Northeast Georgia Health System CEO salary and executive pay
Northeast Georgia Health System paid its CEO, Carol Burrell, $2,489,525 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $150,208 (6.4%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Total revenue on that return was $2,231,786,507, up 5.5% from $2,114,588,117 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. Northeast Georgia Health System ranks 146th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Northeast Georgia Health System has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 58-1694098, Gainesville, GA.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$2,489,525
- Total revenue
- $2,231,786,507
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 36%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202622269349302772.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 118th 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, 14 people were paid more than $500,000, 4 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Carol Burrell CEO PRESIDENT & CEO (ENDED 5/25) | $2,489,525 |
| Michael CovertFORMER CHIEF OPER. OFFICER | $1,811,122 |
| Brian D SteinesCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $1,274,768 |
| John KuevenCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, MEMBER | $1,126,134 |
| Vikram ReddyCHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER - NGHS, PHYSICIAN | $997,137 |
Also paid on the latest return: Melissa Tymchuk (CHIEF OF STAFF & STRATEGY OFFICER - NGHS), $841,520; John A Williamson (PRESIDENT NGMC BRASELTON), $820,977; John Delzell Jr (VP MEDICAL EDUCATION - NGMC), $761,037; Diane Poirot (CHIEF HR OFFICER - NGHS), $721,201; Konstantin Zubelevitskiy (MEDICAL DIRECTOR, PHYSICIAN), $707,866; Nelson Royall (PHYSICIAN, PROGRAM DIRECTOR - GME), $662,662; Stuart Downs (CHIEF NURSING EXECUTIVE), $637,960; Amy Marsh (VP - PERIOPERATIVE SERVICES), $611,343; Martin Austin (MEDICAL DIRECTOR, PHYSICIAN - NGMC), $521,876; Stephen Kelly (CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER), $479,938; Krupa Desai (MEDICAL DIRECTOR, PHYSICIAN - NGMC), $469,150; Jeremy Walker (PHYSICIAN - NGPG, MEDICAL DIRECTOR), $433,902; Pete Williams (PHYSICIAN - NGPG), $395,225; Darlene Sweet (FORMER VP - GEORGIA HEART INSTITUTE), $338,606; Tracy Vardeman (FORMER CHIEF STRATEGY EXECUTIVE - NGHS), $227,271.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Andrew Davenport (MEMBER), Camille Viera-Hewell (MEMBER), Jenny Floyd (VICE CHAIR), Martha Randolph (MEMBER), Semuel Maysonet (CHAIR), Stephen Samuel (MEMBER), Trey McPhaul (MEMBER), Matt Hanley (PRESIDENT & CEO (BEGIN 3/25)).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Carol Burrell CEO PRESIDENT & CEO (ENDED 5/25) | $2,489,525 | $2,231,786,507 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | Carol Burrell CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,339,317 | $2,114,588,117 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | Carol Burrell CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,764,333 | $2,021,957,798 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 Amended | Carol Burrell CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,758,596 | $1,770,024,338 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending September 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202622269349302772.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Carol Burrell*PRESIDENT & CEO (ENDED 5/25) | $2,404,552 | $84,973 | $1,458,774 | $630,000 | $315,778 | $55,218 | $29,755 | $2,489,525 |
| Michael Covert*FORMER CHIEF OPER. OFFICER | $1,784,964 | $26,158 | $204,431 | $131,279 | $1,449,254 | $9,173 | $16,985 | $1,811,122 |
| Brian D Steines*CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $1,122,216 | $152,552 | $680,607 | $339,482 | $102,127 | $116,118 | $36,434 | $1,274,768 |
| John KuevenCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, MEMBER | $999,194 | $126,940 | $715,259 | $235,425 | $48,510 | $92,702 | $34,238 | $1,126,134 |
| Vikram Reddy*CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER - NGHS, PHYSICIAN | $873,865 | $123,272 | $603,190 | $229,028 | $41,647 | $87,639 | $35,633 | $997,137 |
These figures come from Northeast Georgia 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 Northeast Georgia Health System compares
Ranked 146th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 145th, Albany Med Health System, $2,495,953
- Next in this ranking: 147th, Mary Washington Healthcare, $2,477,935
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital$1,713,883 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Sharp HealthCare$2,750,617 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Endeavor Health$5,191,626 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Cone Health$1,678,281 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2024
Community Health Network$3,879,760 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Carol Burrell (PRESIDENT & CEO (ENDED 5/25)) was paid $2,489,525 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $2,404,552 from Northeast Georgia Health System and $84,973 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Carol Burrell, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,489,525.
Northeast Georgia Health System paid its CEO, Carol Burrell, $2,489,525 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $150,208 (6.4%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was Carol Burrell, paid $1,758,596. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $1,758,596 (Carol Burrell); September 2023, $1,764,333; September 2024, $2,339,317; September 2025, $2,489,525.
Northeast Georgia Health System's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $1,989,940,406 and total revenue of $2,231,786,507 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $241,846,101. Expenses were $1,817,184,564 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they rose 9.5%. The CEO's pay of $2,489,525 equals 0.13% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Northeast Georgia Health System filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on August 14, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.