What does this employer profile show?
This profile summarizes Tourism, Culture and Gaming disclosed records in Ontario’s 2025 public salary disclosure, including salary paid, taxable benefits, role-family mix, salary bands, and sector context.
Employer public compensation profile
Tourism, Culture and Gaming public compensation profile, 2025
Tourism, Culture and Gaming appears in Ontario’s 2025 public salary disclosure with 221 disclosed records, $29,779,673 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.
Key disclosed metrics
Disclosed records221public disclosure rows
Disclosed payroll$29.8M$29,779,673 salary paid
Median disclosed salary$127,798among disclosed records
Taxable benefits$49.9K0.17% of salary paid
SectorGovernment of Ontario – MinistriesView Government of Ontario – Ministries sector page
Inferred placeOntario / not location-specificplatform-generated label
Profile snapshot
- Sector footprint
- 0.6% of sector disclosed records; 0.6% of sector salary paid.
- Median vs sector
- Employer median: $127,798; sector median: $130,215; close to sector median.
- Role-family salary share
- Other disclosed roles — 52.9% of this employer’s salary paid.
- Salary-band concentration
- 100–125k — 46.2% of disclosed records.
- Benefits-to-salary ratio
- Employer: 0.17%; sector: 0.15%.
- Benchmark caveat
- Disclosed-record benchmarks only.
Responsible use and limits
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.
- Disclosed records are not necessarily unique full-time employees.
- Salary paid is not total compensation.
- Disclosed payroll is not total employer or sector payroll.
- Role family and inferred place are platform-generated heuristics, not official Ontario fields.
What this page does not conclude
- It does not assess performance, value, efficiency, quality, conduct, or compensation fairness.
- It does not prove a trend from one year of disclosure.
- It does not explain individual employment circumstances, overtime, retroactive payments, or partial-year effects.
- It does not replace source review, methodology, or correction context.
What stands out in this profile?
- The profile includes 221 disclosed records and $29,779,673 in salary paid.
- The median disclosed salary is $127,798, compared with $130,215 for the Government of Ontario – Ministries sector; this is close to the sector median disclosed salary.
- The largest role family by disclosed salary paid is Other disclosed roles.
- The largest salary band by disclosed record count is 100–125k.
- Reported taxable benefits equal 0.17% of salary paid, using disclosed taxable benefits only.
These observations summarize disclosed records only and should be interpreted with source attribution, methodology, and responsible-use caveats.
Sector context
Within this sector’s disclosed records, Tourism, Culture and Gaming 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 | Tourism, Culture and Gaming | Government of Ontario – Ministries sector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosed records | 221 | 35,897 | 0.6% of sector disclosed records |
| Disclosed payroll / salary paid | $29,779,673 | $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 | $134,750 | $144,785 | Average salary paid among disclosed records only. |
Role-family mix
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 | 127 | $15,764,260 | $117,767 |
| Corporate administration and operations | 50 | $7,166,497 | $140,297 |
| Executive and senior leadership | 8 | $1,885,477 | $222,978 |
| Communications, marketing and public affairs | 12 | $1,527,971 | $118,777 |
| Finance, procurement and audit | 8 | $1,271,052 | $143,501 |
| Human resources, labour relations and total rewards | 7 | $935,755 | $128,674 |
| Engineering, planning and infrastructure | 4 | $535,823 | $129,438 |
| Academic and research | 2 | $349,036 | $174,518 |
| Digital, data and technology | 3 | $343,802 | $116,455 |
Salary-band distribution
Salary bands summarize disclosed salary-paid records only.
