Atlantic Health CEO salary and executive pay
Atlantic Health paid its CEO, Brian Gragnolati, $11,531,308 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $2,020,792 (21.2%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $4,763,861,023, up 12.4% from $4,238,572,954 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Atlantic Health ranks 17th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Atlantic Health has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 65-1301877, Morristown, NJ.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$11,531,308
- Total revenue
- $4,763,861,023
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 77%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202543179349310299.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 42nd of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.24% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
This is a group return: one Form 990 filed for a group of affiliated organizations together.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 31 people were paid more than $500,000, 23 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Brian Gragnolati CEO President & CEO | $11,531,308 |
| James Wittig MDPhysician-Chair | $4,254,965 |
| Kevin LenahanEVP,Chief Bus-Strat Officer | $3,385,858 |
| Patricia O'KeefeSVP,Pres MMC | $2,572,152 |
| Scott LeightyEVP,Chief Health Sy Officer | $2,426,778 |
Also paid on the latest return: Steven Sheris MD (EVP,Chief Phy Exec), $2,300,890; Sunil Dadlani (EVP,Chief-Inf/Dig/Tr Offficer), $2,218,834; Sheilah O'Halloran (EVP,General Counsel), $2,141,415; Suja Mathew (EVP,Chief Clinical Officer), $2,024,651; Nichell Sumpter (EVP,Chief Admin Officer), $1,998,543; Mark Widmann (Physician), $1,963,375; Lee Starker MD (PAMG-Trustee), $1,895,998; Michael Walter (SVP,Chief Fin Officer), $1,872,440; Stephanie Schwartz (SVP,Pres OMC), $1,682,533; Philippe Genereux MD (Physician), $1,627,483; Sean Calhoun (Physician), $1,626,595; Jeffrey Leary (Physician), $1,625,182; Tom Thomas (Physician), $1,608,060; Robert Adams Jr (SVP,Pres West Region), $1,452,117; Eric Whitman MD (Physician), $1,142,785; and 21 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Albert Ritter MD (Trustee-Atlantic Ambulance), Dennis Wilson (Trustee-AHS), Jeanine Liburd (Trustee-AHS), Christopher R Reidy (Trustee-AHS), Arthur Orduna (Trustee-AHS), Grant Parr MD (Trustee-AHS), Finn Wentworth (Trustee-AHS), John F Vigorita MD (Trustee-AHS), Laura A Kelly (Trustee-AHS Vice Chair), Richard W Herbst (Trustee-AHS), Robert E McCracken (Trustee-AHS Chairman), Sean Nicholson (Trustee-AHS), Charles Reid III (Trustee-VNASH Organization), Justice Jaynee LaVecchia (Trustee-AHS), Mai Pham MD (Trustee-AHS), Michael Ranger (Trustee-AHS), Michael Mulligan (Trustee-AA).
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 | Brian Gragnolati CEO President & CEO | $11,531,308 | $4,763,861,023 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Brian Gragnolati CEO President & CEO | $9,510,516 | $4,238,572,954 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Brian Gragnolati CEO President & CEO | $7,028,324 | $3,872,357,033 | 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 202543179349310299.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Brian GragnolatiPresident & CEO | $9,720,812 | $1,810,496 | $3,320,521 | $5,139,690 | $1,260,601 | $1,741,138 | $69,358 | $11,531,308 |
| James Wittig MDPhysician-Chair | $4,233,750 | $21,215 | $2,825,920 | $1,406,019 | $1,811 | $11,100 | $10,115 | $4,254,965 |
| Kevin LenahanEVP,Chief Bus-Strat Officer | $2,924,716 | $461,142 | $1,415,590 | $1,094,600 | $414,526 | $423,493 | $37,649 | $3,385,858 |
| Patricia O'KeefeSVP,Pres MMC | $2,289,794 | $282,358 | $993,039 | $635,524 | $661,231 | $248,562 | $33,796 | $2,572,152 |
| Scott LeightyEVP,Chief Health Sy Officer | $2,046,993 | $379,785 | $1,118,908 | $871,100 | $56,985 | $324,027 | $55,758 | $2,426,778 |
These figures come from Atlantic 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 Atlantic Health compares
Ranked 17th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 16th, Sutter Health, $11,904,420
- Next in this ranking: 18th, Baylor Scott & White Health, $10,016,731
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Baptist Health (Kentucky)$5,838,744 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
MaineHealth$2,618,396 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Mount Sinai Health System$5,489,914 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
MultiCare Health System$8,673,258 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Henry Ford Health$7,081,174 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Brian Gragnolati (President & CEO) was paid $11,531,308 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $9,720,812 from Atlantic Health and $1,810,496 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Brian Gragnolati, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $11,531,308.
Atlantic Health paid its CEO, Brian Gragnolati, $11,531,308 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $2,020,792 (21.2%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Brian Gragnolati, paid $7,028,324. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $7,028,324 (Brian Gragnolati); December 2023, $9,510,516; December 2024, $11,531,308.
Atlantic Health's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $4,459,713,866 and total revenue of $4,763,861,023 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $304,147,157. Expenses were $4,014,851,524 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 11.1%. The CEO's pay of $11,531,308 equals 0.26% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Atlantic Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 13, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.