Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security appears in Ontario’s 2025 public salary disclosure with 219 disclosed records, $29,746,642 in salary paid, and a median disclosed salary of $127,798. These figures reflect disclosed records only and should not be interpreted as total workforce compensation, total institutional payroll, or a standalone judgment.
Disclosure records require context: they are not judgments about people, employers, or sectors; salary paid is not total compensation; disclosed rows are not necessarily unique full-time employees.
These observations summarize disclosed records only and should be interpreted with source attribution, methodology, and responsible-use caveats.
Within this sector’s disclosed records, Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security can be compared with the Government of Ontario – Ministries sector by disclosed record count, salary paid, median disclosed salary, and average disclosed salary where available. This is context for transparency and benchmarking, not a measure of performance, value, efficiency, quality, or compensation fairness.
| Metric | Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security | Government of Ontario – Ministries sector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosed records | 219 | 35,897 | 0.6% of sector disclosed records |
| Disclosed payroll / salary paid | $29,746,642 | $5,197,355,047 | 0.6% of sector salary paid |
| Median disclosed salary | $127,798 | $130,215 | Median salary paid among disclosed records only. |
| Average disclosed salary | $135,829 | $144,785 | Average salary paid among disclosed records only. |
Role families summarize disclosed position titles using neutral, platform-generated heuristics. They do not assess performance, efficiency, quality, or institutional value.
| Role family | Disclosed records | Disclosed payroll | Median disclosed salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other disclosed roles | 120 | $15,450,722 | $127,797 |
| Corporate administration and operations | 47 | $6,228,651 | $127,798 |
| Finance, procurement and audit | 23 | $3,290,105 | $136,265 |
| Executive and senior leadership | 8 | $1,922,243 | $264,822 |
| Protective services | 8 | $895,675 | $114,695 |
| Academic and research | 4 | $678,808 | $172,972 |
| Communications, marketing and public affairs | 4 | $575,675 | $127,275 |
| Digital, data and technology | 4 | $541,650 | $136,576 |
| Human resources, labour relations and total rewards | 1 | $163,114 | $163,114 |
Salary bands summarize disclosed salary-paid records only.
| Salary band | Disclosed records | Salary paid |
|---|---|---|
| 100–125k | 95 | $10,597,224 |
| 125–150k | 81 | $10,898,412 |
| 150–200k | 30 | $5,054,679 |
| 200–300k | 12 | $2,860,721 |
| 300–500k | 1 | $335,605 |
| 500k+ | 0 | $0 |
This table shows selected public disclosure records for this employer, sorted by salary paid. Records are shown for context and should be read with source attribution, methodology, and role-family caveats. Disclosed records are not necessarily unique full-time employees.
| Name | Position | Role family | Salary paid | Taxable benefits | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wai, David S-M | Deputy Minister | Executive and senior leadership | $335,605 | $9,666 | 2025 |
| Kroeker, Zoe | Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy and Planning Division | Executive and senior leadership | $294,343 | $288 | 2025 |
| Paul, Joshua | Assistant Deputy Minister, Financial Sustainability, Performance and Oversight Division | Executive and senior leadership | $281,086 | $312 | 2025 |
| Butler, Jeff | Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations Division | Executive and senior leadership | $265,590 | $293 | 2025 |
| Arandjelovic, Jason | Chief Administrative Officer and Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Management and Services Division | Executive and senior leadership | $264,055 | $260 | 2025 |
| Stypka, Konrad | Director, Financial Accountability Branch | Finance, procurement and audit | $240,496 | $232 | 2025 |
| Hogan, Colleen | Director, Science and Research | Academic and research | $229,874 | $244 | 2025 |
| Smaglinski, Charlotte | Director, Career Colleges Branch | Other disclosed roles | $223,691 | $250 | 2025 |
| Belfie, Laura | Director, Strategic Policy Coordination Branch | Other disclosed roles | $218,997 | $224 | 2025 |
| Brown, James | Chief Executive Officer and Director, Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Branch | Executive and senior leadership | $216,579 | $250 | 2025 |
| Leigh, Jonathan | Director, Communications | Communications, marketing and public affairs | $215,368 | $230 | 2025 |
| Ferdinands, Saba | Director, Student Financial Assistance Branch | Finance, procurement and audit | $210,451 | $232 | 2025 |
The expanded table lists up to 100 public disclosure records for this employer. These rows are not individual pages and should not be treated as a standalone judgment about any individual. These are public disclosure rows for this employer. Disclosed records are not necessarily unique full-time employees and should be interpreted with source attribution, methodology, and role-family caveats.
