CentraCare CEO salary and executive pay
CentraCare paid its CEO, Kenneth Holmen, $1,969,529 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $340,155 (20.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $647,886,558, up 12.1% from $577,819,960 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. CentraCare ranks 178th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. CentraCare has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 41-1813221, St Cloud, MN.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,969,529
- Total revenue
- $647,886,558
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 85%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202641329349303864.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 28th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.30% 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 St Cloud Hospital (EIN 41-0695596), 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, 26 people were paid more than $500,000, 9 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Kenneth Holmen CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,969,529 |
| Leah SchammelPHYSICIAN | $1,207,777 |
| Joy PlamannCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER/SR VP | $1,174,923 |
| Michael BlairCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER/SR VP/ TREASURER | $1,153,820 |
| Laurel WessmanPHYSICIAN | $1,074,047 |
Also paid on the latest return: Nathaniel Slinkard (PHYSICIAN), $1,067,493; Dexter Casta (PHYSICIAN), $1,042,229; Joseph Kalkman (PHYSICIAN/ FORMER CAO /SR VP), $1,036,930; Santo Cruz (CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER/SR VP/ SECRETARY), $1,011,881; Thomas Schrup (CHIEF PHYSICIAN OFFICER/EVP), $996,355; Cindy Smith (FORMER KEY EMPLOYEE), $898,620; Christopher Boelter (VICE PRESIDENT), $768,369; Jacob Lyons (DIRECTOR (START 07.01.2024)), $761,340; Amy Porwoll (CHIEF INFORMATION SYSTEM OFFICER/SR VP), $741,670; George Morris (FORMER KEY EMPLOYEE), $652,768; Joseph Blonski (VICE PRESIDENT), $646,347; Bryan Lydick (VICE PRESIDENT), $626,020; Bryan Rolph (DIRECTOR), $624,422; Maria Mallory (VICE PRESIDENT), $622,958; John Hering (FORMER KEY EMPLOYEE), $586,882; and 27 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Father Tom Knoblach (DIRECTOR).
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 | Kenneth Holmen CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,969,529 | $647,886,558 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Kenneth Holmen CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,629,374 | $577,819,960 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Kenneth Holmen CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,761,954 | $596,489,383 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Kenneth Holmen MD CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,735,985 | $622,933,545 | 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 202641329349303864.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Kenneth Holmen*PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,921,145 | $48,384 | $1,275,014 | $305,083 | $341,048 | $10,350 | $38,034 | $1,969,529 |
| Leah SchammelPHYSICIAN | $1,167,735 | $40,042 | $1,079,087 | $65,348 | $23,300 | $5,376 | $34,666 | $1,207,777 |
| Joy Plamann*CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER/SR VP | $979,580 | $195,343 | $764,018 | $141,253 | $74,309 | $167,430 | $27,913 | $1,174,923 |
| Michael Blair*CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER/SR VP/ TREASURER | $997,209 | $156,611 | $582,015 | $251,104 | $164,090 | $128,404 | $28,207 | $1,153,820 |
| Laurel WessmanPHYSICIAN | $1,060,029 | $14,018 | $1,013,021 | $46,768 | $240 | $10,350 | $3,668 | $1,074,047 |
These figures come from CentraCare'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 CentraCare compares
Ranked 178th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 177th, CoxHealth, $1,977,250
- Next in this ranking: 179th, Bayhealth Medical Center, $1,936,220
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Virtua Health$3,320,959 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Carle Foundation$2,348,482 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Hartford HealthCare$4,799,936 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Norton Healthcare$4,115,838 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Johns Hopkins Health System$2,922,528 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Kenneth Holmen (PRESIDENT/CEO) was paid $1,969,529 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,921,145 from CentraCare and $48,384 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Kenneth Holmen, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,969,529.
CentraCare paid its CEO, Kenneth Holmen, $1,969,529 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $340,155 (20.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Kenneth Holmen MD, paid $1,735,985. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,735,985 (Kenneth Holmen MD); June 2023, $1,761,954; June 2024, $1,629,374; June 2025, $1,969,529.
CentraCare's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $542,911,522 and total revenue of $647,886,558 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $104,975,036. Expenses were $532,902,865 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 1.9%. The CEO's pay of $1,969,529 equals 0.36% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns CentraCare filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 12, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.