Children's Wisconsin CEO salary and executive pay
Children's Wisconsin paid its CEO, Margaret Troy, $2,658,331 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $391,160 (17.3%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $304,480,868, down 1.2% from $308,039,106 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Children's Wisconsin ranks 132nd of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Children's Wisconsin has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 39-1500074, Milwaukee, WI.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$2,658,331
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Gil Peri (DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT AND CEO CHHS (BEGINNING AUG 2024, filed with the name)), $903,755.
- Total revenue
- $304,480,868
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 98%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202503219349301845.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 3rd of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.87% 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 Children's Hospital of Wisconsin (EIN 39-0812532), 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, 11 people were paid more than $500,000, 4 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Margaret Troy CEO DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT AND CEO CHHS (THROUGH AUG 2024, filed with the name) | $2,658,331 |
| Scott TurnerEVP CHHS & PRESIDENT CHW | $1,984,619 |
| Marc CadieuxTREASURER/SVP & CFO | $1,272,574 |
| Michael Gutzeit MDSVP & PRESIDENT CMG | $1,025,580 |
| Margaret NelsonSVP & PRESIDENT CHW FOUNDATION | $958,352 |
Also paid on the latest return: Gil Peri (DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT AND CEO CHHS (BEGINNING AUG 2024, filed with the name)), $903,755; Mark Rakowski (SVP AND PRESIDENT CCHP), $901,675; Thomas Shanahan (SVP & CHIEF HR OFFICER), $858,877; Leslie Tector JD (SECRETARY/SVP & CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER), $801,256; Karen Timberlake (SVP & PRESIDENT CHILD WELL BEING), $586,932; Amy Herbst (VP BEHAVIORAL & MENTAL HEALTH), $537,917; Angela Johnson (CISO AND INTERIM CIO), $481,104; Monica Ricca (VP REVENUE CYCLE), $480,682; Amy Romashko MD (URGENT CARE MED/PROGRAM DIR), $458,626; Catherine Burns (VP NETWORK STRATEGY & DEV), $454,855; Adam Cook (VP FINANCIAL PLNG & DECISION SUPT), $428,606; Christopher Neuharth (VP EXP & DIGITAL INNOVATION), $421,635; Elizabeth Bedwell (FORMER KEY EMPLOYEE), $380,437; Craig Adams (ACIO VP IS INFRASTRUCTURE), $319,524; Michelle Mettner (FORMER OFFICER), $173,872.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Patrick Hammes (DIRECTOR/CHAIR), Linda Benfield (DIRECTOR/VICE CHAIR), Todd Adams (DIRECTOR), Rupesh Agrawal (DIRECTOR), Nancy Avila Through Sept 2024 (DIRECTOR), Kenneth Bockhorst (DIRECTOR), Tina Chang (DIRECTOR), Matt D'Attilio (DIRECTOR), Todd Endres (DIRECTOR), Ivan Gamboa (DIRECTOR), Kaitie Gannett (DIRECTOR), Kelly Grebe (DIRECTOR), Eve Hall PhD (DIRECTOR), Xia Liu (DIRECTOR), Danielle Machata (DIRECTOR), Ben Melson (DIRECTOR), Tom Precia (DIRECTOR), James Purko (DIRECTOR), John Raymond MD (DIRECTOR), John Reichert (DIRECTOR), Paul Sternlieb (DIRECTOR), Dave Werner (DIRECTOR).
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 | Margaret Troy CEO DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT AND CEO CHHS (THROUGH AUG 2024, filed with the name) | $2,658,331 | $304,480,868 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Margaret Troy CEO DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT AND CEO CHHS | $2,267,171 | $308,039,106 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Margaret Troy CEO DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT & CEO CHHS | $2,032,326 | $284,617,307 | 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 202503219349301845.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Margaret TroyDIRECTOR/PRESIDENT AND CEO CHHS (THROUGH AUG 2024, filed with the name) | $2,589,483 | $0 | $68,848 | $1,409,156 | $610,262 | $570,065 | $25,300 | $43,548 | $2,658,331 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Scott Turner*EVP CHHS & PRESIDENT CHW | $0 | $1,777,327 | $207,292 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $1,364,704 | $234,769 | $177,854 | $143,988 | $63,304 | $1,984,619 | |||
| Marc CadieuxTREASURER/SVP & CFO | $1,134,229 | $0 | $138,345 | $713,591 | $215,665 | $204,973 | $137,499 | $846 | $1,272,574 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Michael Gutzeit MD*SVP & PRESIDENT CMG | $944,672 | $0 | $80,908 | $580,314 | $155,436 | $208,922 | $28,750 | $52,158 | $1,025,580 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Margaret Nelson*SVP & PRESIDENT CHW FOUNDATION | $803,228 | $0 | $155,124 | $508,749 | $159,829 | $134,650 | $91,820 | $63,304 | $958,352 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
These figures come from Children's Wisconsin'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 Wisconsin compares
Ranked 132nd of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 131st, Onvida Health, $2,671,867
- Next in this ranking: 133rd, Baptist Health (Jacksonville), $2,654,184
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Cottage Health$2,100,995 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Baptist Health (Jacksonville)$2,654,184 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Moffitt Cancer Center$2,243,616 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Saint Luke's Health System (Kansas City)$4,448,392 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2023
Deaconess Health System$2,206,787 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
Margaret Troy (DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT AND CEO CHHS (THROUGH AUG 2024, filed with the name)) was paid $2,658,331 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $2,589,483 from Children's Wisconsin and $68,848 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Margaret Troy, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,658,331.
Children's Wisconsin paid its CEO, Margaret Troy, $2,658,331 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $391,160 (17.3%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Margaret Troy, paid $2,032,326. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $2,032,326 (Margaret Troy); December 2023, $2,267,171; December 2024, $2,658,331.
Children's Wisconsin's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $298,640,860 and total revenue of $304,480,868 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $5,840,008. Expenses were $302,457,820 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they fell 1.3%. The CEO's pay of $2,658,331 equals 0.89% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Children's Wisconsin filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 17, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.