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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 14 years

Alexandra Lawson

Executive Director, Public Affairs / Special Advisor To The President, Institutional Initiatives · McMaster University
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$248,507.50
▲ 78.7% since 2012

Alexandra Lawson was paid $248,507.50 in total compensation as Executive Director, Public Affairs / Special Advisor To The President, Institutional Initiatives at McMaster University in 2025, 149% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Alexandra Lawson has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 14 times since 2012, earning $2.7M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $195,917.00 a year, up 79% over that span.

That is 50% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$248,507.50
Latest compensation
in 2025
$2.7M
Total compensation
across 14 years
$195,917.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+78.7%
Career growth
since 2012
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14 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$119K$155K$191K$226K$262K20122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

Totals, averages, and the biggest moves — all total compensation.

A career, year by year.

How Alexandra Lawson's total compensation has moved across 14 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $248,507.50
Lifetime total compensation$2.7M
Annual average$195,917.00
Total growth since 2012+78.7%
Biggest raise+14.5% (2013)
Biggest drop-0.8% (2022)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

14 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Executive Director, Public Affairs / Special Advisor To The President, Institutional Initiatives↑ role changed$248,507.50▲ 7.5%
2024
Executive Director, Public Affairs$231,210.56▲ 5.1%
2023
$220,060.11▲ 2.3%
2022
Executive Director, Public Affairs$215,009.97▼ 0.8%
2021
Executive Director, Public Affairs↑ role changed$216,802.45▲ 3.1%
2020
Executive Advisor, Government Relations$210,206.17▲ 5.7%
2019
Executive Advisor, Government Relations↑ role changed$198,786.35▲ 2.6%
2018
Executive Advisor,Government Relations↑ role changed$193,833.47▲ 2.8%
2017
Executive Advisor, Government Relations$188,625.11▲ 3.5%
2016
Executive Advisor, Government Relations$182,189.45▲ 5.6%
2015
Executive Advisor, Government Relations$172,547.22▲ 3.5%
2014
Executive Advisor, Government Relations$166,726.80▲ 4.7%
2013
Executive Advisor, Government Relations$159,245.74▲ 14.5%
2012First
Executive Advisor, Government Relations$139,092.80
14 years total$2.7M total$195,917.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Executive Director, Public Affairs / Special Advisor To The President, Institutional Initiatives
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2012
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
14

Data source

Salary data is published annually by the Ontario government under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. Only employees earning $100,000+ are disclosed.

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