ECU Health CEO salary and executive pay
ECU Health paid its CEO, Michael Waldrum MD, $2,152,599 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $406,698 (23.3%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Total revenue on that return was $457,914,887, up 14.1% from $401,268,193 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. ECU Health ranks 166th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. ECU Health has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 56-2141073, Greenville, NC.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$2,152,599
- Revenue on this return
- $457,914,887
- This is the system's parent filer; the system's largest single return is filed by Pitt County Memorial Hospital (EIN 56-0585243), with $2,223,240,973 in revenue on its latest return.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202622229349301532.View the filing
Revenue is Part I, line 12. Pay as a share of revenue and the peer comparison are not shown for a parent filer.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 20 people were paid more than $500,000, 3 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Michael Waldrum MD CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $2,152,599 |
| William FloydCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $1,359,755 |
| Andy ZukowskiCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $1,092,370 |
| Niti Armistead MDCHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER & CHIEF QUALITY OFFICER | $963,517 |
| Jay BrileyPRESIDENT, ECU HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER | $898,969 |
Also paid on the latest return: Donnette Herring (CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER), $822,081; Ryan Hickey (CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER), $801,975; Trish Baise (CHIEF NURSE EXECUTIVE), $794,451; Jennifer Markham (CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER), $772,598; Richard Medford (CHIEF MEDICAL INFORMATION OFFICER), $737,427; Van Smith (PRESIDENT, ECU HEALTH COMMUNITY HOSPITALS), $732,620; Julie Oehlert (CHIEF EXPERIENCE OFFICER), $694,614; Joseph Pye (CHIEF MED OFF-AMB QUAL POP HTH), $598,906; Brian Dunn (SVP, FINANCIAL SERVICES), $567,787; Kelly Weatherly (CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER), $553,826; Vicki Haddock (FORMER KEY EMPLOYEE), $533,052; Michelle Taylor (VP, FINANCIAL SVCS-OPERATIONS), $515,475; David Michael (FORMER KEY EMPLOYEE), $506,532; Dean Miner (ASSOCIATE CMIO, AMBULATORY), $504,852; Teresa Anderson (SVP QUALITY), $500,441; and 7 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Andy Tewari MD (VICE CHAIRMAN), Bob Greczyn (CHAIRMAN), Diane Taylor (BOARD MEMBER), Ernie Evans (BOARD MEMBER), Jimmy Garris (TREASURER), Marcus Albernaz MD (ASSISTANT SECRETARY), Philip Rogers (BOARD MEMBER), Shirley Carraway (BOARD MEMBER (THRU 12/24)), Tony Khoury (BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 03/25)), Vern Davenport (BOARD MEMBER), William Monk Jr (BOARD MEMBER).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Michael Waldrum MD CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $2,152,599 | $457,914,887 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | Michael Waldrum MD CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $1,745,901 | $401,268,193 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | Michael Waldrum CEO Chief Executive Officer | $1,778,216 | $307,032,884 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | Michael Waldrum CEO Chief Executive Officer | $1,664,789 | $291,812,105 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending September 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202622229349301532.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Michael Waldrum MDCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $1,759,349 | $0 | $393,250 | $1,011,508 | $729,088 | $18,753 | $341,625 | $51,625 | $2,152,599 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| William FloydCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $1,063,343 | $0 | $296,412 | $834,288 | $229,055 | $0 | $230,679 | $48,238 | $1,342,260 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $14,859 | $2,636 | $17,495 | |||
| Andy ZukowskiCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $902,109 | $0 | $190,261 | $704,511 | $197,598 | $0 | $142,069 | $48,192 | $1,092,370 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Niti Armistead MDCHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER & CHIEF QUALITY OFFICER | $771,115 | $0 | $192,402 | $600,387 | $170,728 | $0 | $142,545 | $49,857 | $963,517 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Jay Briley*PRESIDENT, ECU HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER | $0 | $696,480 | $202,489 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $9,213 | $2,667 | $11,880 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $539,950 | $156,530 | $0 | $147,012 | $43,597 | $887,089 | |||
These figures come from ECU Health'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 ECU Health compares
Ranked 166th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 165th, Valley Health System (Virginia), $2,166,144
- Next in this ranking: 167th, St. Luke's Health System (Idaho), $2,104,597
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
FMOL Health$1,212,532 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Northern Light Health$1,659,381 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Bronson Healthcare$3,569,592 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
INTEGRIS Health$3,100,107 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Carilion Clinic$2,205,266 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
Michael Waldrum MD (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER) was paid $2,152,599 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $1,759,349 from ECU Health and $393,250 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Michael Waldrum MD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,152,599.
ECU Health paid its CEO, Michael Waldrum MD, $2,152,599 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $406,698 (23.3%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was Michael Waldrum, paid $1,664,789. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $1,664,789 (Michael Waldrum); September 2023, $1,778,216; September 2024, $1,745,901; September 2025, $2,152,599.
ECU Health's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $480,641,032 and total revenue of $457,914,887 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $22,726,145. Expenses were $438,691,191 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they rose 9.6%. The CEO's pay of $2,152,599 equals 0.45% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns ECU Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on August 10, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.