Rochester Regional Health CEO salary and executive pay
Rochester Regional Health paid its CEO, Richard Davis PhD, $4,013,008 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $875,920 (27.9%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $1,742,626,515, up 10.1% from $1,582,335,063 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Rochester Regional Health ranks 87th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. $3,016,542 of Richard Davis PhD's pay came from related organizations (column E). Rochester Regional Health has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 16-0743134, Rochester, NY.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$4,013,008
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Tammy Snyder (PRESIDENT), $701,357.
- Total revenue
- $1,742,626,515
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 76%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202543519349300629.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 44th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.23% 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, 11 people were paid more than $500,000, 9 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Richard Davis PhD CEO CEO | $4,013,008 |
| Timothy WagerPHYSICIAN | $2,078,918 |
| Thomas CrillyCFO | $1,716,135 |
| Gordon WhitbeckPHYSICIAN | $1,595,573 |
| Jennifer EslingerCOO | $1,548,390 |
Also paid on the latest return: Ryan Lydon (PHYSICIAN), $1,497,903; Gian Vinelli (PHYSICIAN), $1,410,162; Rami Elshaar (PHYSICIAN), $1,337,582; Hugh Thomas (FORMER CAO), $1,082,560; Tammy Snyder (PRESIDENT), $701,357; Charles Whipple (GENERAL COUNSEL), $583,406; Marcy C Mulconry MD (DIRECTOR), $484,907; Christian Casini (ASSISTANT SECRETARY), $419,490; Rania Ayyad MD (DIRECTOR), $334,083; Laurie Lerner MD (MEDICAL STAFF PRESIDENT), $141,971; Tricia Gatlin Ph D RN (CHAIR OF THE BOARD), $23,681.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Leon T Sawyko (DIRECTOR), Jeffrey C Mapstone (TREASURER), Julia Tedesco (SECRETARY), Linda Becker (DIRECTOR), Mike Cicero (DIRECTOR), Walter Larkin (DIRECTOR), Karen M Gallina (DIRECTOR), Kathy Vaeth Ph D (VICE CHAIR), Sara Kelly PhD (DIRECTOR), Ernest Lamour (DIRECTOR), Adam Zinkin MD (MEDICAL STAFF PRESIDENT).
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 Amended | Richard Davis PhD CEO CEO | $4,013,008 | $1,742,626,515 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Richard Davis PhD CEO CEO | $3,137,088 | $1,582,335,063 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Richard Davis PhD CEO CEO | $1,305,227 | $1,343,816,477 | 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 202543519349300629.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Richard Davis PhD*CEO | $933,691 | $3,016,542 | $62,775 | $426,107 | $507,584 | $0 | $12,644 | $2,194 | $948,529 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $1,376,654 | $1,639,888 | $0 | $40,850 | $7,087 | $3,064,479 | |||
| Timothy WagerPHYSICIAN | $2,070,769 | $0 | $8,149 | $1,686,271 | $384,498 | $0 | $3,126 | $5,023 | $2,078,918 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Thomas Crilly*CFO | $385,630 | $1,245,880 | $84,625 | $187,530 | $197,699 | $401 | $17,769 | $2,233 | $405,632 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $605,866 | $638,720 | $1,294 | $57,409 | $7,214 | $1,310,503 | |||
| Gordon WhitbeckPHYSICIAN | $1,497,483 | $0 | $98,090 | $900,999 | $596,484 | $0 | $84,675 | $13,415 | $1,595,573 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Jennifer Eslinger*COO | $411,235 | $1,096,628 | $40,527 | $221,953 | $189,282 | $0 | $7,906 | $3,147 | $422,288 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $591,875 | $504,753 | $0 | $21,082 | $8,392 | $1,126,102 | |||
These figures come from Rochester Regional 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 Rochester Regional Health compares
Ranked 87th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 86th, Methodist Health System (Dallas), $4,078,719
- Next in this ranking: 88th, University of Maryland Medical System, $3,940,617
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Phoenix Children's Hospital$3,558,771 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago$2,617,499 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Rady Children's Health$2,563,540 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Hennepin Healthcare$1,007,646 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Willis-Knighton Medical Center$1,235,962 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
Richard Davis PhD (CEO) was paid $4,013,008 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $933,691 from Rochester Regional Health, $3,016,542 from related organizations and $62,775 in other compensation (Part VII columns D, E and F).
The CEO, Richard Davis PhD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $4,013,008.
Rochester Regional Health paid its CEO, Richard Davis PhD, $4,013,008 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $875,920 (27.9%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Richard Davis PhD, paid $1,305,227. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $1,305,227 (Richard Davis PhD); December 2023, $3,137,088; December 2024, $4,013,008.
Rochester Regional Health's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $1,755,613,794 and total revenue of $1,742,626,515 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $12,987,279. Expenses were $1,572,451,314 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 11.6%. The CEO's pay of $4,013,008 equals 0.23% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Rochester Regional Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on December 17, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.