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. Total revenue on that return was $449,326,854, up 27.4% from $352,572,623 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. Brown University Health (Lifespan) ranks 175th of 229 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; the system's largest single return is filed by Rhode Island Hospital (EIN 05-0258954), with $2,454,579,414 in revenue 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 |
Also paid on the latest return: Babar Khokhar MD (EVP - CHIEF PHYSICIANS OFFICER), $1,145,008; Paul J Adler (SECRETARY), $1,028,380; Cedric Priebe (SVP - CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER), $894,121; Maria P Ducharme (PRESIDENT - THE MIRIAM HOSPITAL), $830,599; Sarah Frost (EVP - CHIEF OF HOSPITAL OPERATIONS), $814,484; Marcia L Neiberg (EVP & CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER), $769,838; William F Schmiedeknecht (SVP - CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER), $751,073; Nicholas P Dominick (SVP SERVICE LINES), $742,571; Jane Bruno (SVP - MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS), $689,195; Eva Greenwood (FORMER TREASURER & INTERIM EVP CFO), $655,551; Cynthia Peterson (EVP - AMBULATORY CLINICS AND URGENT CARE), $648,895; Saul N Weingart (FORMER PRESIDENT - RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL), $378,639.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Alan H Litwin (VICE CHAIR), Lawrence A Aubin Sr (CHAIR), Peter Capodilupo (VICE CHAIR (THRU 12/24)), Angel Taveras (DIRECTOR), Bernard Buonanno III (DIRECTOR (AS OF 12/24)), Chris Cocks (DIRECTOR), Christina H Paxson PhD (DIRECTOR (AS OF 12/24)), Edward D Feldstein Esq (DIRECTOR (THRU 12/24)), Emanuel Barrows (DIRECTOR), Janet Robinson (DIRECTOR), Lawrence B Sadwin (DIRECTOR (THRU 12/24)), Martha Mainiero MD (DIRECTOR), Michael L Hanna (DIRECTOR), Mukesh K Jain MD (DIRECTOR (AS OF 12/24)), Paula McNamara (DIRECTOR), Phillip Kydd (DIRECTOR (THRU 12/24)), Roger N Begin Cfp (DIRECTOR), Samuel Mencoff (DIRECTOR), Sarah T Dowling JD LLM (DIRECTOR (THRU 12/24)), Shivan Subramaniam (DIRECTOR).
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 | John Fernandez CEO President & CEO | $0 | $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 175th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 174th, Cape Cod Healthcare, $2,029,919
- Next in this ranking: 176th, St. Joseph's Health System, $1,980,792
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
FMOL Health$1,212,532 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Bronson Healthcare$3,569,592 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare$2,444,821 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Northern Light Health$1,659,381 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
INTEGRIS Health$3,100,107 (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).
The CEO, John Fernandez, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,016,723.
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, $0 (John Fernandez); September 2024, $2,456,122; September 2025, $2,016,723.
Brown University Health (Lifespan)'s return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $416,402,766 and total revenue of $449,326,854 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $32,924,088. Expenses were $359,263,520 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they rose 15.9%. The CEO's pay of $2,016,723 equals 0.48% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Brown University Health (Lifespan) filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on August 13, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.