supervisor of roads and fleet Pat Iacobelli and supervisor of revenue Elke LeBlanc each earned $107,219.19. Heritage planner Adam Coates earned $106,957.74 in 2025 while network and security specialist Nick Renaud made $105,250.32.

LaSalle had 107 staff members on the list, including police officers as they are the only county municipality with its own police force. Leamington had 69 staff members on the list, while Lakeshore had 42. Tecumseh had 36 staffers on the Sunshine List, followed by Amherstburg’s 34. Essex had 32 staff members on the list while Kingsville had 29.

There were 292 people on the “Sunshine List” from the County of Essex in 2025. The bulk of those are employed by Essex-Windsor EMS.

County CAO Sandra Zwiers earned $256,861.74 last year. Director of infrastructure and planning services Allan Botham earned $208,690.26. Sun Parlour Home administrator Jayne Brooks Keller earned $207,243.82. Director of legislative and legal services David Sundin had a 2025 salary of $199,794.69.

Director of financial services/county treasurer Melissa Ryan earned $181,114.74 in 2025.

Darrel Laurendeau, director of information technology, earned $179,913.23 last year with director of human resources Kyla Pritiko earned $179,810.59.

Registered nurse Kendra Powell earned $174,811.41 last year. Sun Parlour Home manager of building services Kevin Soulliere earned $169,514.

Director of human resources Danielle Dunlop’s 2025 salary was listed at $163,721.41. Manager of accounting – administration/deputy treasurer Heidi McLeod earned $162,644.59. Sun Parlour home director of nursing Carlee Pretli earned $162,136.03 in 2025. Manager of maintenance operations Jeremy Grueger earned $161,445.05 last year. Manager of transportation, planning and development Jerry Behl had a 2025 salary of $160,353.23.

Manager of accounting – operations/deputy treasurer Amy Wolters earned $159,719.93 last year. Manager of planning services Rebecca Belanger earned $159,859.89 in 2025 while manager of communications and organizational development Don McArthur earned $156,607.39. Manager of design and construction Karyn Templin earned $148,044.69.

County clerk Katherine Hebert earned $148,210.99 in 2025. Supervisor of equipment maintenance Joel Musyj earned $143,808 last year. Registered nurse Kristine Malott was listed at $141,930.18 and registered nurse Kim Hodgson was listed at $141,056.74. Personal support worker Ruena Amarante earned $140,101.05.

Manager of community services Jeanie Diamond-Francis made $140,595.46.

Maria Gomer, the manager of food and nutrition services at the Sun Parlour Home, earned $139,965.60 last year.

Manager of corporate health and safety Brady Boghean earned $137,816.65. Assistant director of nursing at the Sun Parlour Home Laura McKee’s salary was listed at $135,440.79. Manager of procurement and compliance Sandra Hawken earned $136.788.06 last year. Deputy county solicitor Margaret Bebbington earned $136,020.56. Registered nurse Shane Van Roie earned $135,721.05. Supervisor of roads maintenance Donald Kraynack made $134,896.20.

Personal support worker Barbara Marchand earned $132,835.84. Human resources business partner Linda Greenwood earned $131,338.91 last year.

Manager of employee wellness Tanya Fick earned $130,354.73. Human resources business partner Gary Filiatrault earned $128,254.90 last year. Shawn Mulder, supervisor of roads maintenance, earned $127,634.10 last year.

Supervisor of roads maintenance Roger Demars earned $126,744.91. Human resources information systems specialist Nicholas Toldo earned $125,578.81. Project manager of infrastructure and planning services Daniel Baggio earned $125,487.50. Personal support worker Saody Sim earned $125,076.82. Registered nurse Adam Snively earned $124,797.01 last year. Aaron Swartz, supervisor of signals and facilities, had a 2025 salary listed at $123,323.88. Registered nurse Melissa Araujo’s 2025 salary was $122,212.33.

