Avera Health CEO salary and executive pay
Avera Health paid its CEO, James Dover, $2,504,735 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. On the return for the fiscal year ending June 2024, the CEO was Bob Sutton, paid $2,140,896. Total revenue on that return was $359,131,383, up 29.0% from $278,424,080 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Avera Health ranks 144th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Avera Health has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 46-0422673, Sioux Falls, SD.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$2,504,735
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Dr Ronald Place (President/CEO, McKennan), $1,122,887; Doug EkerenRetired May 2025 (President/CEO, Sacred Heart), $690,419; Debbie Streier (President/CEO, Marshall), $596,201; Daniel Bjerknes (President/CEO, St. Luke's), $595,749; Dr Hillary Rockwell (President/CEO, Queen of Peace), $557,277; Shantel Krebs (President/CEO, St. Mary's), $468,629.
- Revenue on this return
- $359,131,383
- This is the system's parent filer; the system's largest single return is filed by Avera McKennan (EIN 46-0224743), with $1,859,516,401 in revenue on its latest return.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202621359349303687.View the filing
Revenue is Part I, line 12. Pay as a share of revenue and the peer comparison are not shown for a parent filer.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 17 people were paid more than $500,000, 6 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| James Dover CEO President/CEO | $2,504,735 |
| David FlicekChief Operating Officer, Vice Pres | $1,497,202 |
| Julie LauttCFO, Treasurer | $1,294,581 |
| Yassine Kanaan MDRadiology | $1,134,392 |
| Dr Ronald PlacePresident/CEO, McKennan | $1,122,887 |
Also paid on the latest return: Kevin Post DO (Chief Medical Officer), $1,065,494; Richard Korman (Chief Legal Officer, Secretary), $965,875; Shandon Hatch MD (Radiology), $926,568; Casey Swenson MD (Radiology), $920,171; Bruk Kammerman (Sr. VP - Chief Information), $873,769; Dr Luis Rojas-Espaillat (Board Member, Gynecologic Oncology), $805,530; Doug EkerenRetired May 2025 (President/CEO, Sacred Heart), $690,419; Dr Katherine Wang (Board Member, Neonatology), $608,178; Debbie Streier (President/CEO, Marshall), $596,201; Daniel Bjerknes (President/CEO, St. Luke's), $595,749; Dr Jason Wickersham (Board Member, Family Practice/OB Phys), $566,712; Dr Hillary Rockwell (President/CEO, Queen of Peace), $557,277; Shantel Krebs (President/CEO, St. Mary's), $468,629; Bob Sutton (Former President/CEO), $255,732.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Lori Essig (Chair), Doneen Hollingsworth (Vice Chair), Sister Debra Kolecka (Board Member), Sister Candyce Chrystal (Board Member), Sister Roxanne Seifert (Board Member), Sister Lucille Welbig (Board Member), Sister Mary Kay Panowicz (Board Member), Jacquelyn Johnson (Board Member), Sister Mary Jaeger (Board Member), Clark Sinclair (Board Member), Robert Fouberg (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | James Dover CEO President/CEO | $2,504,735 | $359,131,383 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Bob Sutton CEO President/CEO (End 08/2023) | $2,140,896 | $278,424,080 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Bob Sutton CEO President/CEO, Board Member | $2,133,816 | $285,338,511 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Bob Sutton CEO President/CEO | $2,101,799 | $441,737,044 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202621359349303687.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| James DoverPresident/CEO | $2,453,843 | $50,892 | $2,312,616 | $76,501 | $64,726 | $17,250 | $33,642 | $2,504,735 |
| David FlicekChief Operating Officer, Vice Pres | $1,450,140 | $47,062 | $1,382,300 | $47,730 | $20,110 | $17,250 | $29,812 | $1,497,202 |
| Julie LauttCFO, Treasurer | $1,274,363 | $20,218 | $1,226,098 | $41,964 | $6,301 | $17,250 | $2,968 | $1,294,581 |
| Yassine Kanaan MDRadiology | $1,086,199 | $48,193 | $842,988 | $220,712 | $22,499 | $17,250 | $30,943 | $1,134,392 |
| Dr Ronald Place*President/CEO, McKennan | $1,093,970 | $28,917 | $1,045,760 | $35,190 | $13,020 | $17,250 | $11,667 | $1,122,887 |
These figures come from Avera 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 Avera Health compares
Ranked 144th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 143rd, Dartmouth Health, $2,525,898
- Next in this ranking: 145th, Albany Med Health System, $2,495,953
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Piedmont Healthcare$4,428,574 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Nicklaus Children's Health System$2,570,950 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Marshfield Clinic Health System$1,623,181 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
TriHealth$2,633,757 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Prisma Health$3,374,451 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
James Dover (President/CEO) was paid $2,504,735 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $2,453,843 from Avera Health and $50,892 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, James Dover, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,504,735.
Avera Health paid its CEO, James Dover, $2,504,735 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. On the return for the fiscal year ending June 2024, the CEO was Bob Sutton, paid $2,140,896. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Bob Sutton, paid $2,101,799. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $2,101,799 (Bob Sutton); June 2023, $2,133,816; June 2024, $2,140,896; June 2025, $2,504,735 (James Dover).
Avera Health's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $362,404,570 and total revenue of $359,131,383 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $3,273,187. Expenses were $280,386,542 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 29.3%. The CEO's pay of $2,504,735 equals 0.69% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Avera Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 15, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.