Highest-Paid Deans in Alberta (2024)

In 2024, 163 dean roles appeared on the Alberta Compensation Disclosure, earning an average of $213,935 and a median of $197,280. The highest-paid was Edy Wong (Associate Dean, International at University of Alberta Board of Governors) at $552,701. Deans and associate deans at public universities and colleges.

Figures cover disclosed public-sector employees only (those above Alberta’s $125,000 disclosure threshold). Records span 2021–2024.

Deans disclosed (2024)

163

Average

$213,935

Median

$197,280

Highest

$541,276

Top 25 highest-paid deans (2024)

#	Name	Job title	Employer	Total
1	Edy Wong	Associate Dean, International	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$552,701
2	Vikas Mehrotra	Dean	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$459,796
3	Tom Stelfox	Deputy Dean	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$434,334
4	Simaan Abourizk	Dean	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$432,470
5	Michael Maier	Associate Dean	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$431,129
6	Brenda Hemmelgarn	College Dean	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$406,318
7	Matina Kalcounis-Rueppell	College Dean	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$405,136
8	Marvin Washington	College Dean	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$403,576
9	Jeff Johnson	Dean	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$387,013
10	Robert Wood	Dean	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$376,784
11	James Richard Dewald	Past Dean	University of Calgary Board of Governors	$373,840
12	Declan Ali	Dean	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$367,973
13	Gina Michelle Christine Grandy	Dean	University of Calgary Board of Governors	$367,180
14	Todd J Anderson	Dean	University of Calgary Board of Governors	$363,290
15	Renate Weller	Dean	University of Calgary Board of Governors	$361,879
16	Ian Holloway	Dean	University of Calgary Board of Governors	$361,781
17	Tammy Hopper	Dean	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$347,032
18	Jennifer Tupper	Dean	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$340,082
19	Christine Hughes	Dean	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$335,423
20	Jessica C. Spoletini-Ager	Associate Dean	Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Board of Governors	$333,500
21	Kristin Kitty Baetz	Dean	University of Calgary Board of Governors	$330,748
22	Aoife Mac Namara	Dean	University of Calgary Board of Governors	$329,586
23	Nicholas Holt	Dean	University of Calgary Board of Governors	$328,835
24	Jason Carey	Dean	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$327,979
25	Kyra Pyke	Dean	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$326,667

Employers with the most deans (2024)

University of Alberta Board of Governors44 · $260,856 avg University of Calgary Board of Governors24 · $245,998 avg Grant MacEwan University Board of Governors18 · $185,841 avg University of Lethbridge Board of Governors13 · $212,524 avg Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Board of Governors12 · $168,644 avg Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Board of Governors11 · $168,793 avg Mount Royal University Board of Governors9 · $206,626 avg Athabasca University Board of Governors9 · $199,797 avg Bow Valley College Board of Governors9 · $169,642 avg NorQuest College Board of Governors5 · $172,137 avg Keyano College Board of Governors3 · $184,529 avg Lakeland College Board of Governors2 · $158,226 avg

Job titles included

Dean55Associate Dean19Vice Dean16Associate Dean, Associate Professor6Vice-Dean4Associate Dean, Professor4College Dean3Past Dean2Dean, Library2Dean, Health and Wellness2

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