Lehigh Valley Health Network CEO salary and executive pay
Lehigh Valley Health Network paid its CEO, Brian A Nester Do, $5,806,648 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $2,602,937 (81.2%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $4,266,690,493, up 32.3% from $3,224,416,727 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Lehigh Valley Health Network ranks 50th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. $797,691 of Brian A Nester Do's pay came from related organizations (column E). Lehigh Valley Health Network has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 23-1689692, Allentown, PA.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$5,806,648
- Total revenue
- $4,266,690,493
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 49%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202601329349303385.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 93rd of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.14% 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, 10 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Brian A Nester Do CEO PRESIDENT | $5,806,648 |
| John M Pierro MBAFORMER PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE | $4,128,317 |
| Annette M White EsqFORMER SECRETARY | $2,355,853 |
| Thomas J Marchozzi MBA CPATREASURER | $2,134,545 |
| Michael A Rossi MD MBATRUSTEE | $1,845,470 |
Also paid on the latest return: Martin K Till (FORMER TRUSTEE), $1,695,897; Matthew Schreiber (SVP & CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER), $1,514,133; Edward C Dougherty (SVP & CHIEF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER), $1,399,576; Liv E Vesely MPH MA (SVP & CHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER), $1,207,236; Robert A Begliomini Pharmd MBA (TRUSTEE), $1,013,981; Ronald S Freudenberger MD (PHYSICIAN-IN-CHIEF, CARDIAC INSTITUTE), $988,250; Lynn K Turner (CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER), $924,614; James C Miller Crna Ms MBA (TRUSTEE), $867,779; Timothy J Friel MD (TRUSTEE), $800,862; Rovinder S Sandhu MD MBA (TRUSTEE), $699,703; Robert L Thomas CPA (TREASURER), $635,888; Ranju Gupta MD (TRUSTEE), $615,168; Julie M Macomb Esq (SECRETARY), $471,615; Joseph E Patruno MD (FORMER TRUSTEE), $445,451; Deborah A Bren Do (FORMER TRUSTEE), $415,425; and 2 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Nacho Abia (TRUSTEE), Kirsten H Anthony (TRUSTEE), Beth A Brooke CPA (TRUSTEE), Steven R Follett MBA (CHAIRPERSON/TRUSTEE), Linda V Green PhD (TRUSTEE), Joel C Hoffman (TRUSTEE), Katherine E O'Brien (VICE CHAIRPERSON/TRUSTEE), John D Stanley Esq (TRUSTEE), W Andrew Worthington Esq (TRUSTEE), Susan C Yee (TRUSTEE).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return, or the highest-paid person where no one has a chief executive title.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Brian A Nester Do CEO PRESIDENT | $5,806,648 | $4,266,690,493 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Brian A Nester DoFORMER TRUSTEE (highest-paid; no CEO title listed) | $3,203,711 | $3,224,416,727 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Brian A Nester Do CEO PRESIDENT/CEO, LVHN/TRUSTEE | $2,925,766 | $3,188,280,554 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Brian A Nester Do CEO PRESIDENT/CEO, LVHN/TRUSTEE | $2,997,096 | $2,826,425,586 | 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 202601329349303385.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Brian A Nester DoPRESIDENT | $4,986,812 | $797,691 | $22,145 | $1,881,815 | $2,888,197 | $216,800 | $0 | $10,395 | $4,997,207 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $746,154 | $50,355 | $1,182 | $0 | $11,750 | $809,441 | |||
| John M Pierro MBA*FORMER PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE | $3,659,203 | $0 | $469,114 | $508,228 | $0 | $3,150,975 | $0 | $469,114 | $4,128,317 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Annette M White Esq*FORMER SECRETARY | $1,997,631 | $0 | $358,222 | $997,009 | $468,473 | $532,149 | $0 | $358,222 | $2,355,853 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Thomas J Marchozzi MBA CPA*TREASURER | $2,115,804 | $0 | $18,741 | $1,314,768 | $591,949 | $209,087 | $0 | $18,741 | $2,134,545 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Michael A Rossi MD MBATRUSTEE | $1,827,546 | $0 | $17,924 | $1,151,280 | $441,044 | $235,222 | $0 | $17,924 | $1,845,470 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
These figures come from Lehigh Valley Health Network'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 Lehigh Valley Health Network compares
Ranked 50th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 49th, Baptist Health (Kentucky), $5,838,744
- Next in this ranking: 51st, Indiana University Health, $5,720,461
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Nationwide Children's Hospital$2,187,047 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$5,479,580 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
OSF HealthCare$3,181,962 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Houston Methodist$8,338,578 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute$531,515 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
Brian A Nester Do (PRESIDENT) was paid $5,806,648 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $4,986,812 from Lehigh Valley Health Network, $797,691 from related organizations and $22,145 in other compensation (Part VII columns D, E and F).
The CEO, Brian A Nester Do, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $5,806,648.
Lehigh Valley Health Network paid its CEO, Brian A Nester Do, $5,806,648 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $2,602,937 (81.2%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Brian A Nester Do, paid $2,997,096. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $2,997,096 (Brian A Nester Do); June 2023, $2,925,766; June 2024, $3,203,711; June 2025, $5,806,648.
Lehigh Valley Health Network's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $3,736,279,835 and total revenue of $4,266,690,493 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $530,410,658. Expenses were $3,474,353,928 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 7.5%. The CEO's pay of $5,806,648 equals 0.16% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Lehigh Valley Health Network filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 12, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.