Kaleida Health CEO salary and executive pay
Kaleida Health paid its CEO, Donald Boyd, $3,764,180 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $399,730 (11.9%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $1,948,879,909, up 15.4% from $1,688,867,937 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Kaleida Health ranks 94th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Kaleida Health has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 16-1533232, Buffalo, NY.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$3,764,180
- Total revenue
- $1,948,879,909
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 67%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202513189349300631.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 60th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.19% 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, 18 people were paid more than $500,000, 7 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Donald Boyd CEO PRESIDENT AND CEO | $3,764,180 |
| Cheryl Klass Chief NurseEXEC/COO/SVP UAHS (AS OF 9/24) | $2,508,278 |
| Robert NesselbushFORMER CEO | $1,431,648 |
| Alyson SpauldingGENERAL COUNSEL | $1,320,315 |
| Matthew DrakeEVP STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIPS | $1,098,184 |
Also paid on the latest return: Michael Mineo MD (EVP, CHIEF MED OFFICER), $1,018,229; Beth Hughes (PRESIDENT BGMC AND GVI), $1,003,074; Michael Hughes (CHIEF ADMIN. OFF (THRU 12/24)), $953,101; Christopher Mallavarapu MD (EMPLOYED PHYSICIAN), $930,245; Judy Baumgartner (SVP PRESIDENT MFS & DEGRAFF MEDICAL), $844,094; Kaveh Vali MD (EMPLOYED PHYSICIAN), $814,955; Victor Filadora II Svp Pres (GREAT LAKES CANCER CARE (THRU 2/24)), $785,745; Hugh Chisholm (EVP CFO), $756,515; Stephen Turkovich MD (SVP PRESIDENT OCH), $755,081; Carroll Harmon MD (EMPLOYED PHYSICIAN), $724,299; Ian Barrett (EVP, CHIEF HUMAN RES OFFIC), $720,807; Marjorie Quint-Bouzid (EVP, CHIEF NURSE EXEC), $553,106; Courtney Starnes (SVP, CHIEF INFO OFF), $553,027; Kelly Corbi (EVP CHIEF OP. OFF. (AS OF 10/24)), $249,371; Muhammed Javed MD (DIRECTOR), $99,333; and 1 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Timothy Adams MD (DIRECTOR), Nicholas J Aquino MD (DIRECTOR (THRU 4/24)), Thomas Beauford (DIRECTOR), Lorrie A Clemo PhD (DIRECTOR), Gary M Crosby (CHAIRMAN), Daniel Magnuszewski (DIRECTOR (AS OF 4/24)), George E Matthews MD (DIRECTOR), William J Maggio Jr (DIRECTOR (THRU 4/24)), Michael McMahon (DIRECTOR), Timothy G McEvoy Esq (DIRECTOR), Paul O'Leary (DIRECTOR), John Persons (DIRECTOR), Christopher Ross (DIRECTOR), Mary Lou Rusin Rd EdD (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 | Donald Boyd CEO PRESIDENT AND CEO | $3,764,180 | $1,948,879,909 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Donald Boyd CEO PRESIDENT AND CEO | $3,364,450 | $1,688,867,937 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Robert Nesselbush CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (UNTIL 9/22) | $3,705,674 | $1,502,415,886 | 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 202513189349300631.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Donald BoydPRESIDENT AND CEO | $3,716,363 | $47,817 | $1,393,496 | $840,000 | $1,482,867 | $27,463 | $20,354 | $3,764,180 |
| Cheryl Klass Chief NurseEXEC/COO/SVP UAHS (AS OF 9/24) | $2,458,755 | $49,523 | $821,017 | $395,040 | $1,242,698 | $41,607 | $7,916 | $2,508,278 |
| Robert Nesselbush*FORMER CEO | $1,431,648 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,431,648 | $0 | $0 | $1,431,648 |
| Alyson SpauldingGENERAL COUNSEL | $1,277,269 | $43,046 | $532,496 | $226,380 | $518,393 | $23,829 | $19,217 | $1,320,315 |
| Matthew DrakeEVP STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIPS | $1,062,575 | $35,609 | $694,696 | $337,440 | $30,439 | $16,175 | $19,434 | $1,098,184 |
These figures come from Kaleida 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 Kaleida Health compares
Ranked 94th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 93rd, John Muir Health, $3,802,506
- Next in this ranking: 95th, LCMC Health, $3,735,208
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Corewell Health$6,952,800 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Hawai'i Pacific Health$1,393,821 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Baystate Health$1,747,717 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Children's Hospital Colorado$4,286,194 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
John Muir Health$3,802,506 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Donald Boyd (PRESIDENT AND CEO) was paid $3,764,180 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $3,716,363 from Kaleida Health and $47,817 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Donald Boyd, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $3,764,180.
Kaleida Health paid its CEO, Donald Boyd, $3,764,180 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $399,730 (11.9%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Robert Nesselbush, paid $3,705,674. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $3,705,674 (Robert Nesselbush); December 2023, $3,364,450 (Donald Boyd); December 2024, $3,764,180.
Kaleida Health's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $1,825,673,406 and total revenue of $1,948,879,909 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $123,206,503. Expenses were $1,652,005,135 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 10.5%. The CEO's pay of $3,764,180 equals 0.21% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Kaleida Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 14, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.