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August 26, 2025

15 Employees of Texas Children’s Hospital Take Home $139 million in Compensation

by Anne Paddock

15 employees of the Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) – a tax-exempt non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization that is one of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive pediatric and women’s health care organizations in the US with more than 14,000 employees that work across 40 subspecialties and is he academic partner and the principal teaching site for the Baylor School of Medicine, in Bellaire, Texas) received $139 million in compensation from 2018-2023 (note:  highly compensated employees in any of the years 2018-2022 but not in 2023 are not included):

Mark Wallace:  Total Compensation 2018-2023:  $37 million

  • 2023: $7,669,992
  • 2022:  $8,847,132
  • 2021:  $4,866,755
  • 2020:  $5,248,650
  • 2019:  $7,438,655
  • 2018:  $2,959,074

Weldon Gage:  Total Compensation 2018-2023:  $12 million

  • 2023: $2,746,652
  • 2022:  $2,755,829
  • 2021:  $2,017,820
  • 2020:  $1,515,640
  • 2019:  $1,679,444
  • 2018:  $  976,644

Myra Davis:  Total Compensation 2018-2023:  $10 million

  • 2023:  $2,436,027
  • 2022:  $2,176,657
  • 2021:  $1,749,380
  • 2020:  $1,445,917
  • 2019:  $1,342,034
  • 2018:  $  634,181

Mark Mullarkey:  Total Compensation 2018-2023:  $10 million

  • 2023:  $2,252,417
  • 2022:  $2,398,993
  • 2021:  $1,747,925
  • 2020:  $1,330,521
  • 2019:  $1,506,936
  • 2018:  $  799,610

Michelle Riley-Brown:  Total Compensation 2018-2023:  $10 million

  • 2023:  $2,241,677
  • 2022:  $2,443,936
  • 2021:  $1,864,397
  • 2020:  $1,374,157
  • 2019:  $1,577,962
  • 2018:  $  763,183

Linda Aldred:  Total Compensation 2018-2023:  $10 million

  • 2023:  $2,218,628
  • 2022:  $2,300,579
  • 2021:  $1,573,910
  • 2020:  $1,316,731
  • 2019:  $1,270,424
  • 2018:  $  868,284

Thierry Huisman:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $6 million

  • 2023:  $2,176,341
  • 2022:  $1,313,673
  • 2021:  $1,253,868
  • 2020:  $1,259,518
  • 2019:  $  339,667

Lance Lightfoot:  Total Compensation 2018-2023:  $9 million

  • 2023:  $1,964,896
  • 2022:  $1,922,368
  • 2021:  $1,539,955
  • 2020:  $1,221,461
  • 2019:  $1,356,500
  • 2018:  $  674,184

Keith Nelson:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $6 million

  • 2023:  $1,953,401
  • 2022:  $1,685,164
  • 2021:  $1,356,044
  • 2020:  $1,115,472

Tabitha Rice:  Total Compensation 2018-2023:  $7 million

  • 2023:  $1,944,711
  • 2022:  $1,582,777
  • 2021:  $1,263,751
  • 2020:  $1,037,632
  • 2019:  $  961,074
  • 2018:  $  537,968

Daniel Diprisco:  Total Compensation 2018-2023:  $8 million

  • 2023:  $1,723,678
  • 2022:  $1,838,507
  • 2021:  $1,381,080
  • 2020:  $1,032,324
  • 2019:  $1,130,913
  • 2018:  $  480,495

James Versalovic:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $3 million

  • 2023:  $1,410,515
  • 2022:  $  570,100
  • 2021:  Not Reported
  • 2020:  $  500,915

Matthew Girotto:  Total Compensation 2018-2023:  $6 million

  • 2023:  $1,271,597
  • 2022:  $1,251,574
  • 2021:  $  952,896
  • 2020:  $  793,302
  • 2019:  $  845,235
  • 2018:  $  421,619

Michael Belfort:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $2 million

  • 2023:  $1,086,000
  • 2022:  $  496,350
  • 2021:  $  151,000
  • 2020:  $  414,800

Jacqueline Ward:  Total Compensation 2021-2023:  $3 million

  • 2023:  $  915,783
  • 2022:  $1,117,301
  • 2021:  $  720,483

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