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February 28, 2025

30 Executives at Dignity Health Receive $380 Million in Compensation

by Anne Paddock

30 of the most highly compensated employees at Dignity Health (Dignity Health is part of the CommonSpirit Health System.  In 2019, Dignity Health merged with Catholic Health Initiatives to become one of the largest tax-exempt, non-profit healthcare systems in the United States with more than 60,000 employees staffing 400 care centers and 41 hospitals in 22 states) received $380 million in compensation from 2019-2023 (note:  highly compensated employees in any year from 2019-2022 but not in 2023 are not included):

Lloyd Dean:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $106 million

  • 2023: $27,954,468
  • 2022: $35,462,873
  • 2021:  $14,647,375
  • 2020: $16,745,227
  • 2019:  $11,433,166

Marvin O’Quinn:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $29 million

  • 2023:  $6,407,226
  • 2022:  $7,069,638
  • 2021:  $5,416,775
  • 2020: $5,599,854
  • 2019:  $4,481,458

Daniel Morissette:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $19 million

  • 2023:  $4,187,662
  • 2022: $4,958,895
  • 2021:  $3,734,852
  • 2020: $3,711,706
  • 2019:  $2,822,859

Charles Francis:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $19 million

  • 2023:  $4,145,186
  • 2022: $5,694,337
  • 2021:  $4,168,547
  • 2020: $3,099,301
  • 2019:  $2,554,112

Elizabeth Shih:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $19  million

  • 2023:  $4,186,979
  • 2022:  $4,489,579
  • 2021:  $3,643,868
  • 2020: $4,226,484
  • 2019:  $2,629,682

Robert Wiebe:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $17 million

  • 2023:  $3,606,621
  • 2022:  $4,108,512
  • 2021:  $3,163,843
  • 2020: $3,246,468
  • 2019:  $2,550,161

Suja Chandrasekaran:  Total Compensation 2021-2023:  $9 million

  • 2023:  $3,511,054
  • 2022:  $3,069,170
  • 2021:  $2,055,640

Darryl Robinson:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $17 million

  • 2023:  $3,122,766
  • 2022:  $3,575,043
  • 2021:  $4,194,176
  • 2020:  $3,343,413
  • 2019:  $2,891,348

John Petersdorf:  Total Compensation 2021-2023:  $7 million

  • 2023:  $3,026,445
  • 2022:  $2,341,792
  • 2021:  $1,853,657

John Amos:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $8 million

  • 2023:  $2,736,469
  • 2022:  $1,594,249
  • 2021:  $1,195,113
  • 2020:  $1,195,113
  • 2019:  $1,151,203

Mitch Melfi:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $10 million

  • 2023:  $2,707,134
  • 2022:  $3,120,528
  • 2021:  $2,153,525
  • 2020:  $1,678,524:

Thomas McGinn:  Total Compensation 2022:  $5 million

  • 2023:  $2,598,509
  • 2022:  $2,417,999

Julie Sprengel:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $11 million

  • 2023:  $2,564,036
  • 2022:  $3,169,047
  • 2021:  $1,893,916
  • 2020: $1,905,771
  • 2019:  $1,682,980

Tracy Sklar:  Total Compensation 2023:  $2 million

  • 2023:  $2,417,755
  • 2022:  Not Listed (but employed at Dignity since 2011)
  • 2021 : Not Listed (but employed at Dignity since 2011)
  • 2020: Not Listed (but employed at Dignity since 2011)

Thomas Kopfensteiner:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $9 million

  • 2023:  $2,407,068
  • 2022:  $2,650,839
  • 2021:  $1,947,571
  • 2020: $1,509,458

Mark Klein:  Total Compensation 2023:  $2 million

  • 2023:  $2,380,601
  • 2022:  Not Listed (but employed at Dignity for 21 years)
  • 2021:   Not Listed (but employed at Dignity for 21 years)
  • 2020:  Not Listed (but employed at Dignity for 21 years)

Linda Hunt:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $11 million

  • 2023:  $2,334,585
  • 2022:  $2,755,04
  • 2021:  $2,112,324
  • 2020:  $2,157,949
  • 2019:  $1,869,348

Kathleen Sanford:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $8 million

  • 2023:  $2,267,846
  • 2022:  $2,669,226
  • 2021:  $1,949,450
  • 2020: $1,493,219

Fred Najjar:  Total Compensation 2021-2023:  $6 million

  • 2023:  $2,085,359
  • 2022:  $2,383,030
  • 2021:  $1,434,224

Shelly Schlenker:  Total Compensation 2023:  $4 million

  • 2023:  $2,065,478
  • 2022:  $2,360,823

Todd Strumwasser:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $9 million

  • 2023:  $1,875,782
  • 2022:  $2,338,937
  • 2021:  $1,888,313
  • 2020:  $1,680,717
  • 2019:  $1,432,415

Tammara Wilcox:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $9 million

  • 2023:  $1,824,192
  • 2022:  $2,159,457
  • 2021:  $1,796,503
  • 2020:  $1,471,374:
  • 2019:  $1,261,229

Daniel Delay:  Total Compensation 2023:  $2 million

  • 2023:  $1,778,064

Anthony Scott Carswell:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $9 million

  • 2023:  $1,763,250
  • 2022:  $2,42,026
  • 2021:  $1,692,447
  • 2020: $1,539,763
  • 2019:  $1,319,822

Lisa Gamshad Zuckerman:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $7 million

  • 2023:  $1,728,687
  • 2022:  $1,819,361
  • 2021:  $1,591,360
  • 2020:  $1,863,759

Dennis Hemphill:  Total Compensation. 2023:  $2 million

  • 2023: $ 1,686,975

Laurie Harting:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $12 million

  • 2023:  $1,579,559
  • 2022:  $3,074,765
  • 2021:  $2,450,066
  • 2020: $3,329,345
  • 2019:  $1,561,262

Jon Vanboening:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $9 million

  • 2023:  $1,550,353
  • 2022:  $2,201,219
  • 2021:  $1,985,494
  • 2020: $1,765,923
  • 2019:  $1,626,988

Wright Lassiter:  Total Compensation 2023:  $1 million

  • 2023:  $1,454,414

Michelle Cooper:  Total Compensation 2022-2023:  $3 million

  • 2023:  $1,429,798
  • 2022:  $1,833,052

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