Executive Compensation at BJC Healthcare (2024)

BJC Healthcare (whose legal name is BJC Health System) is one of the largest non-profit healthcare providers in the country with 14 hospitals and multiple community health locations in Missouri and Illinois.

BJC Healthcare consists of dozens of affiliated non-profits and taxable partnerships, trusts, and corporations but the one that encompasses most of the employees of the network is the BJC Health System Group Return (2019) – hereafter referred to as BJC – which shows the organization reported $11.3 billion in revenue (most of which came from the provision of healthcare) and $10.6 billion in expenses (with the 2 largest expenses being compensation ($4 billion) and medical supplies ($2 billion).

BJC has nearly $6 billion in net assets.

Governed by 418 voting members (of whom 266 are independent) referred to as directors, of the governing body (board of directors), there are 243 males (58% of the board) and 175 (42%) females.

58,997 employees received $4 billion in compensation in 2024, which equates to an average compensation of $70,000.  10,011 employees received more than $100,000 with the 108 most highly compensated reported to be:

• $5,392,901:  Richard Liekweg, President, Director
• $3,301,171:  Nick Barto, President, Treasure
• $2,880,108:  Melinda Estes, Former President, CEO
• $2,440,282:  Robert Cannon, Group President
• $2,430,190:  Charles Robb, EVP, CFO
• $2,294,448:  Julie Quirin, West Region President
• $2,267,235:  Joan MaGruder, Group President
• $2,145,971:  Sarah Terrace, SVP, General Counsel, Secretary
• $1,799,525:  Christopher Miller, EVP, Chief Clinical Officer
• $1,737,116:  John Lynch, President, Director
• $1,694,949:  Michael Main, President, Director
• $1,656,135:  Jerry Fox, EVP, CIO
• $1,591,918:  Carlos Bagley, Physician
• $1,589,722;  Jackie Tischler, EVP, Chief People Officer
• $1,552,992:  Gurpreet Gandhoke, Physician
• $1,512,317:  Joseph Thomas, VP, Chief Investment Officer
• $1,484,475:  Michelle Haines, Physician
• $1,443,317:  Andrew Krainik, Physician
• $1,419,414:  Riham Lakany, VP, Marketing Communication
• $1,373,293:  John Davis, CEO, Director
• $1,254,960:  Jani Johnson, President, Director
• $1,205,843:  Diane Trimble, Director
• $1,179,529:  Cindy Christensen, VP, Controller
• $1,129,090:  Trisha Lollo, President, Director
• $1,118,835:  Jan Murray, Chief Legal and Secretary
• $1,116,958:  Mikhail Kosiborod, Director
• $1,072,561:  Robert Shipman, President, Director
• $1,054,636:  Sreeni Jonnalagadda, Director
• $1,039,145:  Douglas Pogue, President & Manager
• $  982,694:  Jacob Shepherd, Director
• $  969,483:  Timothy Pluard, Director
• $  927,802:  Angelleen Peters Lewis, Director
• $  897,381:  Ann Abad, President and Director
• $  826,022:  Karthik Vamanan, Director
• $  811,788:  Sara Reid, Secretary
• $  767,676:  Darren Bass, President – Regional Hospital
• $  750,918:  Amy Nachtigal, VP, Finance
• $  736,559:  Tibor Mochasci, Director
• $  731,958:  Marsha Weaver, Director
• $  730,453:  Rick Stevens, President, Director
• $  728,190:  Gina Lawson, Director
• $  724,922:  Shelby Frigon, Director
• $  717,950:  Jane Peck, Director
• $  716,566:  Kathryn Sobba, Director
• $  712,451:  Scott Kirkley, Director
• $  708,975:  Hans Moosa, Director*
• $  702,122:  David Pharmet, Director
• $  701,562:  Bethany Austin, Director
• $  669,804:  Lindsay Stringer, VP, Director
• $  654,916:  Elizabeth Lawson, Former VP, Finance (6/21)
• $  646,379:  Gregory Patterson, President, Director
• $  644,247:  Sanjaya Gupta, Director
• $  638,928:  Sandeep Hindupur, Director
• $  638,237:  Jamie Allen, Secretary
• $  633,984:  Matthew Marino, VP Finance
• $  627,518:  Matthew Broom, President, Director
