The top five executive positions at Thompson Rivers University receive a combined pay, including benefits, pension contributions and other compensation, of m ore than $1 million.
The top five executives at Interior Health Authority max out the same compensation package total to $1.4 million while the five top executives at the B.C. Lottery Corporation receive packages that, combined, add up to $1.3 million.
The information comes as the provincial government releases its annual public sector executive compensation report, a compendium of what the top managers and bureaucrats who work in the public sector are paid every year.
• Thompson Rivers University:
At TRU, president and vice-chancellor Alan Shaver’s salary remains frozen at $200,000, the level it has been since 2007. His financial package includes $8,928 in benefits and $20,418 in pension contributions, bringing his package for 2014-2015 to $229,346. That compares with $228,512 the previous fiscal year and $226,414 in 2012-2013.
Outgoing provost and vice-president academic Ulrich Scheck was just slightly behind Shaver in total package value, with a salary of $193,000, $10,401 in benefits and $19,687 in pension contributions, bringing the total to $223,099. His package in 2013-2014 totalled $226,738 while the year prior it was $226,093.
Matt Milovick, the university’s vice-president administration and finance, had a base salary of $190,000, which was augmented with $11,210 in benefits and $19,385 in pensions, as well as $6,000 in a transportation allowance, bring his package to $226,596. In 2013-2014, Milovick’s total package was $167,055. He was not employed at the university in the 2012-2013 fiscal year, taking on the executive job on July 22, 2013/
Vice-president advancement Christopher Seguin’s base salary in the last fiscal year was $137,700. He received $9,526 in benefits and $13,941 in pension contributions. Seguin also received $6,000 in transptoration allowance, bringing his total to $167,167. During the previous fiscal year, his financial package was $164,411 while the year before, it totalled $162,968.
Rounding out TRU’s release of top executives are Gordon Tarzwell and Katharine Sutherland, both of whom at various parts of 2014-2015 held the position on interim vice-provost, open learning. Tarzwell’s base salary was $78,424, with benefits and pension contributions taking it to $90,129 in total.
Sutherland’s base was $80,924 with benefits and pension contributions adding up to a package of $95,581.
• Interior Health Authority:
The top executive at the IHA received a financial package in 2014-2015 totalling $410,357. CEO Robert Halpenny’s base salary was $315,900; he received $20,144 in benefits, $34,130 in pension contribution, other monies including a vacation payout and perquisites valued at $5,083. Halpenny also received a $35,100 bonus. His compensation package in 2013-2014 as $408,540 and, in 2012-2013, $413,217. The report noted Halpenny’s compensation includes a 10 per cent holdback based on meeting specific objectives. His perks include paid parking and professional membership fees in the College of Family Physicians and the College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Jeremy Etherington, IHA’s vice-president of medicine and quality, had a bass salary of $291,915, with $16,142 in benefits, $28,538 in pension and $2,653 in other compensations for a total in the last fiscal year of $339,248. In 2013-2014, his package totalled $337,373 while the fiscal year prior, it was $332,540.
Andrew Neuner, the authority’s vice-president of community integration, had a base salary of $118,548, with $6,303 in benefits, $11,346 in pension, and $7,367 in other compensation for a total of $143,564. Neuner’s package included 58.85 hours of unused vacation paid out when he quit the authority last September. In 2013-2014, the total was $294,248 and, in 2012-2013, $280,894.
Donna Lommer, vice-president residential and chief financial officer, had a base salary of $244,101, with $15,889 in benefits, $23,864 in pension, $2,424 in other compensation for a total of $286,278. Her package in 2013-2014 was $283,435 and, in 2012-2013, $280,895. Her perks included her membership fee in the Certified General Accounts Association of Canada.
John Johnston, the vice-president people and clinical, had a salary of $249,776, with $15,674 in benefits, $24,418 in pension and $244 in other compensation for a total of $290,111. The previous year’s package was $288,614 and, in 2012-2013, $272,176. His perks included paying his fee for the B.C. HR Management Association.
• BC Lottery Corporation
President and CEO Jim Lightbody’s salary was $274,536. He received a $30,522 bonus, $12,639 in benefits, $49,500 in pension and another $19,767 in other compensation. The notation for that figure states it referred to perquisite allowances for executives that were discontinued on June 30, 2014. Lightbody’s total compensation package last year was $386,965. In 2013-2014, it was $321,715 and, in 2012-2013, $344,796.
Lightbody was named BCLC president in April, 2014.
Kevin Gass, vice-president of lottery gaming, had a base salary of $216,548, bonus of $38,214, benefits totally $11,528, pension contributions of $31,800, perk compensation of $3,277 for a total of $301,368. In the prior two fiscal years, the packages were $309,363 and $318,757 respectively.
Tom Williamson, vice-president finance and corporate services, as well as chief financial officer, quit the lottery corporation on April 1, 2013. The report says he received $109,749 in salary last year, several payments that were made until Oct. 13, 2014. He also received $3,299 in benefits, for a total in the year after he quit of $113,048. In 2013-2014, his package was $301,160 and, in 2012-2013, $326,644.
Lottery chief information officer Lynette DuJohn had a base salary of $204,896. She received a $36,158 bonus, $11,738 in benefits, $18,400 in pension contributions, a perquisitive allowance of $5,304 for a total package of $276,495. In the previous fiscal year, her package was $295,934. She did not hold the executive position before that timeframe.
Jervis Rodrigues also held the position of vice-president finance and corporation services and chief financial officer. His base salary last year was $203,000, with a $22,556 bonus, $11,943 in benefits and $13,000 in pension contributions for a total of $250,498. In 2013-2014, his package totalled $243d,734 and, like DuJohn, he was not an executive member in 2012-2013. Rodrigues quit the corporation in March this year.
Peter Charlton, vice-president human resources, quit the corporation in April, 2014, and, last year, collected $194,180 in severance payments, a $30,854 bonus, $10,979 in benefits, $24,000 in pension contributions and a perquisite total of $19,604. His package totalled $279,618. In 2013-2014, the first year he was a member of the executive team, he received $281,528.
Bradley Desmarais, vice-president corporate security and compliance, as well as interim vice-president human resources, received $189,300 last year, with a $21,033 bonus, $12,078 in benefits, $13,000 in pension contributions and a perquisite allowance of $12,308 for a total of $247,717. This was the first year he has been part of the executive compensation disclosure report.
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