Ontario Sunshine List
Royal Ontario Museum salaries (2025)
Royal Ontario Museum disclosed 200 employees in the Ontario Sunshine List for 2025. Average disclosed compensation is $135,913, and the highest single disclosed figure is $522,690. This is salary disclosure for public-sector employees earning $100,000+ (threshold not inflation-adjusted). It is not a general wage survey.
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200
2025
Average
$135,913
disclosed compensation
Highest
$522,690
single record
Top earners at Royal Ontario Museum (2025)
| # | Name | Job title | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua Basseches | Director and Chief Executive Officer/Directeur général | $522,690 |
| 2 | Valerie Huaco | Deputy Director, Collections and Research and Chief Innovation Officer / Sous-directrice des collections et de la recherche, et directrice de l'innovation | $322,955 |
| 3 | Jennifer Wild | Deputy Director, Engagement /Sous-directrice, Engagement des publics | $311,888 |
| 4 | Joe Aschaiek | Deputy Director and Chief Financial Officer/ Sous-directeur et directeur financier | $311,888 |
| 5 | Deepali Dewan | Dan Mishra Curator and Head, Art and Culture/Cheffe et conservatrice Dan Mishra, Art et culture | $258,407 |
| 6 | Shyam Oberoi | Chief Digital Officer/Directeur de la stratégie numérique | $250,638 |
| 7 | Kim Tait | Teck Chair of Mineralogy and Head, Natural History/Titulaire de la chaire Teck en minéralogie et directrice, Histoire naturelle | $239,543 |
| 8 | Chen Shen | Co-Chief Curator, Art and Culture/Co-conservateur en chef, Art et culture | $228,178 |
| 9 | Sally Tindal | Chief Marketing and Communications Officer/Directrice, Marketing et communications | $224,831 |
| 10 | Brian Mccrady | Chief Facilities Officer/Directeur des installations | $224,831 |
| 11 | Alexis Easton | Chief of Public Affairs, Board Secretary and Privacy Officer/ Cheffe des affaires publiques, secrétaire du conseil d'administration et responsable de la confidentialité | $224,831 |
| 12 | Manuelita Cherizard | Chief Human Resources Officer/ Cheffe des ressources humaines | $224,831 |
| 13 | David Evans | Co-Chief Curator, Natural History/Co-conservateur en chef, Histoire naturelle | $218,168 |
| 14 | Justin Jennings | Senior Curator, New World Archaelogy/Conservateur principal, Archéologie du Nouveau Monde | $218,001 |
| 15 | Jean-Bernard Caron | Richard M Ivey Curator of Invertebrate Palaeontology/Conservateur Richard M Ivey de paléontologie des invertébrés | $217,811 |
| 16 | Wen-Chien Cheng | Senior Curator, Louise Hawley Stone/Conservatrice principale, Louise Hawley Stone | $217,405 |
| 17 | Sarah Fee | Senior Curator, Textiles and Costume/Conservatrice principale, Textiles et costume | $216,753 |
| 18 | Yoke Chung | Deputy Director, Museum Operations and Chief Operating Officer/Sous-directrice des opérations et cheffe de l'exploitation | $216,416 |
| 19 | Leela Outcalt | Chief Collections Care/ Cheffe de l'entretien des collections | $200,531 |
| 20 | Tamara Onyschuk | Assistant Vice President, Exhibition and Gallery Planning/ Vice-présidente adjointe, Planification des expositions et des galeries | $187,611 |
| 21 | Ascanio Odorico | Vice President, Security and Risk Management/ Vice-président, securité et gestion des risques | $183,244 |
| 22 | Fahmida Suleman | Senior Curator of Islamic World/ Conservatrice principale des arts et cultures du monde islamique | $180,091 |
| 23 | Christopher Kennedy | Assistant Vice President, Event Sales/Vice-président adjoint, Événements | $180,029 |
| 24 | Maria Piacente | Chief, Exhibition and Gallery Planning/Cheffe, Planification des expositions et des galeries | $178,844 |
| 25 | Douglas Currie | Senior Curator, Entomology/Conservateur principal, Entomologie | $178,046 |
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Source
Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure (Sunshine List) - Government of Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure
Coverage: 1996 to 2025
Methodology and limits
Ontario discloses employees paid $100,000 or more by public-sector organizations. Open Compensation normalizes these records for search by name, employer, position, sector, year, salary, and taxable benefits.
Fields indexed: name, job title, employer, sector, year, salary, taxable benefits
The $100,000 threshold is not inflation-adjusted. Records reflect gross compensation disclosed by source agencies.