Executive Compensation at the Government Employees Health Association (GEHA)

The Government Employees Health Association (GEHA) is a tax-exempt non-profit 501 (c) 3 that provides medical and dental insurance coverage for more than 2 million federal employees, retirees, military retirees and their families.  Based in Lees Summit, Missouri, GEHA has 3 related tax exempt non profit organizations and 3 related organizations taxed as a corporation or trust.

in 2024, GEHA reported $6.1 billion in revenue (with 98% of revenue from member premiums) which indicates the average annual benefit coverage premium is $3,000.  Expenses totaled $6.1 billion with 93% of expenses paid out in benefits (or an average of $2.845 per member). GEHA has $1.4 billion in net assets as of year-end 2024.

1,563 employees received $168 million in compensation which equates to an average compensation of $107,000. However, only 348 employees received more than $100,000 with 30 of the most highly compensated reported to be:

• $2,584,483:  Arthur Nizza, CEO/President
• $1,059,199:  John Brown, COO
• $1,005,686:  John Johnson, Chief Medical Officer
• $  965,056:  David Hakanson, Chief Transformation Officer
• $  951,851:  Richard Bierman, Chief Legal Officer
• $  863,700:  Joseph Stasi, CFO
• $  805,581:  Alexis Rolloff, Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer
• $  800,209:  Rajesh Vavilala, Chief Sales, Product, and Marketing Officer
• $  530,488:  Jared Dirks, VP Medical Director
• $  523,163:  Scott Robidoux, VP Actural and Analytics
• $  515,762:  Steven Weber, Director/Chairperson (until 4/24)
• $  470,639:  Juno Lupkin, VP Finance
• $  469,879:  Christi Allen, VP Communications and Marketing Strategy
• $  468,172:  Matthew Lathrom, VP Tech and Security Services
• $  465,457:  Chessa Nyberg, VP Pharmacy
• $  459,518:  Roxane Sanders, National Medical Director
• $  459,242:  Odette Christie, VP People and Culture
• $  451,592:  Nanid Joshi, VP Vendor Management
• $  434,499:  Carolyn Walters, VP Employee Experience
• $  429,155:  Belinda Aguilar Thompson, Secretary/VPDeputy General
• $  428,818:  Shannon Cooper, VP Dental Networks and Plans
• $  410,222:  Angela Leslie, VP Internal Audit and Special Investigations
• $  410,002:  John Nolen, VP Digital Innovation
• $  408,850:  Aurlisa Alwood, VP Customer Care
• $  395,832:  Michael Semrick, VP Cyber Security and Information Protection
• $  393,553:  Angie Glotstein, VP Clinical Quality and Population Health
• $  385,921:  Charlie Kirksey, VP Sales
• $  383,414:  Daniel Willis, VP Operational Oversight
• $  367,873:  Renee Darmstadt, VP Transformation Office
• $  358,804:  Mary Beth Vitale, Director, Committee Chair

The 30 employees listed above received $19 million in compensation in 2024, or an average of $620,000 each. 16 of the 30 employees are male while 14 are female.  Interestingly, there are 12 voting members of the governing body of the organization, 11 of whom are independent.  7 of the 12 are male while 5 are female.

96 independent contractors received more than $100,000 in compensation with the 5 most highly compensated reported to be:

• $51 million:  United Healthcare Insurance Company, of Minnetonka, MN for PPO network and access fees
• $13 milllion:  Barkley, Inc, of Overland Park, KS for marketing strategy consulting
• $11 million:  Fidelity Security Life Insurance Company, of Kansas City, MO for network access fees
• $ 7 million:  Cognizant Trizetto Software Group, of Chicago, IL for software and cloud services
• $ 6 million:  Senture, of Chicago, IL for contract labor consulting

To read the IRS Form 990 (2024), click here