Children's National Hospital CEO salary and executive pay
Children's National Hospital paid its CEO, MICHELLE RILEY-BROWN, $2,644,721 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $1,785,713 (207.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Children's National Hospital ranks 109th of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Children's National Hospital has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 53-0196580, Washington, DC.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$2,644,721
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$3,140,501KATHLEEN CHAVANU GORMANFORMER CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
- Total revenue
- $1,872,813,787
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 59%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202621359349312282.View the filing
Peers: the 120 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 50th of 121 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.14% 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, 21 people were paid more than $500,000, 15 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| KATHLEEN CHAVANU GORMANFORMER CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $3,140,501 |
| MICHELLE RILEY-BROWN CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $2,644,721 |
| YVES D'UDEKEM D'ACOZ MDCHIEF OF CARDIO SURGERY | $2,533,247 |
| ANTHONY SANDLER MDSVP CENTER OF EXCELLENCE | $1,934,835 |
| DAVID WESSEL MDCHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER | $1,494,858 |
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 | MICHELLE RILEY-BROWN CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $2,644,721 | $1,872,813,787 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | MICHELLE RILEY-BROWN CEO PRESIDENT/CEO FROM 07/23 | $859,008 | $1,718,811,878 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | KURT D NEWMAN MD CEO PRESIDENT / CEO (CNMC) TO 06/23 | $3,026,703 | $1,562,231,931 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | KURT D NEWMAN MD CEO PRESIDENT / CEO (CNMC) | $5,420,064 | $1,445,706,687 | 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 202621359349312282.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| KATHLEEN CHAVANU GORMANFORMER CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $2,964,853 | $175,648 | $502,800 | $1,707,643 | $754,410 | $139,730 | $35,918 | $3,140,501 |
| MICHELLE RILEY-BROWNPRESIDENT/CEO | $2,377,608 | $267,113 | $1,403,367 | $776,250 | $197,991 | $219,750 | $47,363 | $2,644,721 |
| YVES D'UDEKEM D'ACOZ MDCHIEF OF CARDIO SURGERY | $2,479,507 | $53,740 | $1,968,196 | $375,519 | $135,792 | $17,250 | $36,490 | $2,533,247 |
| ANTHONY SANDLER MDSVP CENTER OF EXCELLENCE | $1,709,243 | $225,592 | $1,063,079 | $455,577 | $190,587 | $176,172 | $49,420 | $1,934,835 |
| DAVID WESSEL MDCHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER | $1,322,732 | $172,126 | $783,378 | $375,306 | $164,048 | $139,632 | $32,494 | $1,494,858 |
These figures come from Children's National Hospital'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 Children's National Hospital compares
Ranked 109th of 148 hospital systems by CEO pay.
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Main Line Health$3,302,622 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Baystate Health$1,747,717 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
UNC Rex Healthcare$3,939,666 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$1,888,151 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Maimonides Medical Center$1,815,126 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
MICHELLE RILEY-BROWN (PRESIDENT/CEO) was paid $2,644,721 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $2,377,608 from Children's National Hospital and $267,113 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Children's National Hospital ranks 109th of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay.
The highest-paid person on the latest return was KATHLEEN CHAVANU GORMAN (FORMER CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER), at $3,140,501. That is $495,780 more than the CEO, MICHELLE RILEY-BROWN. Next was YVES D'UDEKEM D'ACOZ MD (CHIEF OF CARDIO SURGERY), at $2,533,247. On the latest return, 21 people were paid more than $500,000, 15 of them more than $1 million.
Children's National Hospital paid its CEO, MICHELLE RILEY-BROWN, $2,644,721 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $1,785,713 (207.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was KURT D NEWMAN MD, paid $5,420,064. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $5,420,064 (KURT D NEWMAN MD); June 2023, $3,026,703; June 2024, $859,008 (MICHELLE RILEY-BROWN); June 2025, $2,644,721.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Children's National Hospital filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.