Manager of records and accessibility/deputy clerk Crystal Sylvestre made $121,768.29 last year. Mikayla Kudroch, assistant director of nursing at the Sunshine Home, earned $118,622.34 with Jason Gilchrist, network administrator for the county, earning $118,115.20. Personal support worker Olivia Pallotta earned $113,534.58.

Senior planner Daryan Branch made $110,823.25 last year. Nicole LeClair, assistant director of nursing with the Sun Parlour Home, earned $110,373.57 last year. Supervisor of scheduling and administration Erin Mallen made $109,762.19 while personal support worker Amy Watterworth earned $109,564.15.

Supervisor of facility operations Randy Pearson earned $107,768.45.

Luisa D’Alimonte, assistant director of nursing at the Sun Parlour Home, made $107.863.15. Senior planner Corinne Chiasson earned $107,909.86 last year. Cynthia Reed, manager of life enrichment at the Sun Parlour Home, earned $107,793.65 in 2025. Laura Jaarsma, a social worker with the County of Essex, earned $107,735.70. Personal support worker Joshua Gagnon was listed at $106,599.27.

Ability and wellness specialist Dillon Underwood-Guttridge had a 2025 salary of $105,910.79. Jacqueline Andrews, a personal support worker, earned $105,594.15 while personal support worker Hailey Plumb earned $103,995.83.

Project manager of information technology Sheela Chandrashekar earned $102,430.52. Personal support worker Jill McGraw earned $102,313.03 with personal support worker Melanie Voruakes earning $102,135.38. Assistant director of nursing with the Sun Parlour Home Katherine McDonald earned $100,144.20. Personal support worker Tara Wellman earned $100,017.81.

The remainder of the county’s list is Essex-Windsor EMS, including chief Justin Lammers at $191,007.12. Others on it, in alphabetical order, include primary care paramedic Chaudry Ali at $125,914.59, primary care paramedic Jacquelyn Allen at $114,522.60, primary care paramedic Tammy Allen at $119,372.75, primary care paramedic Stephanie Amort at $100,641.30 and primary care paramedic Dustin Anderson at $129,371.56.

The list continued with primary care paramedic John Andrukonis at $129,907.75, primary care paramedic Cody Armstrong at $111,375.73, vulnerable patient navigator Shawn Arrand at $146,118.19, and primary care paramedic Keyona Atkins at $124,234.46.

District chief Amanda Atkinson earned $136,621.48 with the Sunshine List also including primary care paramedic Taylor Babkirk at $105,633.23, district chief Jean-Pierre Bacon at $156,538.22, vulnerable patient navigator David Bart at $107,843.32, primary care paramedic Danielle Beauchamp at $111,686.08, primary care paramedic Allison Bezaire at $100,699.84, advanced care paramedic Brandon Bellehumeur at $129,458.09, primary care paramedic Mary Lou Beneteau at $105,946.36, advanced care paramedic Joshua Benoot at $108,066.73 and primary care paramedics Brea Bergan and Salvatore Bertucci at $104,398.13 and $108,995.40 respectively.

EMS captain of professional standards Adrien Bezaire earned $137,498.13 last year and district chief Sarah Bezaire earned $192,308.94 last year.

The list also saw primary care paramedic Patrick Biczysko at $109,571.34, primary care paramedic Taylor Blakney at $105,113.87, primary care paramedic Arthur Bobek at $109,538.09, primary care paramedic Brian Boismier at $113,477.64, primary care paramedic Kim Boismier at $114,021.44, primary care paramedic David Bondy at $107,525.23 and primary care paramedic Jeff Borghi at $102.878.19.

Advanced care paramedic Tim Branch is listed at $119,453.31, primary care paramedic Kristian Brocklebank at $117,036.71, district chief Tyson Brohman at $164.957.76, primary care paramedic Zachary Brown at $102,347.13 and Douglas Bryant at $106,592.73.

Vulnerable patient navigator David Cakebread was at $102,161.27, primary care paramedic at $111,775.75, district chief Justin Campeau at $155,286.03, advanced care paramedic Tyler Ceballo at $124,524.47 and primary care paramedics Hannah Chevalier, Nick Ciarappa and Lauren Clark at $110,229.71, $110,896.88 and $104.221.29 respectively.

