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September 11, 2025

23 Employees of Banner Health Take Home $260 Million in Compensation

by Anne Paddock

23 employees of Banner Health (a tax-exempt non-profit healthcare system that operates 33 hospitals and numerous health care clinics, nursing homes, home health care agencies, urgent care centers, and ambulatory facilities in 6 states with more than 55,000 employees, that is based in Phoenix, Arizona) received $260 million in compensation from 2017-2023 (note:  highly compensated employees in any of the yeas 2017-2022 but not in 2023 are not included):

Peter Fine:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $100 million

  • 2023:  $14,031,376
  • 2022:  $14,636,260
  • 2021:  $12,383,710
  • 2020:  $11,494,960
  • 2019:  $11,256,938
  • 2018:  $10,323,628
  • 2017:  $25,549,644

Amy Perry:  Total Compensation 2021-2023:  $10 million

  • 2023:  $5,637,332
  • 2022:  $2,783,322
  • 2021:  $1,694,740

Marjorie Bessel:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $15 million

  • 2023:  $2,822,935
  • 2022:  $2,476,380
  • 2021:  $2,479,962
  • 2020:  $2,171,681
  • 2019:  $1,908,095
  • 2018:  $1,584,533
  • 2017:  $1,251,710

Donald Nordlund:  Total Compensation 2018-2023:  $12 million

  • 2023:  $2,691,224
  • 2022:  $2,391,806
  • 2021:  $2,250,310
  • 2020:  $2,008,569
  • 2019:  $1,635,917
  • 2018:  $1,094,482

Todd Werner:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $13 million

  • 2023:  $2,583,563
  • 2022:  $2,307,195
  • 2021:  $2,194,947
  • 2020:  $1,958,742
  • 2019:  $1,786,709
  • 2018:  $1,480,511
  • 2017:  $1,002,602

Dennis Laraway:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $17 million

  • 2023:  $1,956,159
  • 2022:  $3,071,412
  • 2021:  $3,654,059
  • 2020:  $3,172,038
  • 2019:  $2,865,385
  • 2018:  $1,834,479
  • 2017:  $  680,065

Jean Fitterer Lance:  Total Compensation 2022-2023:  $3 million

  • 2023:  $1,692,141
  • 2022:  $1,131,091

Julie Alvarado-Dubek:  Total Compensation 2022-2023: $3 million

  • 2023:  $1,640,302
  • 2022:  $1,223,619

Staci Dickerson:  Total Compensation 2023:  $1 million

  • 2023:  $1,481,563

Deanna Wise:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $6 million

  • 2023:  $1,461,676
  • 2022:  $1,485,192
  • 2021:  $1,522,661
  • 2020:  $1,303,097

Alexandra Morehouse McReynolds:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $10 million

  • 2023:  $1,428,698
  • 2022:  $1,577,825
  • 2021:  $1,670,422
  • 2020:  $1,575,570
  • 2019:  $1,479,517
  • 2018:  $1,345,468
  • 2017:  $1,152,301

Margo Karsten:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $8 million

  • 2023:  $1,389,601
  • 2022:  $1,350,613
  • 2021:  $1,432,636
  • 2020:  $1,271,910
  • 2019:  $1,213,937
  • 2018:  $1,050,093
  • 2017:  $  629,639

Lamont Yoder:  Total Compensation 2022-2023:  $3 million

  • 2023:  $1,381,730
  • 2022:  $1,253,959

Laura Robertson:  Total Compensation 2023:  $1 million

  • 2023:  $1,236,305

Charles Bowen:  Total Compensation 2023:  $1 million

  • 2023:  $1,219,654

William Holland:  Total Compensation 2023:  $1 million

  • 2023:  $1,190,151

Daniel Post:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $4 million

  • 2023:  $1,189,446
  • 2022:  $1,120,727
  • 2021:  $1,072,039
  • 2020:  $  841,660

Sarah Frost:  Total Compensation 2023:  $1 million

  • 2023:  $1,078,393

Debra Flores:  Total Compensation 2023:  $1 million

  • 2023:  $1,059,927

Eric Reiman:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $5 million

  • 2023:  $  945,235
  • 2022:  $1,049,305
  • 2021:  $1,159,140
  • 2020:  $1,078,864
  • 2019:  $1,033,907

Rebecca Kuhn:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $20 million

  • 2023:  $  835,808
  • 2022:  $1,881,846
  • 2021:  $3,612,894
  • 2020:  $3,948,899
  • 2019:   $3,828,820
  • 2018:  $3,403,013
  • 2017:  $2,687,197

Brenda Schaefer:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $5 million

  • 2023:  $833,719
  • 2022:  $766,744
  • 2021:  $765,014
  • 2020:  $744,617
  • 2019:  $668,352
  • 2018:  $590,900
  • 2017:  $487,370

David Bixby:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $20 million

  • 2023:  $  668,530
  • 2022:  $1,713,318
  • 2021:  $2,429,174
  • 2020:  $2,200,182
  • 2019:  $8,103,076
  • 2018:  $2,442,599
  • 2017:  $2,377,894

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