| Salary band | Disclosed records | Salary paid |
|---|---|---|
| 100–125k | 102 | $11,294,833 |
| 125–150k | 76 | $10,180,412 |
| 150–200k | 31 | $5,240,900 |
| 200–300k | 11 | $2,656,972 |
| 300–500k | 1 | $406,557 |
| 500k+ | 0 | $0 |
Selected disclosed records for this employer
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy, Nancy | Deputy Minister | Executive and senior leadership | $406,557 | $11,281 | 2025 |
| Vienneau, Jill | Assistant Deputy Minister, Gaming | Executive and senior leadership | $299,220 | $315 | 2025 |
| Lavecchia, Lisa | Assistant Deputy Minister, Agency Relations and Accountability | Executive and senior leadership | $299,104 | $307 | 2025 |
| Kelly, Katherine | Assistant Deputy Minister, Tourism and Culture | Executive and senior leadership | $259,673 | $279 | 2025 |
| Whitehead, Cameron | Director, Financial Performance and Strategy Office | Finance, procurement and audit | $254,287 | $230 | 2025 |
| Lauesen, Kristina | Director, Strategic Policy Development and Planning | Other disclosed roles | $239,776 | $246 | 2025 |
| Morash, Patrick | General Manager, Fort William Historical Parks | Corporate administration and operations | $234,239 | $221 | 2025 |
| Baird, William | General Manager, Huronia Historical Parks | Corporate administration and operations | $227,740 | $250 | 2025 |
| Kobrinsky, Liza | Director, Gaming Special Projects | Other disclosed roles | $219,195 | $211 | 2025 |
| Marzotto, Antony | Director, Tourism Policy and Research | Academic and research | $209,821 | $238 | 2025 |
| Dooley, Lorraine | Director, Culture Policy | Other disclosed roles | $207,286 | $224 | 2025 |
| Berlin, Hayley | Director, Investment and Development Office | Other disclosed roles | $206,631 | $224 | 2025 |
View up to 100 disclosed records, sorted by salary paid
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy, Nancy | Deputy Minister | Executive and senior leadership | $406,557 | $11,281 | 2025 |
| Vienneau, Jill | Assistant Deputy Minister, Gaming | Executive and senior leadership | $299,220 | $315 | 2025 |
| Lavecchia, Lisa | Assistant Deputy Minister, Agency Relations and Accountability | Executive and senior leadership | $299,104 | $307 | 2025 |
| Kelly, Katherine | Assistant Deputy Minister, Tourism and Culture | Executive and senior leadership | $259,673 | $279 | 2025 |
| Whitehead, Cameron | Director, Financial Performance and Strategy Office | Finance, procurement and audit | $254,287 | $230 | 2025 |
| Lauesen, Kristina | Director, Strategic Policy Development and Planning | Other disclosed roles | $239,776 | $246 | 2025 |
| Morash, Patrick | General Manager, Fort William Historical Parks | Corporate administration and operations | $234,239 | $221 | 2025 |
| Baird, William | General Manager, Huronia Historical Parks | Corporate administration and operations | $227,740 | $250 | 2025 |
| Kobrinsky, Liza | Director, Gaming Special Projects | Other disclosed roles | $219,195 | $211 | 2025 |
| Marzotto, Antony | Director, Tourism Policy and Research | Academic and research | $209,821 | $238 | 2025 |
| Dooley, Lorraine | Director, Culture Policy | Other disclosed roles | $207,286 | $224 | 2025 |
| Berlin, Hayley | Director, Investment and Development Office | Other disclosed roles | $206,631 | $224 | 2025 |
| Tyyebi, Hena | Director, Agency Relations and Accountability | Other disclosed roles | $196,715 | $205 | 2025 |
| Baffier-Rochonnat, Stephane | Director, Business Services Integration | Corporate administration and operations | $195,128 | $204 | 2025 |
| Sarantis, Erin | Director, Human Resources and Strategic Business Unit | Human resources, labour relations and total rewards | $192,843 | $206 | 2025 |
| Corrigan, Ryan | Director, Corporate Finance | Finance, procurement and audit | $190,951 | $201 | 2025 |
| Halbach, Estelle Marie Reine | Director, Communications | Communications, marketing and public affairs | $187,184 | $208 | 2025 |
| Atkinson, Creed | Chief of Staff | Executive and senior leadership | $186,283 | $138 | 2025 |
| Browning, Roderick | Director, Strategy Policy Development and Planning | Other disclosed roles | $179,254 | $204 | 2025 |
| Awal, Akshay | Manager, Business and Fiscal Planning | Corporate administration and operations | $175,909 | $193 | 2025 |
| Soshycki, Darryl | Manager, Regional Tourism | Corporate administration and operations | $173,842 | $193 | 2025 |
| Hahn, Sarah | Manager, Creative Cluster Policy | Corporate administration and operations | $172,626 | $193 | 2025 |
| Cope, Deborah | Manager, Culture Policy Unit | Corporate administration and operations | $172,120 | $185 | 2025 |
