Fairview Health Services CEO salary and executive pay
Fairview Health Services paid its CEO, James Hereford, $5,659,485 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $412,734 (7.9%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $5,326,063,577, up 13.1% from $4,707,970,630 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Fairview Health Services ranks 52nd of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Fairview Health Services has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 41-0991680, Minneapolis, MN.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$5,659,485
- Total revenue
- $5,326,063,577
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 32%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202543149349301849.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 124th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.11% 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, 17 people were paid more than $500,000, 11 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| James Hereford CEO President & CEO | $5,659,485 |
| Laura ReedCOO, end 1-2024 | $2,973,699 |
| Michael Campoli MDPhysician | $2,243,472 |
| Mark WeltonCMO, end 7-2024 | $2,203,699 |
| Joseph GaylordCFO | $2,087,366 |
Also paid on the latest return: Robert Beacher (EVP & Chf Shared Clinical Svcs), $1,684,572; Jeoff Will (EVP, COO), $1,650,134; Mary Nease (Chf People Officer, end 1-2024), $1,576,514; Trudi Trysla (Chf Legal Counsel), $1,570,527; Rohan Lall (Physician), $1,495,129; Sameer Badlani (Chf Digital Officer), $1,461,673; Euthemy Lebrew (EVP & Chf Transformation Officer), $932,623; Andrea Mokros (Chf Public Affairs Officer), $931,088; David Fasching (CFO Pharmacy Services), $914,117; Nadeem Iqbal (Medical Director-Community Neurology), $892,804; Michael Tran MD (Physician), $873,052; Jaya Kumar (CMO), $677,333; Tanja Oquendo (Chief People Officer), $392,431; RIch Ostlund (Chair, END 12-2024), $35,000; Karen Grabow (2nd Vice Chair-end 12-2024), $25,000; and 14 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Jakub Tolar MD (First Vice Chair), Melissa Geller MD (Director), Myron Frans (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 | James Hereford CEO President & CEO | $5,659,485 | $5,326,063,577 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | James Hereford CEO President & CEO | $5,246,751 | $4,707,970,630 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | James Hereford CEO President & CEO | $3,487,618 | $4,357,862,154 | 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 202543149349301849.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| James HerefordPresident & CEO | $4,854,478 | $805,007 | $1,948,464 | $2,156,120 | $749,894 | $786,517 | $18,490 | $5,659,485 |
| Laura ReedCOO, end 1-2024 | $2,902,634 | $71,065 | $43,717 | $872,344 | $1,986,573 | $69,760 | $1,305 | $2,973,699 |
| Michael Campoli MDPhysician | $2,202,189 | $41,283 | $2,119,439 | $76,982 | $5,768 | $13,800 | $27,483 | $2,243,472 |
| Mark WeltonCMO, end 7-2024 | $2,029,863 | $173,836 | $419,441 | $599,102 | $1,011,320 | $163,378 | $10,458 | $2,203,699 |
| Joseph GaylordCFO | $1,862,040 | $225,326 | $1,039,753 | $817,091 | $5,196 | $201,036 | $24,290 | $2,087,366 |
These figures come from Fairview Health Services' 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 Fairview Health Services compares
Ranked 52nd of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 51st, Indiana University Health, $5,720,461
- Next in this ranking: 53rd, Baptist Health South Florida, $5,597,018
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Henry Ford Health$7,081,174 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Scripps Health$3,689,779 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
MultiCare Health System$8,673,258 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
OhioHealth$6,546,210 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Cedars-Sinai$9,076,459 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
James Hereford (President & CEO) was paid $5,659,485 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $4,854,478 from Fairview Health Services and $805,007 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, James Hereford, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $5,659,485.
Fairview Health Services paid its CEO, James Hereford, $5,659,485 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $412,734 (7.9%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was James Hereford, paid $3,487,618. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $3,487,618 (James Hereford); December 2023, $5,246,751; December 2024, $5,659,485.
Fairview Health Services' return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $4,885,812,724 and total revenue of $5,326,063,577 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $440,250,853. Expenses were $4,384,272,662 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 11.4%. The CEO's pay of $5,659,485 equals 0.12% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Fairview Health Services filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 10, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.