Advocate Aurora Health CEO salary and executive pay
Advocate Aurora Health paid its CEO, James Skogsbergh, $30,862,679 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $13,445,733 (77.2%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $71,462,282, down 23.6% from $93,587,373 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Advocate Aurora Health has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
See also: Advocate Health, which reports the same executives on its own return.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 82-4184596, Oak Brook, IL.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$30,862,679
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: William Santulli (PRESIDENT), $7,866,221; Gabrielle Finley-Hazle (PRESIDENT), $1,486,060.
- Total revenue
- $71,462,282
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Highest
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202503219349328340.View the filing
Peers: the 208 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 1st of 209 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 43.19% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Advocate Aurora Health Inc was the parent of Advocate and Aurora before their 2022 combination with Atrium Health. Its 2024 return lists Jim Skogsbergh as chief executive officer; Advocate Health, Inc., the combined system's parent in Charlotte, reports the pay of chief executive Eugene Woods on its own return.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 34 people were paid more than $500,000, 29 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| James Skogsbergh CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $30,862,679 |
| William SantulliPRESIDENT | $7,866,221 |
| Gary StuckCHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER | $5,031,929 |
| Dominic NakisFORMER OFFICER | $4,607,851 |
| Anthony DefurioFORMER OFFICER | $4,324,005 |
Also paid on the latest return: Brett Denton (SECRETARY), $4,008,208; Barbara Byrne (CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER), $3,716,024; Richard Klein (CHIEF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER), $3,704,370; Shoeb Sitafalwalla (CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER), $3,223,967; Dennis Potts (VICE PRESIDENT), $3,056,057; Brad Clark (TREASURER), $2,933,092; Kelly Jo Golson (FORMER KE), $2,911,664; Jeffrey Bahr (VICE PRESIDENT), $2,875,779; Mary Beth Kingston (CHIEF NURSING OFFICER), $2,833,179; Eric Weiss (FORMER DIRECTOR), $2,683,181; Cristy Garcia-Thomas (CHIEF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OFFICER), $2,544,681; Kevin Brady (FORMER KE), $2,078,745; Nan Nelson (ASSISTANT TREASURER), $1,744,966; Dia Nichols (VICE PRESIDENT), $1,595,804; Meghan Woltman (CHIEF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS OFFICER), $1,548,002; and 24 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Joanne Disch (DIRECTOR).
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 | James Skogsbergh CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $30,862,679 | $71,462,282 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | James Skogsbergh CEO DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT, CEO | $17,416,946 | $93,587,373 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | James Skogsbergh CEO DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT, CEO | $8,225,985 | $175,431,990 | 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 202503219349328340.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| James SkogsberghCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $28,850,544 | $0 | $2,012,135 | $1,753,853 | $14,440,055 | $12,656,636 | $1,991,487 | $20,648 | $30,862,679 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| William SantulliPRESIDENT | $7,191,882 | $0 | $674,339 | $827,709 | $3,009,211 | $3,354,962 | $642,892 | $31,447 | $7,866,221 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Gary StuckCHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER | $4,546,690 | $0 | $485,239 | $533,932 | $1,911,215 | $2,101,543 | $462,273 | $22,966 | $5,031,929 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Dominic Nakis*FORMER OFFICER | $3,375,856 | $0 | $1,231,995 | $0 | $0 | $3,375,856 | $1,231,323 | $672 | $4,607,851 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Anthony Defurio*FORMER OFFICER | $0 | $4,324,005 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $2,281,466 | $2,042,539 | $0 | $0 | $4,324,005 | |||
These figures come from Advocate Aurora Health'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 Advocate Aurora Health compares
Ranking: CEO pay at major US nonprofits.
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
United Way Worldwide$929,417 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America$723,520 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Goodwill Industries International$766,469 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025
March of Dimes$488,009 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025
Miami Jewish Health$1,521,278 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
James Skogsbergh (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER) was paid $30,862,679 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $28,850,544 from Advocate Aurora Health and $2,012,135 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, James Skogsbergh, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $30,862,679.
Advocate Aurora Health Inc was the parent of Advocate and Aurora before their 2022 combination with Atrium Health. Its 2024 return lists Jim Skogsbergh as chief executive officer; Advocate Health, Inc., the combined system's parent in Charlotte, reports the pay of chief executive Eugene Woods on its own return.
Advocate Aurora Health paid its CEO, James Skogsbergh, $30,862,679 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $13,445,733 (77.2%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was James Skogsbergh, paid $8,225,985. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $8,225,985 (James Skogsbergh); December 2023, $17,416,946; December 2024, $30,862,679.
Advocate Aurora Health's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of -$353,453,296 and total revenue of $71,462,282 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $424,915,578. Expenses were -$491,433,541 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose -28.1%.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Advocate Aurora Health 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.