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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 11 years

Mara Giannotti

Executive Director · McMaster University
Executive DirectorOntarioFirst listed 2015
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$171,232.04
▲ 67.7% since 2015

Mara Giannotti was paid $171,232.04 in total compensation as Executive Director at McMaster University in 2025, 71% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Mara Giannotti has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 11 times since 2015, earning $1.5M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $135,953.00 a year, up 68% over that span.

That is 3% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$171,232.04
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.5M
Total compensation
across 11 years
$135,953.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+67.7%
Career growth
since 2015
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FIG. 01

11 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$90K$112K$135K$157K$180K20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Mara Giannotti's total compensation has moved across 11 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $171,232.04
Lifetime total compensation$1.5M
Annual average$135,953.00
Total growth since 2015+67.7%
Biggest raise+8.6% (2020)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

11 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Executive Director$171,232.04▲ 6.7%
2024
Executive Director$160,546.16▲ 4.3%
2023
$153,935.16▲ 3.9%
2022
Executive Director$148,188.22▲ 3.9%
2021
Executive Director$142,681.67▲ 0.5%
2020
Executive Director$142,041.34▲ 8.6%
2019
Executive Director$130,811.91▲ 6.6%
2018
Executive Director$122,688.44▲ 8.3%
2017
Executive Director$113,259.18▲ 4.9%
2016
Executive Director$107,986.48▲ 5.8%
2015First
Executive Director$102,111.26
11 years total$1.5M total$135,953.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Executive Director
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2015
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
11

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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