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. Total revenue on that return was $1,872,813,787, up 9.0% from $1,718,811,878 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Children's National Hospital ranks 134th of 229 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 50%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202621359349312282.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 91st of 184 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 |
Also paid on the latest return: Robert Keating MD (CHIEF OF NEUROSURGERY), $1,393,975; Aldwin Lindsay (EVP/CFO), $1,383,941; Timothy Kane MD (CHIEF OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY), $1,332,950; John S Myseros (ASSOC. CHIEF OF NEUROSURGERY), $1,274,953; Mary Anne Hilliard (EVP/CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER), $1,263,836; Deann Marshall (PRESIDENT OF FOUNDATION), $1,159,992; Mikael Petrosyan (CHIEF, DIVISION OF GENERAL AND THORACIC SURGERY), $1,155,688; Catherine Bollard From 1224 (CHIEF RESEARCH OFFICER), $1,144,074; Nathaniel Beers MD (EVP OF COMMUNITY AND POP HEALTH), $1,101,164; Elizabeth Wells (SVP CENTER OF EXCELLENCE), $1,044,712; Matthew Macvey (CHIEF INFO OFFICER), $993,711; Linda Talley (CHIEF NURSING OFFICER), $991,413; Roger Packer MD (FORMER SVP CENTER OF EXCELLENCE), $871,296; Michelle M McGuire (FMR CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER), $742,577; Kurt D Newman MD (FORMER PRESIDENT / CEO (CNMC)), $684,055; and 3 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Horacio Rozanski (BOARD CHAIRMAN (FROM 6/6/2025)), Barbara Lopez Kunz (BOARD VICE CHAIR (FROM 6/6/2025)), Ramanarayan V Potarazu (BOARD TREASURER (FROM 6/6/2025)), Amy Baier (BOARD MEMBER (FROM 6/6/2025)), Jonca Bull MD (BOARD MEMBER (FROM 6/6/2025)), Toni Bush (BOARD MEMBER (FROM 6/6/2025)), Amy Freeman (BOARD MEMBER), Michael Jones (BOARD MEMBER (FROM 6/6/2025)), Jason Levien (BOARD MEMBER (FROM 6/6/2025)), Carrie Marriott (BOARD MEMBER (FROM 6/6/2025)), Linda Rabbitt (BOARD MEMBER (FROM 6/6/2025)), Jimmy Reyes (BOARD MEMBER (FROM 6/6/2025)), Mark Rouchard (BOARD MEMBER (FROM 6/6/2025)), David Strickland (BOARD MEMBER (FROM 6/6/2025)), Caroline Van Vleck MD (BOARD MEMBER (FROM 6/6/2025)), Michael Ward (BOARD MEMBER (FROM 6/6/2025)), Paul Kalb MD (BOARD VICE CHAIRMAN (THRU 6/5/2025)), Ellie Hamburger MD (BOARD MEMBER (THRU 6/5/2025)), Artencia Hawkins-Bell (BOARD MEMBER (THRU 6/5/2025)), Mary Gen Ledecky (BOARD MEMBER (THRU 6/5/2025)), Amanda Leland (BOARD MEMBER (THRU 6/5/2025)), Marsha Regenstein (BOARD MEMBER (THRU 6/5/2025)), Jerry Stouck (BOARD MEMBER (THRU 6/5/2025)), Ivy Wafford Duke (BOARD MEMBER (THRU 6/5/2025)).
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 134th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 133rd, Baptist Health (Jacksonville), $2,654,184
- Next in this ranking: 135th, TriHealth, $2,633,757
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$495,574 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center$6,979,162 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$1,888,151 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
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).
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.
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.
Children's National Hospital's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $1,777,542,451 and total revenue of $1,872,813,787 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $95,271,336. Expenses were $1,643,677,317 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 8.1%. The CEO's pay of $2,644,721 equals 0.15% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Children's National Hospital filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 15, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.