Mohawk Valley Health System CEO salary and executive pay
Mohawk Valley Health System paid its CEO, Darlene Stromstad, $1,012,107 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is down $57,250 (5.4%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $725,330,926, up 49.3% from $485,808,252 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Mohawk Valley Health System ranks 31st of 36 hospitals on this site by CEO pay. Mohawk Valley Health System has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 16-1576637, Utica, NY.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$1,012,107
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending December 2024
$1,720,965Leo P Sullivan MDPHYSICIAN
- Total revenue
- $725,330,926
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 26%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202543219349312159.View the filing
Peers: the 34 other hospitals on this site. Ranked 26th of 35 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, 9 people were paid more than $500,000, 5 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Leo P Sullivan MDPHYSICIAN | $1,720,965 |
| Maurizio A Miglietta MDPHYSICIAN | $1,407,855 |
| Jonathan M Stahl MDPHYSICIAN | $1,213,518 |
| Mark J Crye MDPHYSICIAN | $1,151,003 |
| Darlene Stromstad CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,012,107 |
Also paid on the latest return: Andrew Pellecchia MD (PHYSICIAN), $840,718; Sushma Kaul MD (PHYSICIAN/MED STAFF VP), $804,707; Robert Scholefield (SR VP/COO), $577,110; Louis Aiello (SR VP/CFO), $568,265; Jerome Dayao Dnpmsrnnea-Bcccrn-K (SR VP/CNO), $491,213; William Lecates MD (SR VP/COO), $259,548; Gary D Zimmer MD (SVP/PHYSICIAN PRACTICE AND), $224,339.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Richard Zweifel (CHAIRMAN), Karen Leach (VICE CHAIRMAN), Domenic P Aiello MD (SECRETARY), John Brumstead MD (TREASURER), Richard Tantillo (PHILANTHROPY CHAIR), Joan Compson (DIRECTOR), Norman Siegel (DIRECTOR), Gregory Evans (CHAIR EMERITUS), Catherine Brownell PhD (DIRECTOR), Catherine Cominsky (DIRECTOR), Andrew Kowalczyk III (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 | Darlene Stromstad CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,012,107 | $725,330,926 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Darlene Stromstad CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,069,357 | $485,808,252 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 Amended | Darlene Stromstad CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,205,028 | $392,489,419 | 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 202543219349312159.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Leo P Sullivan MDPHYSICIAN | $1,683,723 | $37,242 | $943,689 | $726,763 | $13,271 | $17,250 | $19,992 | $1,720,965 |
| Maurizio A Miglietta MDPHYSICIAN | $1,370,284 | $37,571 | $1,362,362 | $0 | $7,922 | $10,350 | $27,221 | $1,407,855 |
| Jonathan M Stahl MDPHYSICIAN | $1,194,054 | $19,464 | $1,142,486 | $50,000 | $1,568 | $9,640 | $9,824 | $1,213,518 |
| Mark J Crye MDPHYSICIAN | $1,107,860 | $43,143 | $1,071,735 | $25,000 | $11,125 | $14,305 | $28,838 | $1,151,003 |
| Darlene StromstadPRESIDENT/CEO | $980,574 | $31,533 | $950,118 | $0 | $30,456 | $17,250 | $14,283 | $1,012,107 |
These figures come from Mohawk Valley 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 Mohawk Valley Health System compares
Ranked 31st of 36 hospitals by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 30th, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, $1,145,699
- Next in this ranking: 32nd, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, $977,242
Closest in revenue among the hospitals on this site:
Piedmont Henry Hospital$752,337 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Manning Family Children's$1,393,997 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Union Health$1,928,000 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Freeman Health System$2,115,755 (CEO), fiscal year ending Mar 2025
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center$2,005,364 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Darlene Stromstad (PRESIDENT/CEO) was paid $1,012,107 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $980,574 from Mohawk Valley Health System and $31,533 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Leo P Sullivan MD (PHYSICIAN), at $1,720,965. That is $708,858 more than the CEO, Darlene Stromstad.
Mohawk Valley Health System paid its CEO, Darlene Stromstad, $1,012,107 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is down $57,250 (5.4%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Darlene Stromstad, paid $1,205,028. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $1,205,028 (Darlene Stromstad); December 2023, $1,069,357; December 2024, $1,012,107.
Mohawk Valley Health System's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $754,627,656 and total revenue of $725,330,926 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $29,296,730. Expenses were $480,980,012 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 56.9%. The CEO's pay of $1,012,107 equals 0.13% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Mohawk Valley Health System filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 17, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.