Brown University Health (Lifespan) CEO salary and executive pay
Brown University Health (Lifespan) paid its CEO, JOHN FERNANDEZ, $2,016,723 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is down $439,399 (17.9%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Brown University Health (Lifespan) ranks 129th of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Brown University Health (Lifespan) has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 22-2861978, Providence, RI.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$2,016,723
- Revenue on this return
- $449,326,854
- This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by Rhode Island Hospital (EIN 05-0258954), $2,454,579,414 on its latest return.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202642259349302769.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, 16 people were paid more than $500,000, 7 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| JOHN FERNANDEZ CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,016,723 |
| ZIYA L GOKASLAN MDDIRECTOR | $1,717,949 |
| PETER K MARKELLEVP & CFO, TREASURER | $1,505,315 |
| TIMOTHY J BABINEAU MDFORMER PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,335,765 |
| CRISTA DURANDPRESIDENT - NEWPORT HOSPITAL (THRU 9/25) | $1,235,545 |
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 | JOHN FERNANDEZ CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,016,723 | $449,326,854 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | John Fernandez CEO President & CEO | $2,456,122 | $352,572,623 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | Timothy J Babineau CEO Fmr. President & CEO | $6,836,842 | $302,231,899 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | Timothy J Babineau MD CEO Pres./CEO- 6/22 | $3,179,462 | $285,097,737 | 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 202642259349302769.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| JOHN FERNANDEZPRESIDENT & CEO | $1,651,362 | $0 | $365,361 | $1,550,583 | $0 | $100,779 | $334,533 | $30,828 | $2,016,723 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| ZIYA L GOKASLAN MD*DIRECTOR | $0 | $1,671,733 | $46,216 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $1,513,496 | $144,000 | $14,237 | $20,700 | $25,516 | $1,717,949 | |||
| PETER K MARKELLEVP & CFO, TREASURER | $1,464,555 | $0 | $40,760 | $1,221,588 | $0 | $242,967 | $18,975 | $21,785 | $1,505,315 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| TIMOTHY J BABINEAU MD*FORMER PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,335,765 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,335,765 | $0 | $0 | $1,335,765 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| CRISTA DURAND*PRESIDENT - NEWPORT HOSPITAL (THRU 9/25) | $786,684 | $0 | $448,861 | $357,537 | $0 | $429,147 | $419,957 | $28,904 | $1,235,545 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
These figures come from Brown University Health (Lifespan)'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 Brown University Health (Lifespan) compares
Ranked 129th of 148 hospital systems by CEO pay.
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Penn State Health$3,235,216 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
St. Luke's Health System (Idaho)$2,104,597 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Beth Israel Lahey Health$4,734,371 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
WellSpan Health$3,176,598 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Dartmouth Health$2,525,898 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
JOHN FERNANDEZ (PRESIDENT & CEO) was paid $2,016,723 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $1,651,362 from Brown University Health (Lifespan) and $365,361 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Brown University Health (Lifespan) ranks 129th of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay.
The CEO, JOHN FERNANDEZ, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,016,723. Next was ZIYA L GOKASLAN MD (DIRECTOR), at $1,717,949. On the latest return, 16 people were paid more than $500,000, 7 of them more than $1 million.
Brown University Health (Lifespan) paid its CEO, JOHN FERNANDEZ, $2,016,723 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is down $439,399 (17.9%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was Timothy J Babineau MD, paid $3,179,462. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $3,179,462 (Timothy J Babineau MD); September 2023, $6,836,842; September 2024, $2,456,122 (John Fernandez); September 2025, $2,016,723.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Brown University Health (Lifespan) filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.