Battelle Memorial Institute CEO salary and executive pay
Battelle Memorial Institute paid its CEO, Lewis Von Thaer, $5,978,396 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $367,640 (6.6%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Total revenue on that return was $13,526,408,187, up 1.3% from $13,349,081,113 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. Battelle Memorial Institute ranks 1st of 15 research institutes on this site by CEO pay. Battelle Memorial Institute has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 31-4379427, Columbus, OH.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$5,978,396
- Total revenue
- $13,526,408,187
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 32%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202612229349301026.View the filing
Peers: the 52 other organizations on this site with revenue over $5 billion. Ranked 36th of 53 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.04% 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, 7 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Lewis Von Thaer CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $5,978,396 |
| Steven F AshbySR VP, LAB DIRECTOR TO 9/25 | $1,879,908 |
| Matthew L VaughanEXECUTIVE VP, AS&T | $1,691,319 |
| Russell P AustinSR VP, GEN COUNSEL & SECRETARY | $1,245,204 |
| Judson VirdenDEPUTY LAB DIRECTOR | $1,110,978 |
Also paid on the latest return: Juan Alvarez (EXECUTIVE VP, GLB LAB OPS FRM 11/24), $1,079,159; John Wagner (SR VP, LAB DIRECTOR), $1,034,304; Michael Schlender (DEPUTY LAB DIRECTOR), $988,420; George Lecakes (SR VP & GENERAL MANAGER), $978,730; Brian Abrahamson (DEPUTY LAB DIRECTOR), $846,743; Patrick F Jarvis (SR VP, MARKETING & COMMUN TO 12/24), $824,304; Aimee Kennedy (SR VP, CHIEF HR OFFICER), $806,862; Chris Boynton (EXECUTIVE VP, CFO), $803,108; Jonathan Cartlidge (SALES DIRECTOR), $784,143; Edward Grecco (EXECUTIVE VP, CFO TO 05/23), $767,334; Thomas E Mason (SENIOR VP 07/17 TO 11/17), $759,414; Mark T Peters (EXECUTIVE VP, GLB LAB OPS TO 08/24), $526,051; Amy Vertanen (ASST TREAS & CONTROLLER TO 01/25), $503,614; Brian R Smith (VP & TREASURER), $487,561; Thomas E Sharpe (ASST TREASURER & ASST SECR), $357,167; and 11 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Shannon Bennent (SR VP, MARKETING & COMMUN FRM 1/25).
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 | Lewis Von Thaer CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $5,978,396 | $13,526,408,187 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | Lewis Von Thaer CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $5,610,756 | $13,349,081,113 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | Lewis Von Thaer CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $4,986,931 | $12,464,254,299 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | Lewis Von Thaer CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $4,092,751 | $11,024,946,046 | 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 202612229349301026.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Lewis Von ThaerPRESIDENT & CEO | $5,933,094 | $45,302 | $1,382,944 | $3,953,364 | $596,786 | $26,539 | $18,763 | $5,978,396 |
| Steven F AshbySR VP, LAB DIRECTOR TO 9/25 | $1,648,023 | $231,885 | $624,069 | $832,771 | $191,183 | $204,520 | $27,365 | $1,879,908 |
| Matthew L VaughanEXECUTIVE VP, AS&T | $1,637,367 | $53,952 | $628,003 | $897,793 | $111,571 | $25,742 | $28,210 | $1,691,319 |
| Russell P AustinSR VP, GEN COUNSEL & SECRETARY | $1,210,374 | $34,830 | $481,889 | $632,860 | $95,625 | $16,587 | $18,243 | $1,245,204 |
| Judson VirdenDEPUTY LAB DIRECTOR | $713,646 | $397,332 | $438,738 | $183,253 | $91,655 | $381,538 | $15,794 | $1,110,978 |
These figures come from Battelle Memorial Institute'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 Battelle Memorial Institute compares
Ranked 1st of 15 research institutes by CEO pay.
- Next in this ranking: 2nd, MITRE, $5,957,132
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
AARP$2,871,820 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Feeding America$1,214,028 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals$12,976,050 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Lewis Von Thaer (PRESIDENT & CEO) was paid $5,978,396 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $5,933,094 from Battelle Memorial Institute and $45,302 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Lewis Von Thaer, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $5,978,396.
Battelle Memorial Institute paid its CEO, Lewis Von Thaer, $5,978,396 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $367,640 (6.6%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was Lewis Von Thaer, paid $4,092,751. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $4,092,751 (Lewis Von Thaer); September 2023, $4,986,931; September 2024, $5,610,756; September 2025, $5,978,396.
Battelle Memorial Institute's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $13,402,357,370 and total revenue of $13,526,408,187 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $124,050,817. Expenses were $13,369,912,851 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they rose 0.2%. The CEO's pay of $5,978,396 equals 0.04% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Battelle Memorial Institute filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on August 10, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.