• $  621,733:  Kimberly Borchers, Director
• $  619,193:  Michele McKee, VP, Finance
• $  613,863:  Wendell Clarkston,  Former Secretary/Treasurer (12/23)
• $  607,576:  Thomas Jackson, Director
• $  605,709:  Chad Engstrom, Secretary and Treasurer
• $  596,222:  David Allen Braasch, President, Director
• $  584,567:  Paul Irovic, VP, Finance and Treasurer
• $  568,573:  William Gilbirds, Chairman
• $  558,789:  Leanna Mosher, Director
• $  556,488:  Andrew Benedict, Director
• $  555,140:  Anthony Fangman, Director
• $  551,029:  Erin Parde, VP, Finance and Treasurer
• $  538,258:  Chris Watts, Former President, Director (2/21)
• $  537,369:  Gary LaBlance, Director
• $  529,585:  Angela Davis Martin, President, Director
• $  528,794:  Tammy NeBlock-Beirne, Director
• $  523,999:  Peter Holt, President, Director
• $  508,318:  Michele Thomas, Director
• $  506,687:  Susan Koesterer, VP, Finance
• $  501,149:  Teresa Halloran, Director
• $ 495,659:  Michael McManus, Former President, Director (3/24)
• $  491,905:  Julia Woods, Former Secretary (4/22)
• $  490,870:  Annette Schnabel, President, Director
• $  488,604:  Amy DeSart, Former VP, Finance (7/23)
• $  480,647:  Anita Brennan, Executive Director
• $  478,633:  Nancy Terveer, VP, Director
• $  477,700:  Catherine Hamilton, Administrator
• $  477,221:  Lisa Lochner, President
• $  473,268:  Timothy Van Zandt, Director
• $  471,305:  Cherese Collins, Director
• $  466,483:  Shelby Durand, Director
• $  459,157:  Krista Clark, Director
• $  456,008:  Deborah Graves, President/Director
• $  454,982:  Marie Griffin, Director
• $  448,179:  Patrick Altenhofen, Interim Administrator, Director
• $  442,163:  Nancy Kadlec-Patterson, Former President (12/23)
• $  417,606:  Damara Harper, VP, Finance
• $  404,536:  Lisa Havenhill, VP, Finance and Treasurer
• $  392,330:  Maureen Weber, Director
• $  375,934:  Ryan McNellis, Director
• $  370,260:  Camille Honesty, Director
• $  366,153:  Megan Webb, Secretary
• $  363,555:  Beatriz Ramos-Pardo, Director*
• $  362,885:  Gina Calder, Former President, Director (4/24)
• $  362,671:  Jessica Yoakam, Director
• $  360,642:  Janet Gordon, Director
• $  358,553:  Manuel Hernandez III, Director
• $  356,632:  Donald Metry, Director
• $  335,639:  Jennifer Bernard, Director
• $  331,689:  Samuel Wilcox, Director
• $  310,011:  Louis Collier, President
• $  305,516:  Mickelle Hirschman, Director

The 107 employees listed above received nearly $100 million in compensation.  57 of the 108 (52%) are female while 51 of the 108 (48%) are male.

BJC Healthcare paid for first class or charter travel, health or social club dues or initiation fees, and made gross up payments or provided tax indemnification.  To read details of these expenses and information about supplemental non-qualified retirement payments, see the Form 990, Schedule J, Part III Supplemental Information.

In Schedule L, Transactions with Interested Persons, Part II, a loan of $2.9 million to Rich Liekweg with a balance due to $2.7 million is due.  The purpose of the loan is to fund the purchase of a cash value life insurance policy to supplement executive agreement.

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

• $387 million;  Washington University School of Medicine, of St Louis, MO for medical services
• $ 58 million:  Cardinal Health, of Dublin, Ohio for medical services
• $ 39 million:  McCarthy Building Companies, of Overland Park, KS for construction services
• $ 35 million:  Mid America Transplant Services, of St Louis, MO for procurement of transplants
• $ 35 million:  McKesson Specialty Distribution, of Irving, TX for medical services

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