Asante CEO salary and executive pay
Asante paid its CEO, Tom Gessel, $1,586,721 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. On the return for the fiscal year ending September 2024, the CEO was Roy Vinyard, paid $763,118. Total revenue on that return was $1,468,446,258, up 6.6% from $1,377,948,669 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. Asante ranks 206th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Asante has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 93-0223960, Medford, OR.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$1,586,721
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Patrick Sharp (CEO - TRMC), $614,592; Brandon Mencini (CEO - RRMC & ACH), $461,480.
- Total revenue
- $1,468,446,258
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 33%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202602309349301685.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 123rd of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.11% 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, 10 people were paid more than $500,000, 3 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Tom Gessel CEO CEO | $1,586,721 |
| Win HowardFORMER SENIOR VP | $1,262,979 |
| Scott KellyFORMER CEO | $1,049,109 |
| Eric Loeliger MDCHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER | $742,771 |
| Heather RowenhorstCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $712,731 |
Also paid on the latest return: David Kinyon (CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER), $652,783; Kevin Kelleher MD (MEDICAL DIRECTOR & PHYSICIAN), $635,587; Angie Simonson (SENIOR VP OPERATIONS), $615,578; Patrick Sharp (CEO - TRMC), $614,592; Kristen Roy (CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER), $569,768; Brandon Mencini (CEO - RRMC & ACH), $461,480; Nicole Cowley Do (BOARD MEMBER & PHYSICIAN), $456,134; Sue Hagar MD (FORMER BOARD MEMBER & PHYSICIAN), $446,627.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Peter Angstadt (BOARD MEMBER), Susan Binette (BOARD MEMBER), Miroslav Bobek MD (BOARD MEMBER & PHYSICIAN), Carol Christlieb (BOARD MEMBER), Stephen Gambee (BOARD MEMBER), Brian Gross MD (BOARD MEMBER & PHYSICIAN), Kate Lasky (FORMER BOARD MEMBER), Joan McBee (BOARD MEMBER), Christina Medina (FORMER BOARD MEMBER), Joe Pastrano MD (BOARD MEMBER & PHYSICIAN), Steve Roe (BOARD MEMBER), Casey Shillam RN (BOARD MEMBER), Tom Walker (BOARD MEMBER), Patricia Wintemute (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Tom Gessel CEO CEO | $1,586,721 | $1,468,446,258 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | Roy Vinyard CEO INTERIM PRESIDENT & CEO | $763,118 | $1,377,948,669 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | Scott Kelly CEO PRESIDENT & CEO (THROUGH FEB 23) | $1,401,302 | $1,125,050,262 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | Scott Kelly CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,699,573 | $1,116,094,562 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending September 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202602309349301685.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Tom GesselCEO | $1,522,287 | $64,434 | $1,050,000 | $472,287 | $0 | $53,500 | $10,934 | $1,586,721 |
| Win HowardFORMER SENIOR VP | $1,196,635 | $66,344 | $1,196,520 | $0 | $115 | $50,538 | $15,806 | $1,262,979 |
| Scott KellyFORMER CEO | $1,045,305 | $3,804 | $1,045,116 | $0 | $189 | $3,804 | $0 | $1,049,109 |
| Eric Loeliger MDCHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER | $694,290 | $48,481 | $552,061 | $142,158 | $71 | $30,500 | $17,981 | $742,771 |
| Heather RowenhorstCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $649,525 | $63,206 | $499,000 | $150,515 | $10 | $46,000 | $17,206 | $712,731 |
These figures come from Asante'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 Asante compares
Ranked 206th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 205th, UF Health Shands, $1,608,122
- Next in this ranking: 207th, Premier Health, $1,579,749
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Eisenhower Health$2,905,536 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Baptist Health (Arkansas)$2,295,979 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Tufts Medical Center$1,816,696 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Driscoll Children's Hospital$2,221,293 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Baptist Health South Florida$5,597,018 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
Tom Gessel (CEO) was paid $1,586,721 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $1,522,287 from Asante and $64,434 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Tom Gessel, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,586,721.
Asante paid its CEO, Tom Gessel, $1,586,721 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. On the return for the fiscal year ending September 2024, the CEO was Roy Vinyard, paid $763,118. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was Scott Kelly, paid $1,699,573. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $1,699,573 (Scott Kelly); September 2023, $1,401,302; September 2024, $763,118 (Roy Vinyard); September 2025, $1,586,721 (Tom Gessel).
Asante's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $1,332,637,858 and total revenue of $1,468,446,258 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $135,808,400. Expenses were $1,229,141,986 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they rose 8.4%. The CEO's pay of $1,586,721 equals 0.12% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Asante filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on August 17, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.