District chief John Conlon’s 2025 salary was listed at $135,548.79 with others on the list including vulnerable patient navigator Kimberly Cook at $113,531.24, primary care paramedic Jonathon Croley at $131,119.56, primary care paramedic Christiane Cullen at $111,097.61, primary care paramedic Jeff Culver at $103,139.07, primary care paramedic Shelby Curran at $113,518.98 and primary care paramedic Isidor Cusumano at $113,794.34.

Primary care paramedic Quintin Davis earned $113,238.77 with others listed including advanced care paramedic Kevin DeMarco at $113,702.13, primary care paramedic Anthony DeSantis at $112,189.48, Chanelle DeSantis at $109,391.11, primary care paramedic Christopher Deschaine at $111,988.32, primary care paramedic Lauren Dewar at $103,787.25 and primary care paramedic Jenna Diamante at $116,780.59.

Primary care paramedic Claudio Distefano was listed at $113,206.50, primary care paramedic Luca Distefano at $113,502.35, vulnerable patient navigator Lauren Dowhan at $112,677.60, vulnerable patient navigator Matthew Dowhan at $129,691.18 and advanced care paramedics Catherine Driedger and Adam Droski at $111,522.89 and $113,360.25 respectively.

Primary care paramedics Nicole Duchesne, Debra Dufour and Kaitlyn Dufresne earned $118,369.05, $108,552.49 and $116.547.42 respectively.

Primary care paramedic Christopher Dziedzic earned $127,423.48 with primary care paramedics Natalie Ennis ($105,149.25) and Jordan Evers ($107,369.50 also on the list. Mark Evon, a vulnerable patient navigator, was listed at $100,025.60.

EMS deputy chief of planning and physical resources Ziad Fatallah had his 2025 salary listed at $157,396.58. Also listed were primary care paramedic Brittany Ferriss at $100,621.92. primary care paramedic Patrick Fields at $109,077.02, advanced care paramedic Michael Filiault at $104,696.34, primary care paramedic Tricia Fischer at $105,233.24, primary care paramedic Brian Fuerth at $103,705.61, primary care paramedic Erica Geminelli at $110,600.66 and advanced care paramedic Jamieson Gemmell at $112,892.12.

Advanced care paramedics Goran Gilsic and Meikel Gobet were listed with 2025 salaries of $136,781.25 and $113,198.04 respectively.

Primary care paramedic Laura Gosselin was at $107,174.37, primary care paramedic Matthew Gosselin at $100,989,21 and primary care paramedic Erica Greco at $104,451. Primary care paramedic Peter Gvoic was at $104,231.01 while advanced care paramedics Isaac Hamilton and Kristen Hamilton were listed at $115,928.85 and $110,964.77 respectively.

Primary care paramedics Suhaib Hammoud and Nicole Hansen were at $105,358.82 and $108,148.83 respectively while primary care paramedic Nicole Hearn earned $107,457.07.

Primary care paramedic Sean Hettrick was listed at $110,136.11, vulnerable patient navigator Krista Hillier at $119,722.69, primary care paramedic Jonathan Hogan at $129,808.52, advanced care paramedic Melissa Hopkins at $110,833.87, advanced care paramedic Bradley Humber at $144,444.90 and advanced care paramedic Lance Huver at $105,421.56.

Primary care paramedic Trever Iles heard $108,433.40, primary care paramedic Robert Injic was listed at $150,630.74 and primary care paramedic Daniel Jacobs was at $101,692.64.

District chief Michael Jacobs earned $168,816.70, primary care paramedic Shannon Johnston $103,991.38, primary care paramedic Courtney Jovanovic $106,324,98 and district chief Nicholas Jovanovic at $167,862.28.

Primary care paramedic Stephanie Karam was listed at $111,263.65 while primary care paramedics Jeffrey Kferer ($100,343.28), Adam Kidd ($102,750.94), Adam Knight ($105,746.14), Marc Kobrosli ($104,226.85) and Tiffany Koniecki ($101,472.12) were also on the list.

