Sunshine List: Top HR executive earned $486,000 in 2024

The highest-earning human resources executive in Ontario in 2024 brought in more than $486,000, according to the provincial government's ‘Sunshine List’ of people who earn more than $100,000 per year. 

Cynthia Domjancic earned a base salary of $486,550 from Ontario Power Generation (OPG), where she serves as senior vice-president of human resources and chief ethics officer. 

Just over 377,000 names made the list in 2024, up from 300,570 last year.  

Domjancic has held that position since 2021. According to her LinkedIn profile, she has been with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) for more than 18 years. 

In 2023, Susan Coleman Brown, formerly executive VP of people and transformation at Sinai Health System, held the top spot in HR, making $465,763 per year. She left the organization in May 2023 to become a consultant. 

Top HR execs in Ontario government 

Trailing Domjancic in the HR field for 2024 are: 

• Susan O’Dowd, vice president, human resources and commercial services at The Hospital For Sick Children - $383,998 
• Joni Kent, president and corporate CHRO at Baycrest Corporate Centre for Geriatric Care - $382,321 
• Nirav Patel, vice president of human resources at OPG - $345,150 
• Jane O’Brien, associate vice-president (human resources), University Of Western Ontario - $341,090 
• Jasmine Kanga, chief human resources and corporate services officer, Ontario Public Service Pension Board (Ontario Pension Board) - $331,197 
• Lisa Tweedy, CHRO, Ontario Health at Home - $323,111 
• Wanda Mckenna, associate vice-president and CHRO, McMaster University - $318,166 
• Erin Jackson, assistant vice-president, university human resources at the University Of Toronto - $312,610 
• Barbara Griffin, VP, people and engagement, and CHRO, Sinai Health System - $310,267 

Top 20 execs in public service 

Among all executives in Ontario, the top 20 earners in 2024, according to the province’s Sunshine List, are: 

The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996 requires organizations that receive public funding from the province of Ontario to make public by March 31 each year the names, positions, salaries, and total taxable benefits of employees paid $100,000 or more in the previous calendar year. 

The Act applies to the provincial government, Crown agencies and corporations, Ontario Power Generation and subsidiaries, publicly funded organizations such as hospitals, municipalities, school boards, universities and colleges, and not-for-profit organizations that receive $1 million or more or receive between $120,000 and $1 million if the provincial government funding they receive is 10 per cent or more of their gross revenues. 

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