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September 3, 2025

41 Employees at Providence Health and Services Take Home $291 Million in Compensation

by Anne Paddock

41 highly compensated employees of Providence Health and Services – Washington (PH&S) (part of the Providence St Joseph Health (PSJH), a non-profit, tax-exempt integrated healthcare provider associated with the Catholic Church. With 51 hospitals and nearly 1,000 clinics staffed by 122,000 employees across seven western states (Washington, Oregon, Montana, New Mexico, California, Texas, and Alaska), the Providence St Joseph Health system came to be when PH&S merged with Providence St. Joseph Health (PSJH) received $291 million in compensation from 2017-2023. Note:  Highly compensated employees from any of the years 2017-2022 but not in 2023 (i.e. Mike Butler who received $27 million in compensation from 2017-2022 but was not an employee in 2023, are not included):

Guy Hudson:  Total Compensation:  2020-2023:  $14 million

  • 2023:  $6,195,258
  • 2022:  $3,623,646
  • 2021:  $2,564,821
  • 2020:  $2,062,328

Eric Wexler:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $19 million

  • 2023:  $5,616,067
  • 2022:  $5,101,912
  • 2021:  $3,227,057
  • 2020:  $2,312,296
  • 2019:  $2,607,656

Debra Canales:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $24 million

  • 2023:  $5,096,572
  • 2022:  $3,808,259
  • 2021:  $3,506,414
  • 2020:  $2,694,992
  • 2019:  $2,557,624
  • 2018:  $3,456,214
  • 2017:  $2,910,666

Rhonda Medows:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $20 million

  • 2023:  $4,470,578
  • 2022:  $3,320,750
  • 2021:  $2,921,214
  • 2020:  $2,143,321
  • 2019:  $2,163,292
  • 2018:  $2,630,339
  • 2017:  $2,708,746

Lisa Vance:  Total compensation 2017-2023:  $19 million

  • 2023:  $4,376,765
  • 2022:  $3,952,089
  • 2021:  $2,911,370
  • 2020:  $1,940,954
  • 2019:  $1,559,647
  • 2018:  $1,727,218
  • 2017:  $2,373,427

Greg Hoffman:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $9 million

  • 2023:  $3,539,549
  • 2022:  $2,898,151
  • 2021:  $1,680,620
  • 2020:  $  798,442

JoAnn Escasa-Haigh:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $14 million

  • 2023:  $3,302,551
  • 2022:  $2,193,229
  • 2021:  $1,719,076
  • 2020:  $1,746,592
  • 2019:  $1,406,734
  • 2018:  $1,638,259
  • 2017:  $2,039,775

Joel Gilbertson:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $14 million

  • 2023:  $3,167,071
  • 2022:  $2,398,714
  • 2021:   $2,171,710
  • 2020:  $1,333,644
  • 2019:  $1,518,930
  • 2018:  $1,968,479
  • 2017:  $1,408,699

Wasif Rasheed:  Total Compensation 2022-2023:  $6 million

  • 2023:  $3,133,967
  • 2022:  $2,729,167

Greg Till: Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $13 million

  • 2023:  $3,036,961
  • 2022:  $2,429,125
  • 2021:  $1,793,872
  • 2020:  $1,646,110
  • 2019:  $1,363,480
  • 2018:  $1,259,482
  • 2017:  $1,205,152

Kevin Brooks:  Total Compensation 2022-2023:  $4 million

  • 2023:  $2,427,903
  • 2022:  $1,511,748

Anna Newsom:  Total Compensation 2022-2023:  $3 million

  • 2023:  $2,329,749
  • 2022:  $1,026,085

Ari Robicsek:  Total Compensation 2023:  $2 million

  • 2023:  $2,234,673

Kevin Manemann:  Total Compensation 2021-2023:  $7 million

  • 2023:  $2,039,677
  • 2022:  $2,795,917
  • 2021:  $2,089,980

Amy Compton Phillips:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $17 million

  • 2023:  $2,017,976
  • 2022:  $3,811,363
  • 2021:  $2,190,558
  • 2020:  $2,242,100
  • 2019:  $1,950,290
  • 2018:  $2,321,327
  • 2017:  $2,516,017

Hoda Asmar:  Total Compensation 2022-2023:  $3 million

  • 2023:  $1,999,545
  • 2022:  $1,028,353

Orest Holubec:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $10 million

  • 2023:  $1,949,181
  • 2022:  $1,627,766
  • 2021:  $1,241,535
  • 2020:  $1,142,654
  • 2019:  $1,060,937
  • 2018:  $1,385,932
  • 2017:  $1,272,878

