Altru Health System CEO salary and executive pay
Altru Health System paid its CEO, Todd Forkel, $1,330,342 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $52,012 (4.1%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $780,388,280, up 16.0% from $672,595,518 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Altru Health System ranks 27th of 36 hospitals on this site by CEO pay. Altru Health System has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 45-0310462, Grand Forks, ND.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$1,330,342
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Joshua Deere (PRESIDENT), $1,087,927.
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending December 2024
$2,394,929Ikechukwu OnyekaPHYSICIAN
- Total revenue
- $780,388,280
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 35%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202533029349301648.View the filing
Peers: the 34 other hospitals on this site. Ranked 23rd of 35 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.17% 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, 18 people were paid more than $500,000, 10 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Ikechukwu OnyekaPHYSICIAN | $2,394,929 |
| Mevan WijetungaMEDICAL DIRECTOR | $1,784,798 |
| Grant SeegerPHYSICIAN | $1,422,724 |
| Todd Forkel CEO BOARD MEMBER/CEO | $1,330,342 |
| Isaac TeaPHYSICIAN | $1,263,590 |
Also paid on the latest return: Barry Bjorgaard (PHYSICIAN), $1,261,506; Jody Treuer MD (BOARD MEMBER/PHYSICIAN), $1,254,326; Bernie Dallum (PHYSICIAN), $1,205,883; Jeremy Gardner (MEDICAL DIRECTOR), $1,164,028; Joshua Deere (PRESIDENT), $1,087,927; Meghan Compton (CHIEF CLINIC OPERATIONS OFFICER), $839,124; Jonathan Haug (MEDICAL DIRECTOR), $765,728; Rebecca Novacek (BOARD MEMBER/PHYSICIAN), $691,188; Derek Goebel (CFO/TREASURER), $657,415; Cory Geffre (CNO & EVP HOSPITAL OPERATIONS), $628,541; Yvonne Gomez (MEDICAL DIRECTOR), $612,743; A Marc Nielsen (PHYSICIAN), $601,835; Sunil Kartham (MED. DIREC./PHYSICIAN (THRU AUG. 24')), $553,908; Kristi Hall-Jiran (CHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER), $478,392; Heather Strandell (SENIOR DIRECTOR CLINICAL OPERATIONS), $357,742; and 1 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Karen McLennan (CHAIR), Eric Halverson (VICE CHAIR), Tammy Peterson (SECRETARY), Andrew Sorbo (BOARD MEMBER), Russel Crary (BOARD MEMBER), Scott Meyer (BOARD MEMBER), Timothy Curry (BOARD MEMBER).
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 | Todd Forkel CEO BOARD MEMBER/CEO | $1,330,342 | $780,388,280 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Todd Forkel CEO BOARD MEMBER/CEO | $1,278,330 | $672,595,518 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Todd Forkel CEO BOARD MEMBER/CEO | $795,552 | $630,666,494 | 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 202533029349301648.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Ikechukwu OnyekaPHYSICIAN | $2,343,913 | $51,016 | $2,341,636 | $0 | $2,277 | $17,250 | $33,766 | $2,394,929 |
| Mevan WijetungaMEDICAL DIRECTOR | $1,715,732 | $69,066 | $1,681,060 | $31,176 | $3,496 | $30,118 | $38,948 | $1,784,798 |
| Grant SeegerPHYSICIAN | $1,367,960 | $54,764 | $1,346,228 | $0 | $21,732 | $17,250 | $37,514 | $1,422,724 |
| Todd ForkelBOARD MEMBER/CEO | $1,066,396 | $263,946 | $765,929 | $275,700 | $24,767 | $231,033 | $32,913 | $1,330,342 |
| Isaac TeaPHYSICIAN | $1,226,347 | $37,243 | $1,225,870 | $0 | $477 | $15,480 | $21,763 | $1,263,590 |
These figures come from Altru Health System'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 Altru Health System compares
Ranked 27th of 36 hospitals by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 26th, Scott & White Memorial Hospital, $1,336,606
- Next in this ranking: 28th, Tucson Medical Center, $1,230,476
Closest in revenue among the hospitals on this site:
Children's Nebraska$2,195,461 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Pikeville Medical Center$1,738,038 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Mercyhealth$16,336,153 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Concord Hospital$2,016,109 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Dayton Children's Hospital$2,091,992 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Todd Forkel (BOARD MEMBER/CEO) was paid $1,330,342 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $1,066,396 from Altru Health System and $263,946 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Ikechukwu Onyeka (PHYSICIAN), at $2,394,929. That is $1,064,587 more than the CEO, Todd Forkel.
Altru Health System paid its CEO, Todd Forkel, $1,330,342 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $52,012 (4.1%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Todd Forkel, paid $795,552. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $795,552 (Todd Forkel); December 2023, $1,278,330; December 2024, $1,330,342.
Altru Health System's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $733,552,021 and total revenue of $780,388,280 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $46,836,259. Expenses were $641,549,988 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 14.3%. The CEO's pay of $1,330,342 equals 0.18% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Altru Health System filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on October 29, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.