| Name | Position | Role family | Salary paid | Taxable benefits | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wai, David S-M | Deputy Minister | Executive and senior leadership | $335,605 | $9,666 | 2025 |
| Kroeker, Zoe | Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy and Planning Division | Executive and senior leadership | $294,343 | $288 | 2025 |
| Paul, Joshua | Assistant Deputy Minister, Financial Sustainability, Performance and Oversight Division | Executive and senior leadership | $281,086 | $312 | 2025 |
| Butler, Jeff | Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations Division | Executive and senior leadership | $265,590 | $293 | 2025 |
| Arandjelovic, Jason | Chief Administrative Officer and Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Management and Services Division | Executive and senior leadership | $264,055 | $260 | 2025 |
| Stypka, Konrad | Director, Financial Accountability Branch | Finance, procurement and audit | $240,496 | $232 | 2025 |
| Hogan, Colleen | Director, Science and Research | Academic and research | $229,874 | $244 | 2025 |
| Smaglinski, Charlotte | Director, Career Colleges Branch | Other disclosed roles | $223,691 | $250 | 2025 |
| Belfie, Laura | Director, Strategic Policy Coordination Branch | Other disclosed roles | $218,997 | $224 | 2025 |
| Brown, James | Chief Executive Officer and Director, Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Branch | Executive and senior leadership | $216,579 | $250 | 2025 |
| Leigh, Jonathan | Director, Communications | Communications, marketing and public affairs | $215,368 | $230 | 2025 |
| Ferdinands, Saba | Director, Student Financial Assistance Branch | Finance, procurement and audit | $210,451 | $232 | 2025 |
| Raja, Seetha | Director, Postsecondary Education Programs Branch | Other disclosed roles | $200,192 | $217 | 2025 |
| Andrey, Samuel | Director, Strategic Review Secretariat | Other disclosed roles | $192,938 | $0 | 2025 |
| Blain, Hilary | Director, Indigenous Education | Other disclosed roles | $190,354 | $214 | 2025 |
| Butterfield, Kinneret | Director, Postsecondary Education Policy | Other disclosed roles | $188,925 | $201 | 2025 |
| Hoerath, Elizabeth | Director, French Language Priorities | Other disclosed roles | $187,632 | $208 | 2025 |
| Watt, Cynthia | Senior Policy Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $183,631 | $223 | 2025 |
| Kennedy, Galen | Manager, Intellectual Property Unit | Corporate administration and operations | $177,809 | $198 | 2025 |
| Robb, Sarah | Executive Assistant | Other disclosed roles | $177,799 | $192 | 2025 |
| Swanson, Adrienne | Manager, Research Programs | Academic and research | $174,449 | $190 | 2025 |
| Duong, Hong Son | Senior Manager, Controller | Finance, procurement and audit | $172,072 | $191 | 2025 |
| Lukac-Vulovic, Mirjana | Manager, Research, Talent and Awards | Academic and research | $171,495 | $193 | 2025 |
| Callaghan, Michael Aj | Manager, Strategic Mandate Agreements | Corporate administration and operations | $171,183 | $193 | 2025 |
| Huey, Christopher | Manager, Operations and Projects Unit | Corporate administration and operations | $170,352 | $193 | 2025 |
| Abbott, Noel | Manager, Registration Unit | Corporate administration and operations | $170,186 | $193 | 2025 |
| Mahadeo, Anita | Manager, Learner Success Unit | Corporate administration and operations | $169,909 | $179 | 2025 |
| Lo, Albert | Director, Corporate Finance and Services Branch | Finance, procurement and audit | $168,121 | $182 | 2025 |
| Gigliotti, Gaetano | Manager, Financial Health Oversight | Finance, procurement and audit | $166,830 | $193 | 2025 |
| Tretter, Terrence | Manager, Compliance and Enforcement | Corporate administration and operations | $166,653 | $184 | 2025 |
| Karanjia, Delna | Manager, Ontario Student Assistance Program Transformation | Corporate administration and operations | $164,909 | $190 | 2025 |
| Murray, Jennifer | Manager, Organizational Development | Human resources, labour relations and total rewards | $163,114 | $180 | 2025 |
