Sunshine List 2018: Who earned the most in Guelph

There are many familiar public-sector employees in Guelph who made the province’s 2018 list of those earning $100,000 or more.

The so-called Sunshine List was released on Wednesday and contains over 2,330 names connected to Guelph.

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Out of those names, University of Guelph president and vice-chancellor Franco Vaccarino earned the most with a salary of $423,648, plus more than $32,000 in benefits.

The university employs well over 900 people who are on the 2018 list. Past provost and vice-president of academics Maureen Mancuso made $318,956, while Charlotte Yates, who currently holds that position, earned $299,024.

Bruce Lauckner, CEO of the Waterloo-Wellington Local Health Integration Network, made $347,381 last year, while the CEO and medical officer of health for Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health, Dr. Nicola Mercer, earned $311,498.

Marianne Walker, president and CEO of Guelph General Hospital, made $323,297.

Among the 339 employees with the City of Guelph who made $100,000 or more in 2018, former CAO Derrick Thomson made the most with a salary of $335,081.

Thomson and the city parted ways in February.

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The Guelph Police Service employs 166 individuals on the Sunshine List, most of whom are uniformed officers. Former police Chief Jeff DeRuyter, who retired this year, earned $228,905 in 2018.

The Upper Grand District School Board’s director of education, Martha Rogers, took in a salary of $244,720, while her counterpart at the Wellington Catholic District School Board, Tamara Nugent, made just under $197,000.