Executive Compensation at UPMC (Pittsburgh) 2023

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is a tax-exempt, non-profit healthcare provider with more than 100,000 employees that work in 40 hospitals and more than 800 healthcare-related clinics/offices and a 4.5 million member insurance services division (the largest medical insurer in western Pennsylvania).

The organization consists of hundreds of related/affiliated organizations (both non-profit and for-profit). This post addresses the executive compensation at UPMC Group (UPMC), a tax-exempt, non-profit 501 (c) 3 that employs the largest number of employees (77,356) within the system.

Of key importance is the 25 most highly compensated employees received $90 million in compensation in 2023.

There are 45 voting members of the governing body, 9 of whom are independent although the Form 990 (for the year ending June 30, 2023) lists hundreds of board members).

In 2023, UPMC Group reported total revenue of $23 billion, most of which came from net patient revenue ($10 billion) and other program services ($12 billion).

Expenses totaled $23 billion (including $500 million in depreciation) with the largest expenses reported to be compensation ($8 billion) and medical expenses, drugs, supplies, and implants ($11 billion).

77,356 employees received $8 billion in compensation which equates to an average compensation of $103,000.  14,802 employees received more than $100,000 in compensation with the 231 most highly compensated reported to be:

• $17,886,701:  Jeffrey A Romoff, Former UPM Former Pres and CEO (retired in 2021)
• $11,314,762:  Leslie C Davis, President and CEO
• $ 4,903,394:  Diane Holder, UPM EVP, Pres UPMC Health Plan*
• $ 4,041,420:  Steven D Shapiro, UPM EVP, Chief Med and Sci Officer
• $ 3,862,727:  David Farner, UPM EVP and Chief of Staff
• $ 3,755,455:  Stanley Marks, UPC Board Chair*
• $ 3,128,554:  Fadi Sweiss, Neurosurgeon
• $ 2,841,245:  Abhinav Humar, Transplant Surgeon
• $ 2,725,002:  W Thomas McGough, UPM EVP and Chief Legal Officer
• $ 2,690,045:  Charles Bogosta, UPM EVP and President International *
• $ 2,600,257:  Christopher Schmidt, Orthopaedic Surgeon
• $ 2,563,983:  Victor Morell, UPP Board Member
• $ 2,512,676:  James D Luketich, Board Member and Dept Chair
• $ 2,395,869:  Edward T Karlovich, PRY EVP and CFO 
• $ 2,389,793:  Matthew El-Kadi, PSV Board Member*
• $ 1,990,763:  James Bradley, Orthopaedic Surgeon
• $ 1,841,516:  Robert DeMichiel, UPM Former EVP and CFO
• $ 1,820,828:  Jeanne Cunicelli, UPM EVP and President Enterprises
• $ 1,818,753:  Dean Sotereanos, Orthopaedic Surgeon
• $ 1,770,427:  Joon Sup Lee, UPP Former Board Member and Dept Chair*
• $ 1,770,038:  Mark Sevco, UPM EVP and President HSD
• $ 1,735,447:  Philip Pollice, MER Board Member
• $ 1,690,723:  Robert M Friedlander, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $ 1,679,666:  Timothy Billiar, UPM EVP and Chief Scientific Officer
• $ 1,666,659:  Marshall Webster, UPM SVP
• $ 1,648,834:  John Innocenti, PRY President
• $ 1,630,844:  Ajaipal Kang, RHS Board Member
• $ 1,624,105:  Donald M Yealy, EMI Board Member and VP
• $ 1,552,817:  Arthur Levine, UPM Former Board Member*
• $ 1,536,666:  Anantha Shekhar, UPM Board Member*
• $ 1,527,700:  John Galley, UPP SVP and Chief HR Officer
• $ 1,396,815:  Tamra Minnier, NWH Board Member
• $ 1,395,059:  Edward McCallister, UPM Chief Information Officer
• $ 1,352,918 :  Derek Angus, Former Board Member and Dept Chair
• $ 1,334,350:  Vwaire Orhurhu, SHF Board Member
• $ 1,326,131:  David T Martin, PSV Former President
• $ 1,307,349:  John Lovelace, FYO Board Member and President*
• $ 1,299,124:  Steven Johnson, WIL Board Member and President
• $ 1,292,457:  James Schuster, FYO Board Member*
• $ 1,273,035:  John C Stilley, UPM SVP and Treasurer and CIO
• $ 1,261,242:  Joel B Nelson, Board Member and Dept Chair