| Andrews, Valerie | Manager, East Region | Corporate administration and operations | $171,670 | $193 | 2025 |
| Nowina, Kathryn | Manager, Strategic Policy Unit | Corporate administration and operations | $167,004 | $183 | 2025 |
| Westlake, John | Manager, Agency Relations and Accountability | Corporate administration and operations | $166,976 | $181 | 2025 |
| Noble, Alan | Manager, Agency Appointments and Oversight | Corporate administration and operations | $165,321 | $181 | 2025 |
| Eid, Nadia | Director, Corporate Finance | Finance, procurement and audit | $165,190 | $166 | 2025 |
| Rawson, Kara | Director, Gaming Policy | Other disclosed roles | $164,426 | $20 | 2025 |
| Persad, Heather | Manager, Special Projects | Corporate administration and operations | $163,988 | $179 | 2025 |
| Heitshu, Tania | Assistant Director, Strategic Communications Planning and Event Manager | Communications, marketing and public affairs | $162,983 | $193 | 2025 |
| Savioli, Wendy | Manager, Northern Region | Corporate administration and operations | $162,479 | $177 | 2025 |
| Macgowan, Jennifer | Executive Assistant | Other disclosed roles | $162,446 | $183 | 2025 |
| Salvador, Rino | Manager, Facilities, Information and Records Management | Engineering, planning and infrastructure | $160,345 | $176 | 2025 |
| Pietroniro, Willem | Manager, Strategic Planning | Corporate administration and operations | $159,610 | $167 | 2025 |
| Wu, Ying Fai | Manager, Corporate Planning | Corporate administration and operations | $158,812 | $171 | 2025 |
| Green, Jennifer | Manager, Culture Grants Unit | Corporate administration and operations | $158,610 | $150 | 2025 |
| Dam, Lauralee | Director, Regional Services | Other disclosed roles | $157,477 | $170 | 2025 |
| Tran, Xiuchee | Manager, Inclusion and Engagement | Corporate administration and operations | $156,898 | $184 | 2025 |
| O'Hagan, Allan | Manager, Strategic Corporate Policy | Corporate administration and operations | $155,318 | $164 | 2025 |
| Yakimishyn, Tamaris | Manager, Discovery Harbour Operations | Corporate administration and operations | $154,335 | $165 | 2025 |
| Zuchniak, Karolina | Human Resources Business Advisor | Human resources, labour relations and total rewards | $152,990 | $148 | 2025 |
| Persaud, Natasha | Manager, Inclusion and Engagement | Corporate administration and operations | $151,166 | $170 | 2025 |
| Langstaff, Rebecca | Senior Policy Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $149,350 | $171 | 2025 |
| Zacks, Brent | Change Management Lead | Other disclosed roles | $149,213 | $167 | 2025 |
| Brennan, Shannon | Manager, Business Integration | Corporate administration and operations | $149,152 | $167 | 2025 |
| Merskey, Ruth Elizabeth | Senior Consultant | Other disclosed roles | $148,179 | $167 | 2025 |
| Hamilton, Eric | Manager, Strategic Business Unit | Corporate administration and operations | $145,872 | $167 | 2025 |
| Cassin-Kendall, Tania | Project Management Lead | Other disclosed roles | $145,398 | $285 | 2025 |
| Khitri, Rainu | Strategic Project Lead | Other disclosed roles | $145,046 | $167 | 2025 |
| Leong, Valerie | Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Strategic Communications | Executive and senior leadership | $144,887 | $181 | 2025 |
| Taylor, Linton | Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Policy | Executive and senior leadership | $144,887 | $181 | 2025 |
| Venner, Steven | Executive Assistant to Assistant Deputy Minister | Executive and senior leadership | $144,866 | $163 | 2025 |
| Christof, Jitka | Manager, Corporate Services | Corporate administration and operations | $144,361 | $165 | 2025 |
| Paramasivam, Luxman | Manager, Agency Perfomance, Risk and Finance | Finance, procurement and audit | $143,651 | $159 | 2025 |
| Pokholok, Anastasia | Manager, Capital finance and Delivery | Finance, procurement and audit | $143,350 | $168 | 2025 |
| Fairnie, Kathleen | Senior Coordinator | Corporate administration and operations | $142,241 | $231 | 2025 |
| Ventrella, Lisa | Manager, Corporate Affairs Risk Management | Corporate administration and operations | $141,925 | $172 | 2025 |
| Hashim, Farjana | Lead, Strategic Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $140,549 | $166 | 2025 |
| Hillis, Theresa | Lead, Strategic Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $139,549 | $159 | 2025 |
| Motamedi, Sina | Team Leader, Research and Industry Competitiveness | Academic and research | $139,215 | $167 | 2025 |
| Bland, Paul | Senior Consultant | Other disclosed roles | $139,117 | $158 | 2025 |
| Chauhan, Ruby | Team Lead, Strategic Communications and Events | Communications, marketing and public affairs | $139,046 | $158 | 2025 |
