Orlando Health CEO salary and executive pay
Orlando Health paid its CEO, David W Strong, $9,439,845 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $860,340 (10.0%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Total revenue on that return was $7,296,589,884, up 51.2% from $4,827,234,371 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. Orlando Health ranks 23rd of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Orlando Health has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 59-1726273, Orlando, FL.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$9,439,845
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Kelly Nierstedt (SVP, OH & PRESIDENT, DOWNTOWN), $1,458,643.
- Total revenue
- $7,296,589,884
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 46%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202632299349302063.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 99th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.13% 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, 13 people were paid more than $500,000, 11 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| David W Strong CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $9,439,845 |
| Jamal A Hakim MDCHIEF PHYSICIAN OFFICER | $3,176,837 |
| Stephen William BurrissCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $3,116,770 |
| Leslie FlakeFORMER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $2,784,999 |
| Erick R HawkinsCHIEF ADMIN OFFICER, OH | $2,432,644 |
Also paid on the latest return: Novlet P Mattis (SVP, OH & CHIEF DGTL INFO OFC), $1,691,370; George A Ralls (SVP, OH & CHIEF MED OFFICER), $1,664,172; Karen L Frenier (SVP, HR & CHIEF NURSE EXEC), $1,652,873; Thibaut Van Marcke De Lummen (SVP, OH & PRES, BAPTIST HEALTH), $1,503,468; Kelly Nierstedt (SVP, OH & PRESIDENT, DOWNTOWN), $1,458,643; Bernadette Spong (INTERIM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER), $1,241,193; Philip Koovakada (SVP, OH & PRES SOUTH REGION), $987,340; Mark A Jones (FOUNDATION SVP/DIR CAPITAL CAM), $880,279; Mike Packnett (BOARD MEMBER, VICE CHAIRMAN), $36,812; Brian Besanceney (BOARD MEMBER, CHAIRMAN), $31,597; Jim Hyler (BOARD MEMBER), $30,787; M Kathryn Garrett MD (BOARD MEMBER), $29,347; Teri Fontenot (BOARD MEMBER), $27,669; David Brown (BOARD MEMBER), $27,304; Dale Jenkins (BOARD MEMBER), $25,875.
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 | David W Strong CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $9,439,845 | $7,296,589,884 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | David W Strong CEO President & CEO | $8,579,505 | $4,827,234,371 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | David W Strong CEO President & CEO | $6,598,709 | $4,224,072,287 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | David W Strong CEO President & CEO | $5,740,815 | $3,766,174,849 | 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 202632299349302063.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| David W StrongPRESIDENT & CEO | $8,827,623 | $612,222 | $2,329,465 | $5,934,410 | $563,748 | $574,669 | $37,553 | $9,439,845 |
| Jamal A Hakim MDCHIEF PHYSICIAN OFFICER | $3,124,700 | $52,137 | $1,025,223 | $1,506,872 | $592,605 | $20,442 | $31,695 | $3,176,837 |
| Stephen William BurrissCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $2,874,509 | $242,261 | $1,155,399 | $1,690,637 | $28,473 | $215,625 | $26,636 | $3,116,770 |
| Leslie Flake*FORMER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $2,603,928 | $181,071 | $881,478 | $1,301,055 | $421,395 | $168,150 | $12,921 | $2,784,999 |
| Erick R HawkinsCHIEF ADMIN OFFICER, OH | $2,271,133 | $161,511 | $889,385 | $1,212,848 | $168,900 | $146,009 | $15,502 | $2,432,644 |
These figures come from Orlando 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 Orlando Health compares
Ranked 23rd of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 22nd, Cleveland Clinic, $9,709,152
- Next in this ranking: 24th, Mass General Brigham, $9,180,758
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Risant Health (Geisinger)$14,295,895 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Novant Health$8,150,937 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Inova Health System$6,579,451 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Northside Hospital$5,944,335 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Memorial Hermann Health System$6,061,094 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
David W Strong (PRESIDENT & CEO) was paid $9,439,845 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $8,827,623 from Orlando Health and $612,222 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, David W Strong, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $9,439,845.
Orlando Health paid its CEO, David W Strong, $9,439,845 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $860,340 (10.0%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was David W Strong, paid $5,740,815. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $5,740,815 (David W Strong); September 2023, $6,598,709; September 2024, $8,579,505; September 2025, $9,439,845.
Orlando Health's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $5,936,375,010 and total revenue of $7,296,589,884 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $1,360,214,874. Expenses were $3,770,378,450 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they rose 57.4%. The CEO's pay of $9,439,845 equals 0.16% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Orlando Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on August 17, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.