• $ 1,182,327:  David Gibbons, HMT President
• $ 1,166,435:  Robert Ferris, UPC Board Member
• $ 1,160,674:  Ronald DiSimone, SPS Board Member
• $ 1,128,394:  MaCalus Hogan, UPP Board Member
• $ 1,098,170:  Frances Solano, Board Member and President
• $1,097,556:  William Donaldson, UPP Board Member and Interim Dept Chair
• $ 1,088,421:  Gordon Gebbens, FYO Board Member and Treasurer 
• $ 1,044,866:  Sandra McAnallen:  SMH Board Member*
• $ 1,041,551:  Pablo Sanchez, ,UPP Board Member
• $ 1,025,595:  Jose Sahel, UPP Board and Dept Chair
• $ 1,009,684:  Eileen Simmons, PRY Chief Financial Officer
• $   999,112:  Louis Baverso, LOC Board Member
• $   983,020:  Sheryl Kashuba, FYO Board Member, Secretary and CLO HPL*
• $   969,515:   Jan E Fisher, ALT President
• $   967,461:  Daniel Kelly Agnew, Board Member
• $   964,833:  J Peter Rubin, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $   963,138:  Aman Mahajan, Board Member and Dept Chair
• $   932,277:  Louis Alarcon, UPP Former Board Member
• $   927,789:  Matthew Harinstein, EAS Board Member
• $   924,865:  Terrence Faust, COL Board Member
• $   914,727:  Deborah S Brodine, CPS Board Member and President
• $   908,468:  Louis D Falo, Jr, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair*
• $   907,238:  Susan Hoolahan, PSV President
• $   906,892:  Elizabeth Wild, UPC Board Member and President
• $   880,138:  David Lopatofsky, ULH Board Member
• $   862,822:  Richard Wadas, EMI Board Member and President
• $   847,612:  Samir Saba, UPP Board Member
• $   844,354:  Patrick Gallagher, UPM Board Member*
• $   842,420:  Elizabeth Piccione, UPP Board Member
• $   836,808:  Mattthew Hurford, CCB President
• $   827,693:  Richard Beigi, MAG Board Member and President
• $   823,824:  Matthew Bouchard, Alt Board Member
• $   815,579:  Stephen Nimmo, Former Officer (since 2019)
• $   801,181:  Elliott Bilofsky, BDF Board Member*
• $   800,095:  Suketu Mansuria, Board Member
• $   793,664:  Jonas Johnson, UPP Board Member and Treasurer
• $   790,613:  John Comerci, MAG Board Member
• $   761,527:  Jules Sumkin, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $   728,420:  David A Lewis, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $   711,223:  Philip M Cacchione, EPN Board Chair and President
• $   707,546:  William Barrington, PRY Former Board Member
• $   700,848:  Sandra McAnallen, SMH Former Board Member*
• $   684,543:  Diane Hupp, Secretary and VP of Operations
• $   679,745:  Sergio Giancola, NWH Former Board Member
• $   670,642:  James Pingpank, PRY Board Member
• $   660,248:  Ann Evans, UPP Former CFO
• $   657,063:  Robert Geiger, EPN Board Member
• $   651,688:  Holly Lorenz, HHC Board Member
• $   638,370:  Joseph Losee, Former Board Member
• $   631,940:  Christopher Domarew, SPS Board Member
• $   631,777:  Michael Ward, NWH Board Member
• $   629,420:  David Kruszewski, SHB Board Chair
• $   626,188:  Zachary Ritter, DMP SHF Board Member
• $   619,959:  George K Michalapoulos, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $   618,326:  Brian Durniok, NWH Board Member and President
• $   600,583:  Susan Branton, WIL Board Member
• $   597,696:   John Ward, MER Board Member
• $   593,528:  Amy Meister, HHW Board Member
• $   575,614:  Mark O’Hern, EAS President
• $   572,500:  Kotayya Kondaveeti, EAS Board Member
• $   572,250:  David Burwell, ALF Board Member
• $   565,742:  Robert P Edwards, MAG Board Member
• $   559,304:  Terence Dermody, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $   547,413:  Michael Schlechter, Former ALT Board Member*
• $   537,302:  AJ Pinevich, MER Board Secretary
• $   536,149:  Trent Emerick, UPP Former Board Member
• $   528,928:  Linda Barnhart, NWH Former Board Member
• $   525,735:   Sheilah Heckla, UTS Board Member
• $   518,419:  Jill Burns, WEL Board Member
• $   516,115:  David Russell, Former Board Member