| Renton, Dara | Assistant Director, Product | Other disclosed roles | $162,154 | $193 | 2025 |
| Clarke, Matthew | Manager, Data Strategy and Coordination Unit | Digital, data and technology | $161,875 | $177 | 2025 |
| Godinho, Warren | Senior Manager, Transfer Payment Modernization | Corporate administration and operations | $158,902 | $193 | 2025 |
| Ho, Robert | Manager, Financial Administration Unit | Finance, procurement and audit | $157,698 | $175 | 2025 |
| Riley, Brian | Manager, Transfer Payment and Grant Accountability Unit | Corporate administration and operations | $156,843 | $170 | 2025 |
| Vanwyck, Kayla | Director, Capital and Financial Policy Branch | Finance, procurement and audit | $156,590 | $196 | 2025 |
| Bhatti, Anika | Executive Assistant | Other disclosed roles | $156,037 | $175 | 2025 |
| Liu, Suge | Manager, Finance and Administrative Services | Finance, procurement and audit | $155,390 | $193 | 2025 |
| Clark, Caitlin | Chief of Staff | Executive and senior leadership | $155,236 | $194 | 2025 |
| Cawlishaw, James | Business Lead | Other disclosed roles | $153,293 | $177 | 2025 |
| Reid, Sharon | Manager, Strategic Initiatives Unit | Corporate administration and operations | $152,297 | $160 | 2025 |
| Cunningham, Lesley | Senior Policy Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $149,740 | $167 | 2025 |
| Awe, Emamezi | Manager, Student Financial Assistance Programs | Finance, procurement and audit | $149,543 | $170 | 2025 |
| Sutherland, Erin | Manager, Policy and Programs Unit | Corporate administration and operations | $149,389 | $168 | 2025 |
| Nolan, Andrew | Controllership and Risk Lead | Finance, procurement and audit | $148,640 | $158 | 2025 |
| Lang, Karin | Manager, French Language Postsecondary Education, Policy and Programs Unit | Corporate administration and operations | $147,902 | $186 | 2025 |
| Lohier, Patrick | Manager, Digital and Creative Services Unit | Digital, data and technology | $147,212 | $165 | 2025 |
| Hepburn, Nicola | Manager, Strategic Policy Unit | Corporate administration and operations | $146,947 | $0 | 2025 |
| Wilde, Sarah | Manager, Colleges | Corporate administration and operations | $146,090 | $168 | 2025 |
| Muttaqi, Yassar | Senior Policy Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $145,038 | $167 | 2025 |
| Di Cristofaro, Isabella | Executive Assistant | Other disclosed roles | $144,059 | $175 | 2025 |
| Bogutska, Liliya | Senior Policy Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $143,310 | $151 | 2025 |
| Alexanian, Karen | Senior Policy Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $143,085 | $158 | 2025 |
| Padure, Lucia | Senior Policy Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $143,047 | $167 | 2025 |
| Gaudreau, Murray | Manager, Community Insights | Corporate administration and operations | $142,578 | $186 | 2025 |
| Pereira, Audrey | Project Lead, Intellectual Property | Other disclosed roles | $142,437 | $167 | 2025 |
| Little, Frankie | Team Lead | Other disclosed roles | $140,512 | $161 | 2025 |
| Zaslaver, Daria | Manager, Colleges and Universities Finance Unit | Finance, procurement and audit | $140,331 | $173 | 2025 |
| Beattie, Sandra | Program Manager, Student Services | Corporate administration and operations | $138,507 | $165 | 2025 |
| Bullingham, Helen | Team Lead, Marketing Communications | Communications, marketing and public affairs | $138,449 | $158 | 2025 |
| Stanley, Lisa | Team Lead | Other disclosed roles | $138,377 | $160 | 2025 |
| Gilbert, Chantal | Team Lead, Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) Modelling | Other disclosed roles | $137,249 | $167 | 2025 |
| Sultan, Anam | Senior Portfolio Lead | Other disclosed roles | $137,043 | $181 | 2025 |
| Rinaldi, Connie | Strategic Planning Coordinator | Corporate administration and operations | $137,037 | $158 | 2025 |
| Ng, Millie | Manager, Strategic Business Unit | Corporate administration and operations | $136,744 | $151 | 2025 |
| Leung, Angie | Manager, Financial Framework | Finance, procurement and audit | $136,265 | $166 | 2025 |