Advanced care paramedic Alex Kroeze was at $109,476.18, primary care paramedic Michael Lacroix at $102.748.41, primary care paramedic Victoria Laframboise at $101.727.18, advanced care paramedic Mitchell Laird at $113,438.17, primary care paramedic Andrew Lassaline at $104,628.40 and primary care paramedics Eric Lawrie and Marina Lawrie at $107,576.65 and $106,051.04 respectively.

Advanced care paramedic Thomas Leclair was at $111,744.72, primary care paramedic Patrick Lee at $115,024.80, deputy chief of operations Ryan Lemay at $167,941.57, primary care paramedic Christopher Lizotte $108,986.57, captain of professional standards Kristen Lo Mascolo at $115,652.17, primary care paramedic Faith Lovell at $101,679.96, advanced care paramedic Amy Lutsch at $113,810.06 and advanced care paramedic Stephan Maag at $121,353.18.

Primary care paramedic Delaney MacDonald was listed at $104,513.10, primary care paramedic Madeline MacDonald at $119,367.23, advanced care paramedic Aaron MacKenzie at $108,255.32, primary care paramedic Geoffrey MacKenzie at $109,061.69 and primary care paramedic Nathan MacMillan at $106,374.33.

Primary care paramedic Che-Lyn Marier earned $118,853.86 while primary care paramedic Josue Martinez was at $118,717.02. Owen Matthews, a primary care paramedic, was at $121,800.95, advanced care paramedic Shawn may was at $120,846.78 and primary care paramedic Amanda McCarton was at $118,765.25.

EMS district chief Denis McFarlane was listed at $103,741.79, primary care paramedic Elyssa McLeod at $108,505.61, advanced care paramedic Scott Miller at $116,700.42, vulnerable patient navigator Jennifer Miner at $103,122.80, primary care paramedic Anna Mitrev at $100,785.69, and primary care paramedic Joseph Mollica at $161,582.99.

EMS captain of professional standards Michella Mollicone was at $138,117.95, district chief Matthew Moore at $136,868.21, primary care paramedic Mackenzie Morkin at $108,933.67, vulnerable patient navigator Grace Morneau at $101,715.32 and primary care paramedic Cassidy Morrow at $103,931.49.

Primary care paramedics Kimberly Ann Myers and Ian Nash earned $100,776.98 and $128,112.77 respectively. District chief Christopher Nugent was listed at $174,975.88 while primary care paramedics Catherine O’Dwyer ($102,826.33), Matthew Oades ($110,945.67) and Deanna Owen ($103,947.66) also made the list.

Primary care paramedic Lauren Panek was at $106,191.48, primary care paramedic Aaron Parent at $102,401.48 and primary care paramedic Lily Pattinson at $129,092.76.

District chief Nisreen Perreault earned $112,014.60 while advanced care paramedic Andrew Peters was listed at $121,141.92, primary care paramedic Aiden Pitre at $100,587.07, primary care paramedic Rose Pizzuti at $105,286.55, primary care paramedic Mitchell Postma at $110,031.57 and primary care paramedic Erick Potvin at $115,248.75.

Deputy chief of professional standards Slawomir Pulcer made $165,362.29. Primary care paramedic Michael Purdy ($112,863.69) and primary care paramedic Cole Racicot ($103,228.56) were listed as were advanced care paramedic Inkaran Ramesh ($132,415.80) primary care paramedic Kaitlynne Rawlings ($107,706.62), primary care paramedic Jason Renaud ($101,959.91), primary care paramedic Kailyn Renaud ($105,812.16), captain of emergency standards Matthew Renaud ($130,206.26), advanced care paramedic Trent Resendes ($119,371.46), advanced care paramedic John Rinaldi Ross ($131,362.54), primary care paramedic Shaun Rivard ($109,181.62) and advanced care paramedic Tricia Rousseau ($107,204.52).

