Driscoll Children's Hospital CEO salary and executive pay
Driscoll Children's Hospital paid its CEO, Eric Hamon, $2,221,293 for the fiscal year ending August 2025. That is up $237,285 (12.0%) from the fiscal year ending August 2024. Total revenue on that return was $1,456,858,271, up 31.4% from $1,108,868,350 for the fiscal year ending August 2024. Driscoll Children's Hospital ranks 158th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Driscoll 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 74-2577746, Corpus Christi, TX.
CEO, fiscal year ending August 2025
$2,221,293
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending August 2025
$2,429,480Mary D Peterson MDEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & COO
- Total revenue
- $1,456,858,271
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 54%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending August 2025, IRS object ID 202611969349301991.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 84th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.15% 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, 15 people were paid more than $500,000, 2 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Mary D Peterson MDEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & COO | $2,429,480 |
| Eric Hamon CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,221,293 |
| Jennifer R HendersonVP GENERAL COUNSEL CECO | $768,533 |
| Leon I Smith-Harrison MDDIRECTOR | $748,869 |
| Steve E KingCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER - HOSPITAL | $713,341 |
Also paid on the latest return: Abdallah Dalabih (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER), $698,602; Gregory A Ward (CFO, DCHP), $692,818; William H Larsen (VP HUMAN RESOURCES), $686,014; Justin K Box (VP CIO), $638,738; Sean M Pieri (VP DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION), $567,410; Matt Wolthoff (PRESIDENT DCH RGV), $563,830; Jon Roberts MD (director (begin 1/2025).), $558,228; Sarah Garza (VP CLINIC & PHY GROUPS), $551,690; Philip Raine (INPATIENT CLINICAL COORDINATOR), $548,303; Karen C Long (VP CLINICAL OPERATIONS), $536,793; Shane Casady (VP HOSPITAL SUPPORT SERVICES), $476,400; Carol Deline (PAST CHIEF OF STAFF), $469,448; Raghuveer Puttagunta (CMIO), $460,104; Bryce Herrmann (DIRECTOR PERFUSION SERVICES), $447,080; Jeanene R Anthony (VP BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & PLANNING), $443,866; and 2 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Mary D Clark (BOARD CHAIR (BEGIN 1/2025), DIRECTOR), Alex Kirkland (DIRECTOR), Bob Parker (BOARD CHAIR (THRU 12/2024), DIRECTOR), Bob Shockney (DIRECTOR), Chris Comstock MD (DIRECTOR), Diane Decou (DIRECTOR (THRU 12/2024)), Diane Gates (DIRECTOR), Jim Devlin (VICE BOARD CHAIR & SECRETARY (BEGIN 1/1/25), DIRECTOR), Laurie Lozano (DIRECTOR (BEGIN 1/2025)), Leonora Keas (DIRECTOR), Mike Carrell (DIRECTOR), Mulukutla Ramakrishna MD (DIRECTOR (THRU 12/2024)), Paul Daniel Chapa (DIRECTOR), Philip Ramirez (DIRECTOR), Reba Cardenas McNair (DIRECTOR), Tom Dobson (DIRECTOR), Val Lamantia (DIRECTOR), Wes Hoskins (DIRECTOR).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | Eric Hamon CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,221,293 | $1,456,858,271 | Filing |
| Aug 2024 | Eric Hamon CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,984,008 | $1,108,868,350 | Filing |
| Aug 2023 | ERIC HAMON CEO PRESIDENT AND CEO | $1,640,116 | $771,813,517 | Filing |
| Aug 2022 | ERIC HAMON CEO PRESIDENT AND CEO | $8,875,446 | $693,468,758 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending August 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending August 2025, IRS object ID 202611969349301991.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Mary D Peterson MDEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & COO | $2,292,055 | $0 | $137,425 | $732,813 | $174,745 | $1,384,497 | $110,142 | $27,283 | $2,429,480 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Eric HamonPRESIDENT & CEO | $1,960,636 | $0 | $260,657 | $1,307,074 | $507,679 | $145,883 | $235,549 | $25,108 | $2,221,293 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Jennifer R HendersonVP GENERAL COUNSEL CECO | $654,186 | $0 | $114,347 | $455,390 | $110,488 | $88,308 | $83,377 | $30,970 | $768,533 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Leon I Smith-Harrison MD*DIRECTOR | $0 | $687,271 | $61,598 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $537,422 | $94,750 | $55,099 | $33,750 | $27,848 | $748,869 | |||
| Steve E KingCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER - HOSPITAL | $566,479 | $0 | $146,862 | $406,881 | $106,785 | $52,813 | $115,906 | $30,956 | $713,341 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
These figures come from Driscoll 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 Driscoll Children's Hospital compares
Ranked 158th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 157th, UVM Medical Center, $2,235,745
- Next in this ranking: 159th, WakeMed, $2,218,512
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Asante$1,586,721 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Eisenhower Health$2,905,536 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Baptist Health South Florida$5,597,018 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Cape Fear Valley Health$1,561,670 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2024
SSM Health$7,886,813 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Eric Hamon (PRESIDENT & CEO) was paid $2,221,293 for the fiscal year ending August 2025: $1,960,636 from Driscoll Children's Hospital and $260,657 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Mary D Peterson MD (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & COO), at $2,429,480. That is $208,187 more than the CEO, Eric Hamon.
Driscoll Children's Hospital paid its CEO, Eric Hamon, $2,221,293 for the fiscal year ending August 2025. That is up $237,285 (12.0%) from the fiscal year ending August 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending August 2022, when the CEO was ERIC HAMON, paid $8,875,446. By fiscal year end: August 2022, $8,875,446 (ERIC HAMON); August 2023, $1,640,116; August 2024, $1,984,008; August 2025, $2,221,293.
Driscoll Children's Hospital's return for the fiscal year ending August 2025 reports total expenses of $916,288,284 and total revenue of $1,456,858,271 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $540,569,987. Expenses were $696,662,289 for the fiscal year ending August 2024, so they rose 31.5%. The CEO's pay of $2,221,293 equals 0.24% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Driscoll Children's Hospital filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on July 15, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending August 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.