Carle Foundation CEO salary and executive pay
Carle Foundation paid its CEO, James C Leonard MD, $2,348,482 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is down $3,378,404 (59.0%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $693,331,990, up 20.5% from $575,377,812 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Carle Foundation ranks 151st of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Carle Foundation has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 37-0673465, Urbana, IL.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$2,348,482
- Total revenue
- $693,331,990
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 86%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202533199349302938.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 26th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.34% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
The system's largest single return is filed separately by The Carle Foundation Hospital (EIN 37-1119538), so the revenue shown here is this return's own, not the whole system's.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 15 people were paid more than $500,000, 5 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| James C Leonard MD CEO EX-OFFICIO, OFFICER - PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,348,482 |
| Matthew Kolb JD MHAOFFICER - PRESIDENT, CARLE HEALTH REGIONS // EVP, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $1,752,332 |
| Dennis HeschOFFICER - EVP, CHIEF FINANCE & STRATEGY OFFICER | $1,507,677 |
| Napoleon Knight MD MBAOFFICER - EVP, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER | $1,132,746 |
| Laurence Fallon JDOFFICER - EVP, CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER | $1,017,845 |
Also paid on the latest return: Lauren Schmid MBA (OFFICER - EVP, CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER), $983,756; Sherfield Dawson MD (BOARD MEMBER // PHYSICIAN), $939,679; Ryan Porter MD (BOARD MEMBER // PHYSICIAN), $893,616; Colleen Kannaday (PRESIDENT, CARLE HEALTH - CENTRAL REGION), $862,570; Elizabeth Angelo DNP RN-BC (PRESIDENT, CARLE HEALTH - EAST REGION // CHIEF NURSING OFFICER), $738,826; John Wieland MD (ASSOCIATE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, BROMENN & EUREKA), $676,705; Dawn Walden (SVP, CHIEF REVENUE CYCLE OFFICER), $670,728; Richard Rinehart (VP, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER), $632,628; Caleb Miller (SVP, SURGICAL SERVICES & AMBULATORY CARE), $628,236; Aja Lystila MD (BOARD MEMBER // PHYSICIAN), $533,549; Scott Hendrie (VP, FINANCE & TREASURY), $469,351; Mary Treacy-Shiff (VP, FINANCE & REPORTING), $405,963; Nicholas Crompton (VP, CONSTRUCTION & FACILITY SERVICES), $387,765; Charles Dennis MD (FORMER OFFICER), $150,716; Uretz Oliphant MD (SECRETARY/TREASURER), $138,666.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Mark Czys (VICE CHAIR), Paul Tucker PhD (CHAIR), Debbie Simon (BOARD MEMBER), Dennis Triggs JD (BOARD MEMBER), Jamel Wright PhD (BOARD MEMBER), James Stevenson (BOARD MEMBER), Maryjane Wurth (BOARD MEMBER), Michael Devocelle (BOARD MEMBER), Phyllis Wise PhD (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2024 | James C Leonard MD CEO EX-OFFICIO, OFFICER - PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,348,482 | $693,331,990 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | James C Leonard MD CEO Ex-Officio, Officer - President & CEO | $5,726,886 | $575,377,812 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | James C Leonard MD CEO Ex-Officio, Officer - President & CEO | $2,801,918 | $481,907,573 | 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 202533199349302938.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| James C Leonard MD*EX-OFFICIO, OFFICER - PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,298,226 | $50,256 | $1,805,832 | $0 | $492,394 | $27,678 | $22,578 | $2,348,482 |
| Matthew Kolb JD MHA*OFFICER - PRESIDENT, CARLE HEALTH REGIONS // EVP, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $1,418,629 | $333,703 | $1,119,849 | $0 | $298,780 | $302,587 | $31,116 | $1,752,332 |
| Dennis Hesch*OFFICER - EVP, CHIEF FINANCE & STRATEGY OFFICER | $1,175,111 | $332,566 | $1,145,424 | $0 | $29,687 | $306,265 | $26,301 | $1,507,677 |
| Napoleon Knight MD MBAOFFICER - EVP, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER | $1,091,552 | $41,194 | $832,803 | $0 | $258,749 | $27,678 | $13,516 | $1,132,746 |
| Laurence Fallon JD*OFFICER - EVP, CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER | $798,181 | $219,664 | $768,538 | $0 | $29,643 | $192,758 | $26,906 | $1,017,845 |
These figures come from Carle Foundation'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 Carle Foundation compares
Ranked 151st of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 150th, BronxCare Health Systems, $2,392,653
- Next in this ranking: 152nd, Duke University Health System, $2,338,899
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Hartford HealthCare$4,799,936 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
CentraCare$1,969,529 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Norton Healthcare$4,115,838 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Virtua Health$3,320,959 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Johns Hopkins Health System$2,922,528 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
James C Leonard MD (EX-OFFICIO, OFFICER - PRESIDENT & CEO) was paid $2,348,482 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $2,298,226 from Carle Foundation and $50,256 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, James C Leonard MD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,348,482.
Carle Foundation paid its CEO, James C Leonard MD, $2,348,482 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is down $3,378,404 (59.0%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was James C Leonard MD, paid $2,801,918. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $2,801,918 (James C Leonard MD); December 2023, $5,726,886; December 2024, $2,348,482.
Carle Foundation's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $641,458,723 and total revenue of $693,331,990 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $51,873,267. Expenses were $549,795,506 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 16.7%. The CEO's pay of $2,348,482 equals 0.37% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Carle Foundation filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 15, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.