Adventist HealthCare CEO salary and executive pay
Adventist HealthCare paid its CEO, John Sackett, $1,408,653 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. On the return for the fiscal year ending December 2023, the CEO was Terry Forde, paid $1,517,810. Total revenue on that return was $909,767,420, down 0.0% from $910,176,370 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Adventist HealthCare ranks 23rd of 36 hospitals on this site by CEO pay. Adventist HealthCare has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 52-1532556, Gaithersburg, MD.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$1,408,653
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Terry Forde (PRES. & CEO,AHC,END 8/2024), $1,241,328.
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending December 2024
$1,890,502Paul Massimiano MDPHYSICIAN
- Total revenue
- $909,767,420
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 29%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202543219349306609.View the filing
Peers: the 34 other hospitals on this site. Ranked 25th of 35 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.15% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 15 people were paid more than $500,000, 7 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Paul Massimiano MDPHYSICIAN | $1,890,502 |
| John Sackett CEO PRES. & CEO,AHC,START 8/2024 | $1,408,653 |
| Terry FordePRES. & CEO,AHC,END 8/2024 | $1,241,328 |
| Jonathan Rhee MDPHYSICIAN | $1,083,359 |
| Kenneth DestefanoSR LEADERSHIP CONSULT, END 6/2024 | $1,032,212 |
Also paid on the latest return: Patsy McNeil (SVP,SYS. CMO; EVP,START 8/2024), $1,020,944; Anthony Stahl (PRESIDENT, WOMC), $1,004,562; Daniel L Cochran (PRESIDENT, SGMC), $998,842; Nikki Tirada MD (PHYSICIAN), $910,363; Dennis Friedman MD (PHYSICIAN), $837,716; Kristen Pulio (SVP & CFO, AHC, END 9/2024), $790,047; Anita Jenkins (PRESIDENT,HUH, END 9/2024), $769,382; Eunmee Shim (PRESIDENT, FWMC), $723,592; Kevin Cargill (SVP & CFO, AHC,START 11/2024), $635,789; Maureen Dymond (INTERIM CFO, SEPT-NOV 2024), $532,526; Marta Perez (BM STRT 7/2024; CONSULT END 5/2024), $84,428; Brett Gamma MD (BOARD MEMBER (END 1/2024)), $40,000; Safy John MD (BOARD MEMBER), $40,000; Cynthia Plate MD (BOARD MEMBER), $26,800; Laura Khandagle MD (BOARD MEMBER), $25,000; and 4 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Paul Alpuche Esq (BOARD MEMBER (END 1/2024)), Harold T Dupper (BOARD MEMBER (START 11/2024)), Robert Clarke (BOARD MEMBER), Franklin David (BOARD MEMBER (END 1/2024)), Janet Devinney (BOARD MEMBER), Charles Tapp (BOARD MEMBER), Henry Mosley (BOARD MEMBER), Albert Reece MD (BOARD MEMBER (START 11/2024)), Michelle Johnson Tidjani (BOARD MEMBER (START 11/2024)), David Westreich (BOARD MEMBER (START 7/2024)).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2024 | John Sackett CEO PRES. & CEO,AHC,START 8/2024 | $1,408,653 | $909,767,420 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Terry Forde CEO PRESIDENT & CEO, AHC | $1,517,810 | $910,176,370 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Terry Forde CEO PRESIDENT & CEO, AHC | $1,577,399 | $953,989,583 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending December 2024.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202543219349306609.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Paul Massimiano MDPHYSICIAN | $1,838,599 | $51,903 | $1,543,785 | $289,288 | $5,526 | $30,500 | $21,403 | $1,890,502 |
| John SackettPRES. & CEO,AHC,START 8/2024 | $1,332,344 | $76,309 | $795,383 | $196,958 | $340,003 | $30,500 | $45,809 | $1,408,653 |
| Terry FordePRES. & CEO,AHC,END 8/2024 | $1,179,206 | $62,122 | $583,463 | $395,181 | $200,562 | $30,500 | $31,622 | $1,241,328 |
| Jonathan Rhee MDPHYSICIAN | $1,034,837 | $48,522 | $589,921 | $442,654 | $2,262 | $20,500 | $28,022 | $1,083,359 |
| Kenneth Destefano*SR LEADERSHIP CONSULT, END 6/2024 | $1,018,538 | $13,674 | $71,060 | $137,899 | $809,579 | $5,314 | $8,360 | $1,032,212 |
These figures come from Adventist HealthCare's Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How Adventist HealthCare compares
Ranked 23rd of 36 hospitals by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 22nd, University Health (Kansas City), $1,535,968
- Next in this ranking: 24th, Owensboro Health, $1,394,120
Closest in revenue among the hospitals on this site:
Stamford Hospital$2,305,770 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Tucson Medical Center$1,230,476 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital$977,242 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jul 2025
University Health (Kansas City)$1,535,968 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Owensboro Health$1,394,120 (CEO), fiscal year ending May 2025
Common questions
John Sackett (PRES. & CEO,AHC,START 8/2024) was paid $1,408,653 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $1,332,344 from Adventist HealthCare and $76,309 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Paul Massimiano MD (PHYSICIAN), at $1,890,502. That is $481,849 more than the CEO, John Sackett.
Adventist HealthCare paid its CEO, John Sackett, $1,408,653 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. On the return for the fiscal year ending December 2023, the CEO was Terry Forde, paid $1,517,810. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Terry Forde, paid $1,577,399. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $1,577,399 (Terry Forde); December 2023, $1,517,810; December 2024, $1,408,653 (John Sackett).
Adventist HealthCare's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $860,289,562 and total revenue of $909,767,420 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $49,477,858. Expenses were $867,358,233 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they fell 0.8%. The CEO's pay of $1,408,653 equals 0.16% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Adventist HealthCare filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 17, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.