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. Total revenue on that return was $2,192,680,289, up 24.7% from $1,758,705,575 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. Sharp HealthCare ranks 128th of 229 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 44%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202622299349302087.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 102nd 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, 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 |
Also paid on the latest return: Patricia Khaleghi (SVP MARKET CEO), $1,277,996; Stacey Hrountas (CEO SRS THRU 01/2025), $1,136,830; Paul Durr (CEO-SCMG), $955,146; Amy Adome (SVP CHIEF CLINICAL AND TRANSFORMATION OFFICER), $913,033; Susan Stone (SVP HEALTH SYSTEM OPS AND SYSTEM CHIEF NURSING EXEC), $903,006; William Littlejohn (SVP, CEO FOUNDATIONS), $893,563; Michael Reagin (SVP CIIO), $878,392; Alison Fleury (SVP BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT), $825,929; Hripsime Essaian (SVP CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER AS OF 04/01/2024), $812,966; Jolee Bollinger (VP DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL), $775,156; Melissa Major (CEO SRS AS OF11/2024), $441,291; Cynthia Johnson (SVP HR & TALENT MGMT THRU 03/28/2024), $420,728; Stephen Summers MD (DIRECTOR), $39,200; Craig Saffer MD (DIRECTOR), $25,000.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Anthony Costa (CHAIR AS OF 06/01/2025), Eugene Mitchell (CHAIR THRU 05/31/2025), John Wylie (TREASURER), Renetta Haas (SECRETARY AS OF 06/01/2025), Sara Bennett (VICE CHAIR AS OF 06/01/2025), Alan Bier MD (DIRECTOR THRU 12/31/2024), Andy Dang MD (DIRECTOR), Dee Ammon (DIRECTOR AS OF 06/01/2025), Elvin Lai (DIRECTOR), Guillermo Cabrera (DIRECTOR), John Dunn (DIRECTOR), Julie Coker (DIRECTOR THRU 12/31/2024), Lisa Arnold (DIRECTOR), Lori Moore (DIRECTOR), Marc Brutten (DIRECTOR), Margie Newman Tsay (DIRECTOR AS OF 06/01/2025), Marilyn Norton MD (DIRECTOR), Michael Martin MD (DIRECTOR AS OF 01/01/2025), Rebeca Perez-Serrano (DIRECTOR), Regina Petty (DIRECTOR THRU 05/31/2025), Robert Bolinger (DIRECTOR), Sergio Flores MD (DIRECTOR), Stefanie Benvenuto (DIRECTOR AS OF 08/01/2025), Sydney Stanley (DIRECTOR), Valerie Shadroff (DIRECTOR THRU 05/31/2025).
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 128th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 127th, Nebraska Medicine, $2,775,089
- Next in this ranking: 129th, Englewood Health, $2,719,250
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).
The CEO, Christopher D Howard, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,750,617.
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.
Sharp HealthCare's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $2,389,804,092 and total revenue of $2,192,680,289 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $197,123,803. Expenses were $2,198,001,380 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they rose 8.7%. The CEO's pay of $2,750,617 equals 0.12% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Sharp HealthCare 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.