Sharp HealthCare CEO salary and executive pay
Sharp HealthCare paid its CEO, CHRISTOPHER D HOWARD, $2,750,617 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $283,494 (11.5%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Sharp HealthCare ranks 105th of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Sharp HealthCare has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 95-6077327, San Diego, CA.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$2,750,617
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: WILLIAM S EVANS (SVP MARKET CEO), $1,305,353; PATRICIA KHALEGHI (SVP MARKET CEO), $1,277,996; STACEY HROUNTAS (CEO SRS THRU 01/2025), $1,136,830; PAUL DURR (CEO-SCMG), $955,146; WILLIAM LITTLEJOHN (SVP, CEO FOUNDATIONS), $893,563; MELISSA MAJOR (CEO SRS AS OF11/2024), $441,291.
- Total revenue
- $2,192,680,289
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 52%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202622299349302087.View the filing
Peers: the 120 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 58th of 121 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, 15 people were paid more than $500,000, 7 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| CHRISTOPHER D HOWARD CEO PRESIDENT & CEO SHC | $2,750,617 |
| BRETT G MCCLAINCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER SHC | $1,798,710 |
| RICK L GROSSMANSVP GENERAL COUNSEL | $1,451,213 |
| SUSAN GREENEVP & CFO SHC | $1,436,739 |
| WILLIAM S EVANSSVP MARKET CEO | $1,305,353 |
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 | CHRISTOPHER D HOWARD CEO PRESIDENT & CEO SHC | $2,750,617 | $2,192,680,289 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | Christopher D Howard CEO PRESIDENT & CEO SHC | $2,467,123 | $1,758,705,575 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | Christopher D Howard CEO PRESIDENT & CEO SHC | $2,600,643 | $1,904,754,700 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | Christopher D Howard CEO PRESIDENT CEO SHC | $2,421,387 | $2,370,888,826 | 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 202622299349302087.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| CHRISTOPHER D HOWARDPRESIDENT & CEO SHC | $2,732,110 | $18,507 | $1,956,231 | $670,781 | $105,098 | $0 | $18,507 | $2,750,617 |
| BRETT G MCCLAINCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER SHC | $1,780,203 | $18,507 | $1,350,460 | $396,681 | $33,062 | $0 | $18,507 | $1,798,710 |
| RICK L GROSSMANSVP GENERAL COUNSEL | $1,439,711 | $11,502 | $1,118,886 | $268,107 | $52,718 | $0 | $11,502 | $1,451,213 |
| SUSAN GREENEVP & CFO SHC | $1,421,255 | $15,484 | $957,624 | $434,717 | $28,914 | $0 | $15,484 | $1,436,739 |
| WILLIAM S EVANS*SVP MARKET CEO | $1,280,931 | $24,422 | $956,065 | $263,546 | $61,320 | $0 | $24,422 | $1,305,353 |
These figures come from Sharp HealthCare'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 Sharp HealthCare compares
Ranked 105th of 148 hospital systems by CEO pay.
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
HealthPartners (Park Nicollet)$3,838,003 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
St. Elizabeth Healthcare$1,709,972 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
RWJBarnabas Health$8,864,611 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital$1,713,883 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Northeast Georgia Health System$2,489,525 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
CHRISTOPHER D HOWARD (PRESIDENT & CEO SHC) was paid $2,750,617 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $2,732,110 from Sharp HealthCare and $18,507 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Sharp HealthCare ranks 105th of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay.
The CEO, CHRISTOPHER D HOWARD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,750,617. Next was BRETT G MCCLAIN (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER SHC), at $1,798,710. On the latest return, 15 people were paid more than $500,000, 7 of them more than $1 million.
Sharp HealthCare paid its CEO, CHRISTOPHER D HOWARD, $2,750,617 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $283,494 (11.5%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was Christopher D Howard, paid $2,421,387. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $2,421,387 (Christopher D Howard); September 2023, $2,600,643; September 2024, $2,467,123; September 2025, $2,750,617.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Sharp HealthCare filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.