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August 30, 2026

25 Employees of Memorial Hermann Health Took Home $150 Million

by Anne Paddock

25 of the most highly compensated employees of Memorial Hermann Health (a Houston-based tax-exempt, non-profit healthcare provider with more than 34,000 employees and 6,600 physicians that serve in 17 hospitals (14 that the organization owns and 3 in which they have joint ventures) and more than 260 care delivery sites in the Houston, Texas metropolitan area) in 2024 took home $150 million from 2019-2024 (note:  highly compensated employees in any of the years 2019-2023 but not in 2024 are not included):

David Callender:  Total Compensation 2020-2024:  $17 million

  • 2024:  $5,920,234
  • 2023:  $4,017,427
  • 2022:  $3,554,199
  • 2021:  $2,642,628
  • 2020:  $  699,625

Erin S Asprec:  Total Compensaton 2019-2024:  $14 million

  • 2024:  $2,539,503
  • 2023:  $2,187,342
  • 2022:  $2,034,888
  • 2021:  $2,633,996
  • 2020:  $1,708,435
  • 2019:  $2,204,477

Deborah Gordon:  Total Compensation 2019-2024:  $11 million

  • 2024:  $2,010,390
  • 2023:  $1,870,900
  • 2022:  $1,781,169
  • 2021:  $2,433,848
  • 2020:  $1,486,246
  • 2019;  $1,288,251

James McCarthy:  Total Compensation 2019-2024:  $10 million

  • 2024:  $2,011,423
  • 2023:  $1,837,496
  • 2022:  $1,653,262
  • 2021:  $1,990,730
  • 2020:  $1,281,658
  • 2019:  $  757,633

Alec King:  Total Compensation 2021-2024:  $5 million

  • 2024:  $1,944,200
  • 2023:  $1,625,762
  • 2022:  $1,368,282
  • 2021:  $  375,913

Lori P Knowles:  Total Compensation 2020-2024: $6 million

  • 2024:  $1,462,989
  • 2023:  $1,298,637
  • 2022:  $1,146,621
  • 2021:  $1,358,489
  • 2020:  $  910,508

Amanda Hammel:  Total Compensation 2019-2024:  $6 million

  • 2024:  $1,310,465
  • 2023:  $1,138,041
  • 2022:  $1,076,300
  • 2021:  $1,310,281
  • 2020:  $  875,241
  • 2019:  $  627,972

Gregory L Haralson:  Total Compensation 2019-2024:  $8 million

  • 2024:  $1,430,799
  • 2023:  $1,558,196
  • 2022:  $1,423,750
  • 2021:  $1,238,918
  • 2020:  $1,137,381
  • 2019:   $  896,257

Joshua Urban:  Total Compensation 2019-2024:  $8 million

  • 2024:  $1,873,161
  • 2023:  $1,655,701
  • 2022:  $1,444,449
  • 2021:  $1,216,612
  • 2020:  $1,094,902
  • 2019:  $  974,469

Paul C O’Sullivan:  Total Compensation 2019-2024:  $7 million

  • 2024:  $1,279,722
  • 2023:  $1,195,882
  • 2022:  $1,195,810
  • 2021:  $1,117,090
  • 2020:  $1,019,062
  • 2019:  $  884,608

Feby Abraham:  Total Compensation 2021-2024:  $6 million

  • 2024:  $1,693,054
  • 2023:  $1,592,852
  • 2022:  $1,434,462
  • 2021:  $1,050,419

Kyle Price:  Total Compensation 2019-2024:  $7 million

  • 2024:  $1,548,442
  • 2023:  $1,350,077
  • 2022:  $1,250,589
  • 2021:  $1,089,895
  • 2020:  $  957,802
  • 2019:  $  757,108

Eric Smith:  Total Compensation 2021-2024:  $4 million

  • 2024:  $1,320,291
  • 2023:  $1,247,282
  • 2022:  $1,169,473
  • 2021:  $  621,180

Heath Rushing:  Total Compensation 2019-2024:  $6 million

  • 2024:  $1,538,067
  • 2023:  $1,349,839
  • 2022:  $1,120,949
  • 2021:  $1,040,492
  • 2020:  Not Listed
  • 2019:  $  829,126

Anne Neeson:  Total Compensation 2021-2024:  $4 million

  • 2024:  $1,002,673
  • 2023:  $1,163,775
  • 2022:  $  897,102
  • 2021:  $1,033,581

Obiefuna Chikelue:  Total Compensation 2021-2024:  $3 million

  • 2024:  $1,258,743
  • 2023:  $1,036,015
  • 2022:  Not Listed
  • 2021:  $  307,163

Malisha Patel:  Total Compensation 2021-2024:  $4 million

  • 2024:  $1,105,435
  • 2023:  $  998,259
  • 2022:  $  984,262
  • 2021:  $  879,616

Justin Kendrick:  Total Compensation 2019-2024:  $3 million

  • 2024;  $1,155,904
  • 2023:  $  957,047
  • 2022:  $  859,840
  • 2021:  $  641,166

Teal Holden:  Total Compensation 2022-2024:  $3 million

  • 2024:  $1,012,747
  • 2023:  $  898,639
  • 2022:  $  839,029

Cynthia A De Moya:  Total Compensation 2021-2024:  $3 million

  • 2024:  $954,212
  • 2023:  $830,345
  • 2022:  $774,245
  • 2021:  $753,945

Jerry Ashworth:  Total Compensation 2021-2024:  $3 million

  • 2024:  $963,971
  • 2023:  $863,357
  • 2022:  $849,998
  • 2021:  $690,638

Richard Lyman:  Total Compensation 2022-2024:  $3 million

  • 2024:  $949,841
  • 2023:  $853,373
  • 2022:  $795,486

Noel Cardenas:  Total Compensation 2022-2024:  $3 million

  • 2024:  $980,576
  • 2023:  $851,385
  • 2022:  $813,576

Howard Scott:  Total Compensation 2022-2024:  $3 million

  • 2024:  $882,042
  • 2023:  $837,651
  • 2022:  $857,333

Carol Paret:  Total Compensation 2022-2024:  $3 million

  • 2024:  $1,006,763
  • 2023:  $  837,134
  • 2022:  $  816,473

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