• $   514,641:  Tracey Beiriger, OVI Board Treasurer and Secretary
• $   513,372:  Joe Suyama, UPP Board Member
• $   510,072:  Bharat Adroja, ULH Board Member
• $   507,028:  Kevin Kist, WIL Board Member
• $   503,916:  M0nica Bolland, UPP Board Member
• $   499,660:  John McKeating, MER Former Board Member
• $   496,763:  Stephen Emery, MAG Former Board Member
• $   492,005:  James W Boyle, PSV Board Member
• $   489,622:  David Patton, SMH President
• $   484,400:  Randall Boggess, NWH Board Member
• $   484,400:  Marek A Radomski, DOUPP Board Member
• $   480,989:  Darius Abadi, LHS Board Member
• $   479,846:  Tulio Estrada, HRZ Board Member
• $   476,356:  Bryant Wesley, CRP, Secretary
• $  476,026:  Matthew Newlin, ALT Board Member *
• $  474,224:  Joel S Greenberger, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $  470,842:  Hyagriv Simhan, UPP Former Board Member
• $   467,749:  Kenneth Young, SUN Board Member
• $   464,746:  James Tew, PRY Board Member
• $   464,475:  Joseph Talarico, Former Board Member
• $   455,346:  Andrea Badway, BHM Board Member
• $   454,032:  Patricia Jackson-Gehris, ULH Board Member
• $   453,235:  Nicole Donnellan, MAG Board Member
• $   452,205:  Brendan Harris, HMT Board Member*
• $   447,769:  Alison Beam, UPM SVP, UPMC & Chief Gov’t Affairs
• $   447,044:  Donald Owrey, HRZ Former President
• $   446,378:  Kimberly Zynn, SUS Board Member*
• $   445,867:  Michele P Jegasothy, UPM Secretary
• $   445,566:  Mbembo Bongutu, RHS Board Member
• $   444,494:  Alan Wells, Former Board Member
• $   443,112:  Donald Beckstead, HNV Board Member
• $   441,700:  Marc Cordero, EAS Board Member
• $   439,354:  C Talbot Heppenstall Jr, Former UPM EVP and Treasurer
• $   436,520:  Jared Weiner, PRY CFO
• $   433,222:  Laura NK Miller, CCB, Secretary
• $   429,561:  Alexander Nesbitt, SPS Board Member
• $   428,859:  Alfredo Blos, SUS Board Member
• $   427,801:  Brian Fritz, PSV CFO
• $   427,359:  Rickquel Tripp,, UPP Board Member
• $   427,184:  Kenneth Nash, CCBBoard Member
• $   426,695 :  Lawson Bernstein, EAS Board Member 
• $   413,217:  Daniel Glunk, ULH Board Member
• $   411,897:  Lynn Rupp, RHS President
• $   409,606:  Gwendolyn Sowa, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $   408,698:  James Giammarco, CCB Treasurer and CFO
• $   406,148:  Dawndra Jones, MYC Former Board Member
• $   404,424:  Mark Bondi, THS President*
• $   403,669:  Mark Gladwin, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $   390,641:  Gerald Murray, ALT Former President
• $   389,727:  Donna Ottoviani, CMI Board Member Sec’y and COO
• $   385,651:  Kenneth Plowey, MCK Former Board Member
• $  385,433:  Janet Waters, UPP Board Member
• $   383,049:  Francis Foti, KAN Board Member
• $   378,288:  Noreen Fredrick, HNA Board Member
• $   375,387:  Caroline Daniels, CAC Secretary
• $   373,746:  Michael Boninger, HCM Board Member and President
• $   372,828:  Elizabeth Ritter, Former Board Member
• $   372,377:  Daniel Swayze, CEM Board Secretary
• $   372,345:  James Donnelly, CHS Board Member
• $   371,141:  Gabriella Gosman, MAG Board Member
• $   369,049:  Mario Wilfong, Former ALT Treasurer and CFO
• $   365,910:  Christine Nolan, MUN Board Member
• $   356,747:  Christina Patterson, UPP Board Member
• $   355,916:  Rutul Dalal, SHS Board Member
• $   350,659:  Susan Duchman, HNV Board Member
• $   348,343:  Charles Hagerty, SHB Board Vice Chair
• $   347,357:  Melinda Hamilton, UPP Board Member
• $   346,629:  Paula Thomas, HHC President
• $   342,967:  Adam Yates, MER Board Member
• $   341,760:  Nathan Moore, RHS Board Member
• $   337,906:  Nanci Case, HNF President
• $   334,721:  Mark Yaros, SOH Board Member
• $   332,201:  David Baer, BDF Board Member
• $   329,267:  Janie Hilfiger, CCH, President