Jeremy Zoch:  Total Compensation 2023:  $2 million

  • 2023:  $1,910,238

Ali Santore:  Total Compensation 2021-2023:  $4 million

  • 2023:  $1,840,194
  • 2022:  $1,292,824
  • 2021:  $  876,,789

Tom Mahowald:  Total Compensation 2023:  $2 million

  • 2023:  $1,827,028

Richard Parks:  Total Compensation 2022-2023:  $3 million

  • 2023:  $1,822,649
  • 2022:  $1,684,490

Scott O’Brien:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $6 million

  • 2023:  $1,781,484
  • 2022:  $1,503,878
  • 2021:  $1,104,322
  • 2020:  $  810,725
  • 2019:  $  676,316

PK Khurana:  Total Compensation 2023:  $2 million

  • 2023:  $1,758,200

Sara Vaezy:  Total Compensation 2022-2023:  $3 million

  • 2023:  $1,723,910
  • 2022:  $1,102,482

Mary Cranstoun:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $8 million

  • 2023:  $1,620,534
  • 2022:  $1,202,362
  • 2021:  $1,038,317
  • 2020:  $1,022,375
  • 2019:  $  968,982
  • 2018:  $1,165,484
  • 2017:  $1,187,752

Sylvain Trepanier:  Total Compensation 2021-2023:  $4 million

  • 2023:  $1,551,765
  • 2022:  $1,368.650
  • 2021:  $1,377,439

Ella Goss:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $4 million

  • 2023:  $1,305,642
  • 2022:  $1,104,482
  • 2021:  $  790,379
  • 2020:  $  617,943
  • 2019:  $  538,948

Marybeth Formby:  Total Compensation 2022-2023:  $2 million

  • 2023:  $1,291,514
  • 2022:  $1,037,745

Jim Watson:  Total Compensation 2018-2023:  $6 million

  • 2023:  $1,115,622
  • 2022:  $  961,626
  • 2021:  $  886,942
  • 2020:  $  864,537
  • 2019:  $  981,304
  • 2018:  $  641,331

Darin Goss:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $2 million

  • 2023:  $1,067,492
  • 2022:  Not Listed
  • 2021:  $  718,928
  • 2020:  $  585,934

Kristy Carrington:  Total Compensation 2023:  $1 million

  • 2023:  $1,055,591

Mike Waters:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $10 million

  • 2023:  $1,027,295
  • 2022:  $2,092,159
  • 2021:  $1,925,430
  • 2020:  $1,343,693
  • 2019:  $1,209,446
  • 2018:  $1,159,074
  • 2017:  $1,106,660

Melissa Damm:  Total Compensation 2023:  $1 million

  • 2023:  $998,507

Ryan Thompson:  Total Compensation 2023:  $1 million

  • 2023:  $997,467

Prasanna Mohanty:  Total Compensation 2023:  $1 million

  • 2023:  $952,602

Jim Martin:  Total Compensation 2023:  $1 million

  • 2023:  $944,563

Preston Simmons:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $10 million

  • 2023:  $  887,015
  • 2022:  $1,936,913
  • 2021:  $1,375,053
  • 2020:  $1,311,284
  • 2019:  $1,275,589
  • 2018:  $1,824,101
  • 2017:  $1,447,856

David Brown:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $8 million

  • 2023:  $  548,458
  • 2022:  $1,926,725
  • 2021:  $  877,074
  • 2020:  $  865,361
  • 2019:  $  961,458
  • 2018:  $1,730,470
  • 2017:  $1,157,644

John Whipple:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $8 million

  • 2023:  $  541,701
  • 2022:  $1,745,801
  • 2021:  $1,223,986
  • 2020:  $1,139,957
  • 2019:  $1,141,477
  • 2018:  $1,375,236
  • 2017:  $1,239,848

Darren Redick:  Total Compensation 2021-2023:  $2 million

  • 2023:  $469,776
  • 2022:  $779,841
  • 2021:  $530,308

Donald Anderson, Jr:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $2 million

  • 2023:  $323,721
  • 2022:  $288,175
  • 2021:  $266,631
  • 2020:  $251,287
  • 2019:  $242,734
  • 2018:  $248,520
  • 2017:  $268,198

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