| Houpt, Rachel | Manager, Policy Coordination | Corporate administration and operations | $135,957 | $165 | 2025 |
| Pentland, Christy | Team Lead | Other disclosed roles | $135,677 | $167 | 2025 |
| Brownlee, Barbara | Senior Policy Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $135,677 | $167 | 2025 |
| Crosskill, Anna | Senior Policy Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $135,677 | $167 | 2025 |
| Cymbalista-Clapp, Olivia | Senior Policy Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $135,677 | $167 | 2025 |
| Franklin, Timothy | Senior Policy Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $135,677 | $167 | 2025 |
| Giraldo Morris, Karla | Senior Policy Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $135,677 | $167 | 2025 |
| Harris, Carlene | Senior Policy Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $135,677 | $167 | 2025 |
| He, Shuxian | Senior Policy Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $135,677 | $167 | 2025 |
| Hotrum, Miranda | Senior Policy Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $135,677 | $167 | 2025 |
| Kaur, Dhanindarjit | Senior Policy Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $135,677 | $167 | 2025 |
| Marsden, Andrew | Senior Policy Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $135,677 | $167 | 2025 |
| Haines, Bruce | Program Lead | Other disclosed roles | $135,584 | $167 | 2025 |
| Di Misa, Antonina | Senior Policy Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $135,551 | $167 | 2025 |
| Lee, Amanda | Project Lead | Other disclosed roles | $134,795 | $167 | 2025 |
| Liokumovich, Gennadiy | Team Lead, Colleges Financial Reporting | Finance, procurement and audit | $134,007 | $160 | 2025 |
| Lue, Jenny | Controllership and Risk Lead | Finance, procurement and audit | $133,274 | $157 | 2025 |
| Mocanu, Radu | Team Lead, Financial Accountability and Business Practices | Finance, procurement and audit | $133,166 | $158 | 2025 |
| Van Hees, Melanie | Team Lead | Other disclosed roles | $133,148 | $164 | 2025 |
| Bangay, Melissa | Assistant Director | Other disclosed roles | $133,010 | $145 | 2025 |
| Santarcangelo, Maria | Senior Policy Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $131,834 | $162 | 2025 |
| Chitra, Lesley | Manager, Inspection and Compliance | Corporate administration and operations | $131,750 | $138 | 2025 |
| Kaushal, Ambica | Team Lead | Other disclosed roles | $131,632 | $163 | 2025 |
| O'Neill, Erin | Team Lead | Other disclosed roles | $131,294 | $155 | 2025 |
| Sidhu, Amrish | Senior Manager | Corporate administration and operations | $131,044 | $161 | 2025 |
| Tang, Zhencai | Senior Lead, Business and Fiscal Planning, and Business Strategy and Decision Support | Other disclosed roles | $130,311 | $136 | 2025 |
| Katsiouras, Aleksandra | Strategic Business Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $130,237 | $153 | 2025 |
| Serbanescu, Adina | Team Lead | Other disclosed roles | $129,946 | $161 | 2025 |
| Tin, David Wk | Senior Modelling Specialist | Other disclosed roles | $129,485 | $160 | 2025 |
| Hendy, Adam | Manager, Postsecondary Innovation and Pathways Unit | Corporate administration and operations | $129,481 | $273 | 2025 |
| Chu, Alan | Team Lead | Other disclosed roles | $129,075 | $159 | 2025 |
| Mokri, Serge | Senior Policy Analyst | Corporate administration and operations | $128,913 | $160 | 2025 |
This profile is based on Ontario’s 2025 public salary disclosure source data as processed for public-interest analysis. Review source attribution, methodology, and correction options before relying on any single figure.
This profile summarizes Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security disclosed records in Ontario’s 2025 public salary disclosure, including salary paid, taxable benefits, role-family mix, salary bands, and sector context.
No. Disclosed records are public disclosure rows and are not necessarily unique full-time employees.
No. Role family is a platform-generated heuristic based on position title and is not an official Ontario field.
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