Dayton Children's Hospital CEO salary and executive pay
Dayton Children's Hospital paid its CEO, Deborah Feldman, $2,091,992 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $5,053,363 (70.7%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $825,137,568, up 11.3% from $741,335,116 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Dayton Children's Hospital ranks 12th of 36 hospitals on this site by CEO pay. Dayton Children's Hospital has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 31-0672132, Dayton, OH.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$2,091,992
- Total revenue
- $825,137,568
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 61%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202601349349304635.View the filing
Peers: the 34 other hospitals on this site. Ranked 14th of 35 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.25% 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, 9 people were paid more than $500,000, 3 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Deborah Feldman CEO CEO | $2,091,992 |
| Adam Mezoff MDCMO | $1,303,075 |
| Chris BergmanCFO | $1,069,022 |
| Charles KidwellCHIEF LEGAL OFFICER | $641,378 |
| Benjamin GoodsteinVP & CHIEF AMBULATORY OFFICER | $630,117 |
Also paid on the latest return: Gogi Kumar (TRUSTEE), $623,265; Cindy Burger (VP & CHIEF EXPERIENCE OFFICER), $615,340; Kelly Kavanaugh (VP & CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER), $571,168; Vipul Patel MD (TRUSTEE (UNTIL 11/2024)), $539,963; Jayne Gmeiner (VP & CHIEF NURSING OFFICER), $481,400; Merrilee Cox (TRUSTEE (UNTIL 11/2024)), $333,611.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Michael McQuiston (CHAIR), Todd Pleiman (VICE CHAIR), David C Melin (SECRETARY/TREASURER), Helen Jones-Kelley (ASSISTANT SECRETARY/TREASURER), Mamle Anim MD (TRUSTEE), Mark Chilson (TRUSTEE (UNTIL 11/2024)), Rob Connelly (TRUSTEE), Carly Cox (TRUSTEE), Nick Endsley (TRUSTEE), Anthony R Kenney (TRUSTEE (UNTIL 05/2025)), Manoj Kumar (TRUSTEE), Jamie McGregor (TRUSTEE), Leslie C Miller (TRUSTEE), Patrick Prikkel (TRUSTEE), Charlynda Scales (TRUSTEE), Mark Shaker (TRUSTEE), David Taylor (TRUSTEE), James Whalen (TRUSTEE).
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 | Deborah Feldman CEO CEO | $2,091,992 | $825,137,568 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Deborah Feldman CEO CEO | $7,145,355 | $741,335,116 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Deborah Feldman CEO CEO | $2,068,730 | $651,323,624 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Deborah Feldman CEO CEO | $1,944,238 | $639,247,722 | 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 202601349349304635.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Deborah FeldmanCEO | $1,684,727 | $407,265 | $1,325,885 | $301,204 | $57,638 | $396,246 | $11,019 | $2,091,992 |
| Adam Mezoff MDCMO | $875,879 | $427,196 | $750,833 | $86,117 | $38,929 | $403,092 | $24,104 | $1,303,075 |
| Chris BergmanCFO | $737,889 | $331,133 | $631,667 | $72,413 | $33,809 | $296,940 | $34,193 | $1,069,022 |
| Charles KidwellCHIEF LEGAL OFFICER | $583,585 | $57,793 | $510,207 | $58,360 | $15,018 | $20,400 | $37,393 | $641,378 |
| Benjamin GoodsteinVP & CHIEF AMBULATORY OFFICER | $571,845 | $58,272 | $511,159 | $57,524 | $3,162 | $21,029 | $37,243 | $630,117 |
These figures come from Dayton Children's 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 Dayton Children's Hospital compares
Ranked 12th of 36 hospitals by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 11th, Freeman Health System, $2,115,755
- Next in this ranking: 13th, CaroMont Health, $2,074,421
Closest in revenue among the hospitals on this site:
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center$3,198,225 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
CaroMont Health$2,074,421 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2024
Pikeville Medical Center$1,738,038 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Altru Health System$1,330,342 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Children's Nebraska$2,195,461 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Deborah Feldman (CEO) was paid $2,091,992 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,684,727 from Dayton Children's Hospital and $407,265 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Deborah Feldman, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,091,992.
Dayton Children's Hospital paid its CEO, Deborah Feldman, $2,091,992 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $5,053,363 (70.7%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Deborah Feldman, paid $1,944,238. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,944,238 (Deborah Feldman); June 2023, $2,068,730; June 2024, $7,145,355; June 2025, $2,091,992.
Dayton Children's Hospital's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $661,481,132 and total revenue of $825,137,568 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $163,656,436. Expenses were $618,966,034 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 6.9%. The CEO's pay of $2,091,992 equals 0.32% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Dayton Children's Hospital filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 14, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.