Sault overrun with hotties (update)

Several local organizations saw their ranks of $100,000 Hotties grow over the last year.

The province released its Public Sector Salary Disclosure (AKA Sunshine List, AKA $100,000 Hotties List) today covering wages earned for 2014.

The Algoma District School Board, which runs from Spanish to Hornepayne, tops the list with 88 employees, including seven secondary teachers and one special assignment teacher.

That’s up five from last year’s total, but still down from 94 reported for 2012.

Sixty-one professors are among 83 who make the list at Sault College.

That’s six more than last year, but a whopping 37 more employees than the 46 who made the 2013 list (for wages earned in 2012).

High-wage-earners at Sault Area Hospital are also on the rise with 20 registered nurses, a handful of nurse practitioners and seven pharmacists helping to boost the total to 68 this year, up from 50 last year, and eclipsing the 59 who made the list the year before.

Algoma University’s complement of hotties may be small, but it’s growing too, with 35 total for 2014, up from 31 the previous year and 19 in 2012.

The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board meanwhile saw fewer employees crack the list, with 42 employees making $100,000 or more. 

That’s down from 44 last year and 50 the year before.

Below, you'll find some of the top wage-earners at these organizastion.

Sault Area Hospital’s top wage earner this year was its chief of staff/medical affairs, Dr. Heather O'Brien, who earned $325,016.

Ron Gagnon, president and CEO, earned $307,565.

Paul Mozarowski, associate pathologist, earned $284,449.

Marie Paluzzi, SAH’s former vice-president and chief operating officer, made the list with $188,994, while Max Liedke, vice-president and chief financial officer, brought in $178,366.

Ila Watson, vice-president of transformation and chief human resources officer, earned $176,447.

Kim Barker, who resigned earlier this year as Algoma Public Health’s medical officer of health $303,151.60 earned.

Richard Myers, Algoma U. president, earned $199,000, while Krishna Kadiyala, a professor, comes in on the list at $170,979.

Ron Common, Sault College president, tops the list there with $286,997, followed by Leo Tiberi, vice-president academic and research, at $183,810, and Janice Beatty, vice-president of corporate and human services, at $180,431.

At the ADSB, Lucia Reese, director of education, earned $187,783.

Brenda O’Neill, superintendent, earned $141,467, Asima Vezina, superintendent, earned $155,905, Joe Santa Maria, superintendent of business, earned $155,905, Kime Collver, superintendent, earned $155,905, and so did Joe Maurice, superintendent.

John Stadnyk, director of education at the Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board, hit the list with a $187,458 salary last year, while John Bruno, superintendent, earned $157,458, Rosemarie Burton Spohn, superintendent, earned $150,254, Maria Esposito, superintendent, earned $157,458, and Chris Spina, superintendent, earned $153,856.

You can also peruse the list for yourself.