Executive Compensation at Aurora Health Care (2024)

Aurora Health Care (AHC) is a health care provider for 30 communities in eastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois with 18 hospitals, more than 150 clinics, and 70 pharmacies (note: In 2018, Aurora Health Care merged with Advocate Health Care of Illinois to form Advocate Aurora Health. And in 2022, Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health combined to create Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit integrated health system in the U.S.).  The entire system is referred to as Advocate Health and geographically is divided as follows:

• Aurora Health Care (AHC):  serves Wisconsin and northern Illinois
• Advocate Health:  serves Illinois
• Atrium Health:  serves the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama

This post addresses the executive compensation at AHC.

The most recent IRS Form 990 (2024) reports the organization – a 501 (c) (3) based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – reported total revenue of $7.4 billion, almost all of which came from “program services.”

Expenses totaled $6.9 billion (including $187 million in depreciation) concentrated in three areas: compensation ($3.8 billion), medical and other supplies ($1.1 billion), and other expenses with no detail provided ($1 billion). AHC  had $486 million in excess revenue in 2024 which contributed to the organization’s ability to increase the net assets or fund balance from $6.9 billion in the beginning of the year to $7.3 billion at year-end.

In 2024, AHC employed 34,433 employees who were compensated $3.8 billion, which equates to an average compensation of $110,000.  78 of the most highly compensated employees reported include:

• $7,866,221:  William Santulli, Director*
• $4,607,851:  Dominic Nakis, Director, Treasurer, Asst Treasurer*
• $4,086,949:  Walter Jacobsen, Physician Surgery Neurology
• $3,056,057:  Dennis Potts, Director, President, EVP, VP, Asst Secretary*
• $2,933,092:  Brad Clark, Asst Treasurer*
• $2,875,779:  Jeffrey Bahr, Director, Chair, President, Asst Secretary*
• $2,833,179:  Mary Beth Kingston, Director*
• $2,765,803:  Donald Calcagno, Director*
• $2,724,319:  Ahmet Khraisat, Physician Surgeon, Ortho
• $2,683,181:  Eric Weiss, Physician
• $2,597,613:  Edward Hayes, Physician Perinatology
• $2,515,731:  Prakash Shah, Physician Surgeon, Cardiothoracic
• $2,039,299:  Carrie Killoran, Director, President, VP*
• $1,904,857:  Denise Keefe, Director, Chairperson, President*
• $1,858,478:  Navjot Joe Kohli, Former HCE
• $1,821,933:  Karen Lambert, Director, VP*
• $1,745,864:  Mark Wichman, Former HCE
• $1,744,966:  Nan Nelson, Director, Treasurer, Asst Treasurer*
• $1,595,804:  Dia Nichols, Director, Chair,Vice Chair, President*
• $1,548,002:  Meghan Woltman, Director*
• $1,512,499:  Scott Powder, Former Director*
• $1,504,582:  Aboud Affi, Former HCE
• $1,486,060:  Gabrielle Finley-Hazle, Director, President,VP*
• $1,477,833:  Timothy Lineberry, Director*
• $1,437,196:  Satchi Hiremath, Former Director AHCMG
• $1,399,599:  Jeffrey Dallen-Bard, Director, President*
• $1,368,494:  Adnan Zaidi, Former HCE
• $1,338,498:  Lisa Just, Director, VP*
• $1,326,374:  Rachelle Hart, Director, Treasurer, Secretary*
• $1,255,169:  Corey Shamah, Director*
• $1,146,951:  Carrie Donovan, Asst Treasurer*
• $1,140,568:  Michael Grebe, Former Director, Treasurer, Secretary*
• $1,102,700:  Jane Dus, Director*
• $1,036,516:  Jessica Bauer, Director, President, VP*
• $  966,997:  Michael Kerns, Asst Secretary*
• $  948,589:  Ajay Sahajpal, Director
• $  924,024:  Bruce Faure, Former Director – AHCMG
• $  903,096:  Alvia Siddiqi, Director *
• $  873,357:  Amit Acharya, Director, President
• $  863,992:  James Slinkman, Assistant Secretary*
• $  856,672:  Basil Salaymeh, Director
• $  852,584:  Holly Scamidtke, President
• $  791,532:  Rachel Halverson, Assistant Treasurer*
• $  788,188:  Carla Kelly, Former Director (AUWAMG)
• $  787,441:  Anna Marie Windsor, Former Director (AHCMG)
• $  768,827:  Andrea Gavin, Former Director (AHCMG)
• $  761,376:  Jon Richards, Director, Vice Chairperson*
• $  721,542:  Julia Hester-Diaz, Former Director (AHCMG)
• $  698,487:  Shaibal Mazumdar, Director
• $  663,701:  Thomas Puetz, Director*
• $  585,779:  James Pavlich, Former Director (AHCMG)
• $  580,071:  Steve Huser, Asst Treasurer*
• $  558,789:  James Doheny, Former Asst Treasurer*
• $  538,401:  Jessica Small, Director, President
• $  523,898:  Peter Carlson, Former Director, President*
• $  510,681:  Jeffrey Katt, Director*
• $  504,471:  John Brill, Former Director (AUWAMG)*
• $  499,288:  Jacob Bidwell, Director, Chairperson, President
• $  466,787:  Mary Matthews, Former Asst Secretary
• $  466,082:  Natasha Hernandez, Director*
• $  461,468:  Robin Stoen, Assistant Treasurer*
• $  458,453:  David Hamel, Director*
• $  456,031:   Wilhelm Lehmann, Director*
• $  448,839:  Nicole Salvo, Director*
• $  444,413:  Sheri Rocco, Former Director (AHCMG)
• $  427,196:  Scott Fenske, Director*
• $  418,333:  Jennifer Schomberg, Director*
• $  367,555:  Scott Hardin, Director*
• $  346,129:  Keyonna Taylor-Coleman, Director*
• $  329,430:  Mark Robinson, Director*
• $  321,947:  Michael Volante, Assistant Treasurer*
• $  305,520:  Michael  Malone, Former Director AVNA*
• $  290,665:  Ina Owens, Director*
• $  269,085:  Michelle Crane, Former Director
• $  260,189:  Steven Robinson, Director
• $  253,957:  Colleen Nichols, Director*
• $  253,126:  Ellen Danto-Nocton, Former Director AUWAMG
• $  223,989:  Jennifer Seidl, Director

The 78 highly compensated employees listed above received $100 million in compensation in 2024. 45 of the 78 (58%) are male while 33 of the 78 (42%)  are female.

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

• $49 million:  Travel Nurse Across America, of North Little Rock, AK for nursing staff
• $16 million:  ARK Staffing Solutions, of Muskego, WI for staffing
• $15 million:  CHG Companies, of Dallas, TX for healthcare services
• $12 million:  Orchard, Inc, of Glencoe, IL for healthcare services
• $11 million:  Weatherby Locums, of Dallas, TX for staffing

To read the IRS Form 990 for Aurora Heath Care Inc, (2024)  click here.