Primary care paramedic Caullin Rundle is on the list at $100,048.34, primary care paramedic Wayne Russelo at $104,316.48, primary care paramedic Heather Ryall at $104,435.65, primary care paramedic Ahmed Salim Sarwar at $110,127.22, vulnerable patient navigator Prentice Scott at $106,841.11, advanced care paramedic Raif Serifi at $114,867.96, primary care paramedic Dylan Sharron at $108,275.95, primary care paramedic Michael Sherwood at $119,383.78, advanced care paramedic George Shkreli at $112,664.85, and primary care paramedic Jonathan Silcox at $107,748.91.

Primary care paramedic Stephanie Simetic earned $104,217.95, primary care paramedic Mohpal Singh was at $113,068.52, Stephen Smith at $105,550.04, primary care paramedic Dino Soulliere at $124,166.81, advanced care paramedic Richard St. Pierre at $119,337.04 and district chief Paul Stromme at $117,664.04.

Also listed were primary care paramedic Sarah Stromme at $101,393.71, primary care paramedic Benjamin Stubbington at $131,547.47, district chief Dejan Suvajdzin at $116,954.23, primary care paramedic Aaron Swartz at $123,323.88, primary care paramedic Sara Szwaczka at $104,056.89 and primary care paramedic Tim Taggart at $104,078.63.

Primary care paramedic Kenji Takeshima was at $113,165.54, advanced care paramedic Donald Theriault at $130,900.45, advanced care paramedic Iuliana Tibrianu at $123,953.55, primary care paramedic Jennifer Titus at $110,051.90, primary care paramedic Matthew Titus at $115,999.14 and advanced care paramedic Tyler Tofflemire at $118,868.53.

Primary care paramedic Mike Tortola was listed at $103,116.77, captain of professional services Lubisa Trpkovski at $145,441.98, primary care paramedic Christopher Trudell at $105,505.99, primary care paramedic Natalie Turner at $102,562.40, primary care paramedic Chris Udvari at $101,022.51, primary care paramedic Elena Ung at $108,522.43 and primary care paramedic Amy Vancowenburg at $101,486.17.

Primary care paramedic Amanda Veldhuis was at $108,814.96, primary care paramedic Meaghan Vieira at $117,513.68, primary care paramedic Jacob Vincent at $115,071.76, primary care paramedic Corey Vultaggio at $105,210.51, primary care paramedic Jeffrey Warren at $111,073.65, primary care paramedic Daina Waterfield at $113,708.56, Crystal Wemyss at $105,860.92 and primary care paramedic Arnold Wenzler at $106,954.83.

Rounding out the county’s list were primary care paramedic Lindsey Willar at $104,706.59, primary care paramedic Wendy Willis at $105,576, primary care paramedic Alicia Wilson at $102,828.06, primary care paramedic Jaclyn Wismer at $108,579.44, primary care paramedic Carley Yeboah at $110,395.56 and primary care paramedic Michael Yeboah at $103,728.42.

The Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board sent a 22-page list of staff members that made the Sunshine List. Listed here are principals and vice principals including St. Thomas of Villanova Secondary School principal Danielle Desjardins at $167,404.08 and Villanova vice principals Dante DiPonio at $127,205.16 and David Petro at $148,099.53.

Stella Maris principal Marisa Wismer earned $161,253.64 while vice principal Franca Rezler earned $145,736.19. St. Joseph School vice principal Veronica Cipparrone was listed at $148,277.85.

On the public side, North Star High School principal Melissa DeBruyne earned $170,110.60 in 2025. DeBruyne retired in early 2026 and current principal Kyle Berard earned $171,505.80 while at Kennedy. Vice principal Jason Lynn earned $149,179.57.

Amherstburg Public School principal James Cowper earned $161,262.83 and vice principal Michael Harrington earned $133,140.49. Malden Central Public School principal David Dawson made $164,146.76.

École St.-Jean Baptiste principal Diana Bala earned $144,392.57.

Essex MPP Anthony Leardi earned $171,843.38 last year.

“Sunshine List” announced for 2025 public sector employees

By Ron Giofu