Johns Hopkins Health System CEO salary and executive pay
Johns Hopkins Health System paid its CEO, Kevin W Sowers MSN RN FAA, $2,922,528 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $450,431 (18.2%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $783,774,051, up 10.2% from $711,486,804 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Johns Hopkins Health System ranks 120th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Johns Hopkins Health System has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 52-1465301, Baltimore, MD.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$2,922,528
- Revenue on this return
- $783,774,051
- This is the system's parent filer; the system's largest single return is filed by The Johns Hopkins Hospital (EIN 52-0591656), with $3,757,011,681 in revenue on its latest return.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202601349349303215.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, 36 people were paid more than $500,000, 11 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Kevin W Sowers MSN RN FAA CEO TRUSTEE, PRESIDENT | $2,922,528 |
| Redonda MillerEXECUTIVE | $1,604,454 |
| Inez Stewart MedSR VP, CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER | $1,421,458 |
| James HollandEXECUTIVE | $1,337,875 |
| Cheryl Sadro CPA MSMEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE | $1,291,658 |
Also paid on the latest return: Annemarie Boyan (SR VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL COUNSEL), $1,265,065; Kristy Alicia Schulhof (EXECUTIVE), $1,145,699; Carolyn Carpenter MHA FACHE (PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL CAP REG), $1,128,612; Peter Hill MD (SR VP, MEDICAL AFFAIRS), $1,090,585; Steven Kravet (EXECUTIVE), $1,013,802; Michael L Larson MBA CPA (VP, STRATEGIC FINANCE INITIATIVES), $1,000,065; Jennifer Nickoles Thru 71322 (FORMER OFFICER), $966,551; Sally W Macconnell MBA (SR VP, FACILITIES), $961,864; Deborah J Baker DNP AG-ACNP N (SR VICE PRESIDENT, NURSING), $878,675; Hasan Zia (EXECUTIVE), $866,154; Mohammed Shafeeq Ahmed (EXECUTIVE), $819,692; Anatoly Gimburg (VP, FACILITIES), $746,657; Joann Ioannou DNP MBA (VP, SPECIAL ADVISOR, STRATEGIC INITIATIVES), $709,293; Deanna Hanisch (VP, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER), $692,975; Burton Fuller (VP, CHIEF SUPPLY CHAIN OFFICER), $682,510; and 27 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Janie Elizabeth Bailey (TRUSTEE, VICE CHAIRMAN), Michael Sean Beatty (TRUSTEE), Mary Ellen Beliveau (TRUSTEE), Phillip A Clough (TRUSTEE), Reed Cordish (TRUSTEE), Ronald J Daniels JD LLM (TRUSTEE), Paul J Diaz (TRUSTEE), Theodore Deweese MD (TRUSTEE, CORPORATE VICE CHAIR), Louis J Forster (TRUSTEE, VICE CHAIRMAN), Ina R Drew (TRUSTEE), John Driscoll (TRUSTEE), Joan H Lewis (TRUSTEE), Sarah Miller Coulson (TRUSTEE), J Mario Molina MD (TRUSTEE), Mark Mondello (TRUSTEE), Ray Chip Newton (TRUSTEE), Gary Roughead (TRUSTEE), William Saway MD (TRUSTEE), Charles P Scheeler Esq (TRUSTEE), Kenneth M Stuzin CFA (TRUSTEE), Joseph A Sullivan (TRUSTEE), Mayo A Shattuck III (TRUSTEE, CHAIRMAN), Soraia Angiuoli Appt 122024 (VP, PATIENT & CORPORATE SERVICES), Sarah Johnson Conway MD 52025 (SR VP, OJHP AND PHYSICIAN GROUP PRACTICE), Daniel Brodie MD (VP, CMO FOR CLINICAL CARE OPERATIONS), and 8 more.
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 | Kevin W Sowers MSN RN FAA CEO TRUSTEE, PRESIDENT | $2,922,528 | $783,774,051 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Kevin W Sowers MSN RN FAA CEO TRUSTEE, PRESIDENT | $2,472,097 | $711,486,804 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Kevin W Sowers MSN RN FAA CEO PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE | $3,197,330 | $732,690,126 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Kevin W Sowers MSN RN FAA CEO PRESIDENT, TRUSTEE | $1,930,949 | $619,632,611 | 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 202601349349303215.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Kevin W Sowers MSN RN FAA*TRUSTEE, PRESIDENT | $2,887,047 | $35,481 | $1,634,273 | $684,638 | $568,136 | $22,464 | $13,017 | $2,922,528 |
| Redonda Miller*EXECUTIVE | $1,550,028 | $54,426 | $1,026,555 | $338,494 | $184,979 | $22,464 | $31,962 | $1,604,454 |
| Inez Stewart Med*SR VP, CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER | $1,384,880 | $36,578 | $847,578 | $315,112 | $222,190 | $22,464 | $14,114 | $1,421,458 |
| James Holland*EXECUTIVE | $1,303,792 | $34,083 | $780,740 | $323,100 | $199,952 | $22,464 | $11,619 | $1,337,875 |
| Cheryl Sadro CPA MSM*EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE | $1,274,809 | $16,849 | $1,028,300 | $142,083 | $104,426 | $0 | $16,849 | $1,291,658 |
These figures come from Johns Hopkins Health System'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 Johns Hopkins Health System compares
Ranked 120th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 119th, Tampa General Hospital, $2,944,103
- Next in this ranking: 121st, Eisenhower Health, $2,905,536
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
UMass Memorial Health$4,141,845 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Norton Healthcare$4,115,838 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Penn State Health$3,235,216 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Hartford HealthCare$4,799,936 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Carle Foundation$2,348,482 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Kevin W Sowers MSN RN FAA (TRUSTEE, PRESIDENT) was paid $2,922,528 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $2,887,047 from Johns Hopkins Health System and $35,481 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Kevin W Sowers MSN RN FAA, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,922,528.
Johns Hopkins Health System paid its CEO, Kevin W Sowers MSN RN FAA, $2,922,528 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $450,431 (18.2%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Kevin W Sowers MSN RN FAA, paid $1,930,949. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,930,949 (Kevin W Sowers MSN RN FAA); June 2023, $3,197,330; June 2024, $2,472,097; June 2025, $2,922,528.
Johns Hopkins Health System's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $837,189,860 and total revenue of $783,774,051 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $53,415,809. Expenses were $731,459,648 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 14.5%. The CEO's pay of $2,922,528 equals 0.35% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Johns Hopkins Health System 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.