| Hong, Yue | Senior Policy Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $138,866 | $158 | 2025 |
| Kaminski, Joanna | Manager, West Region | Corporate administration and operations | $138,668 | $213 | 2025 |
| Vyas, Shipra | Manager, Tourism Policy | Corporate administration and operations | $137,802 | $163 | 2025 |
| Gabriele, Roya | Manager, Regional Support | Corporate administration and operations | $137,437 | $168 | 2025 |
| Greson, Sean | Senior Strategic Communications Advisor | Communications, marketing and public affairs | $136,970 | $158 | 2025 |
| Din, Ommar-Ud | Senior Consultant Advisory Service | Other disclosed roles | $136,528 | $153 | 2025 |
| Greene, Scott | Policy Team Lead | Other disclosed roles | $135,677 | $167 | 2025 |
| Konopek, Jasmina | Policy Team Lead | Other disclosed roles | $135,677 | $167 | 2025 |
| Parsons, John | Lead Policy Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $135,677 | $167 | 2025 |
| Sanderson, John | Senior Policy Coordinator | Corporate administration and operations | $135,677 | $167 | 2025 |
| Lytwyn, Deanna | Strategic Project Lead | Other disclosed roles | $135,654 | $167 | 2025 |
| Islam, Mohammed Earfanul | Manager, Product Development and Client Services | Corporate administration and operations | $134,311 | $156 | 2025 |
| Moreau, Chad | Senior Manager, Operations | Corporate administration and operations | $134,059 | $126 | 2025 |
| Lustig, Joel | Senior Consultant | Other disclosed roles | $133,152 | $0 | 2025 |
| Vanek, Denise | Executive Assistant | Other disclosed roles | $132,447 | $166 | 2025 |
| Willis, Sara | Team Lead, Corporate Advisory Services | Other disclosed roles | $131,702 | $163 | 2025 |
| De Souza, Padmawattie | Manager, Facilities, Information and Records Management | Engineering, planning and infrastructure | $131,344 | $161 | 2025 |
| Khan, Javaad | Controllership, Accounting and Reporting Lead | Finance, procurement and audit | $130,944 | $72 | 2025 |
| Lee, Deborah | Senior Policy Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $130,796 | $162 | 2025 |
| Stewardson, Sharon | Manager, Corporate Initiatives | Corporate administration and operations | $130,651 | $163 | 2025 |
| Treadgold, Rachael | Manager, Strategic Initiatives Unit | Corporate administration and operations | $130,003 | $161 | 2025 |
| Kim, A Ram | Senior Consultant | Other disclosed roles | $129,751 | $153 | 2025 |
| Dufour, Daphne | Senior Strategic Initiative Lead | Other disclosed roles | $129,607 | $156 | 2025 |
| Kulis, Darlene | Senior Emergency Management and Physical Security Specialist | Other disclosed roles | $129,599 | $157 | 2025 |
| Rhoden, Stephanie | Human Resources Business Advisor | Human resources, labour relations and total rewards | $129,398 | $157 | 2025 |
| Orabovic, Rajka | Senior Lead, Business and Fiscal Planning | Other disclosed roles | $129,086 | $153 | 2025 |
| Kavanagh, Ann | Senior Policy Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $129,071 | $151 | 2025 |
| Smith, Mark | Team Lead, Issues and Media Relations | Communications, marketing and public affairs | $128,929 | $159 | 2025 |
| Hung, Amy | Strategic Project Lead | Other disclosed roles | $128,729 | $159 | 2025 |
| Perks, Deborah | Human Resources Business Advisor | Human resources, labour relations and total rewards | $128,674 | $139 | 2025 |
| Angelis, Zoi | Lead Strategic Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $128,299 | $159 | 2025 |
| Bryson, Michael | Senior Policy Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $127,798 | $158 | 2025 |
| Dix, Wendy | Senior Policy Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $127,798 | $139 | 2025 |
| Falcone, Anthony Davidson | Senior Policy and Program Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $127,798 | $158 | 2025 |
| Guarino, Sarah | Senior Policy and Program Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $127,798 | $158 | 2025 |
| Hewitt, Kim | Senior Policy and Program Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $127,798 | $158 | 2025 |
| Kesek, Adam | Senior Policy Advisor | Other disclosed roles | $127,798 | $158 | 2025 |
Source, methodology, and corrections
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.
Employer profile questions and answers
Are disclosed records the same as employees?
No. Disclosed records are public disclosure rows and are not necessarily unique full-time employees.
Is role family an official Ontario field?
No. Role family is a platform-generated heuristic based on position title and is not an official Ontario field.
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