• $   329,145:  Heath Skinner, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $   326,256:  Mark Zacharia, MYC Board Vice Chair
• $   322,564:  David Nace, THS Board Member
• $   319,047:  Marshall Stafford, SMH Former Board Member (was in 2020 als0)
• $   318,223:  Melissa Davis, LHS Board Member
• $   307,252:  David Bobrzynski, MYC Board Treasurer
• $   304,978:  Terrence Lewis, EMI Secretary
• $   298,737:  Brad Dinger, NWH CFO
• $   298,112:  Stephen Perkins, FYO Former Board Member* (former since 2019)*
• $   293,853:  Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, UPP Board Member
• $   290,994:  Susan Martin, MER Board Member
• $   290,251:  Melanie Smith-Fortney, HNV Board Member
• $   287,028:  Timothy Horsky, BDF Board Member
• $   286,529:  Robert Sullivan, Alt Board Member *
• $   283,991:  Ronald Reynolds, SUN Board Member
• $   283,555:  Ronald Deems, MAG CFO
• $   283,632:  Laurene Timmons, EAS Board Secretary and CFO
• $   282,044:  James Konieczny, UPM Asst Treasurer
• $   265,069:  Amy Swindell, HNV Former Board Member
• $   264,983:  Robyn Beckwith, Board Member and Secretary
• $   264,860:  Timothy Balconi, ALF President
• $   263,546:  Margaret Bell, AUE, Treasurer/Secretary
• $   262,339:  Sherry Watts, COL, Board Member
• $   260,370:  Jeffrey Knorr, BHO Secretary
• $   256,737:  Donald Goodman, Board Member and VP
• $   256,127:  Margaret Ealy, APP Board Member, Treasurer, and CFO
• $   254,714:  Joseph Antonowicz, ALF Former Board Member
• $   252,873:  James Houser, President
• $   249,252:  Tracey Conti, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $   249,251:  David McCandless, NWH Board Member
• $   238,104:  Robert Griffith, HHC CFO and Treasurer
• $   231,636:  Maryann Rigas, CCH, Board Member
• $   230,041:  Thomas Diacovo, MAG Former Board Member
• $   232,004:  Roger Davis, SCS Board Member*
• $   222,506:  Cecil Miller, Board Member*
• $   220,167:  Diana Woy, HNV Former Board Member
• $   219,896:  Robert Jackson, HRZ Former President
• $   215,227:  Susan Thompson, HNV Board Member*
• $   214,672:  Carrie Ennis, HMT Board Secretary
• $  210,976:  William Nigro, CRP Board Member, Treasurer, and CFO
• $   210,464:  Nafis Hill, PSV CFO
• $   206,148:  Dawndra Jones, MER Board Member
• $   205,547:  Russell Meyers, EMI Board Member
• $   204,883:  Bryan Wade, LOC Board President
• $   204,247:  Mark Papalia, KAN President
• $   201,574:  Patricia McGee, HNV Board Member

“*” indicates all or a portion of compensation came from a related or affiliated organization.

The 231 most highly compensated employees received more than $200 million in compensation in the fiscal year.

166 of the 231 (72%) most highly compensated employees are male while 65 (28% are female).  8 of the 10 most highly compensated employees are male while 2 are female. 17 of the 20 most highly compensated employees are male while 3 are female. 26 of the 30 most highly compensated employees are male while 4 of the 30 are female.

UPMC Group paid for first class or charter travel, travel for companions, and health or social club dues or initiation fees. In addition, UPMC Group made gross up payments and tax indemnification.  For details on these perks, please go to the Form 990, Schedule J, Part III, Supplemental Information. For supplemental information on Business Transactions with Interested Persons, see Form 990, Schedule J, Part V, Supplemental Information.

UPMC has leased one or more private jets (estimated value of $30 – $50 million or more each) for executive travel.  By leasing private jets, as opposed to purchasing them where the jets will show up on the balance sheet as fixed assets that are depreciated, UPMC can expense the monthly payments (estimated to be hundreds of thousands of dollars per month) as “travel” costs (and be able to say they don’t “own” private jets).

To read the Form 990 (2022 for the year ending June 30, 2023), click here.