Thomas Jefferson University president salary and executive pay
Thomas Jefferson University paid its CEO, Joseph G Cacchione MD FACC, $7,010,762 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $1,262,832 (22.0%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $1,581,285,779, down 2.0% from $1,613,249,283 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Thomas Jefferson University ranks 2nd of 137 universities on this site by CEO pay. Thomas Jefferson University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Also known as Jefferson or TJU.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 23-1352651, Philadelphia, PA.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$7,010,762
- Total revenue
- $1,581,285,779
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 90%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631349349301748.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 13th of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.44% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Thomas Jefferson University's return also reports Jefferson Health executives. Its lead is filed as "TRUSTEE - CEO TJU/JEFF HEALTH"; no one on the latest return has a university president title.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 19 people were paid more than $500,000, 17 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Joseph G Cacchione MD FACC CEO TRUSTEE - CEO TJU/JEFF HEALTH | $7,010,762 |
| Baligh R YehiaMDMPPMScPRESIDENT JEFFERSON HEALTH | $3,720,349 |
| John P MordachTREAS. - EVP/CFO (TERM 2/2025) | $2,905,617 |
| Srinivas Prasad MD MSPROFESSOR & PHYSICIAN | $2,723,764 |
| Jack Jallo MD PhDPROFESSOR & PHYSICIAN | $2,510,867 |
Also paid on the latest return: Bruce A Meyer MD MBA (FORMER KEY EMPLOYEE), $2,485,436; James S Harrop MD (PROFESSOR & PHYSICIAN), $2,477,693; Cristina G Cavalieri Esq (SEC - EVP, CHIEF LEGAL COUNSEL), $2,423,429; Joshua Heller MD MBA (PROFESSOR & PHYSICIAN), $2,158,997; Robert H Rosenwasser MD (PROFESSOR & PHYSICIAN), $2,099,747; Susan C Aldridge PhD (PRESIDENT TJU), $2,021,185; Mark M Whalen (EVP, CSO & CAO), $1,972,174; Stephen T Smith (EVP, CAO), $1,330,680; Lisa Satteson Shrm-Scp (EVP, CHIEF HR OFFicer), $1,292,673; Mark L Tykocinski MD (FORMER KEY EMPLOYEE), $1,249,237; Laurence M Merlis (FORMER KEY EMPLOYEE), $1,240,245; Stephen K Klasko MD MBA (FORMER OFFICER), $1,089,987; Kathleen Gallagher (FORMER OFFICER), $738,936; Michael B Walsh (FORMER KEY EMPLOYEE), $644,013.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Patricia D Wellenbach (CHAIR - TRUSTEE), Leslie J McNamara (VICE CHAIR - TRUSTEE), Michael E Sneed (VICE CHAIR - TRUSTEE), Mary S Austen (TRUSTEE), Mimi Drake (TRUSTEE), Steven R Follett (TRUSTEE), John J Fung MD PhD (TRUSTEE), Lea D Knight (TRUSTEE), Matthew S Levitties (TRUSTEE), John F Malloy PhD (TRUSTEE), Andrew J Morrisroe (TRUSTEE), Debra L Ness (TRUSTEE), Kathy O'Brien (TRUSTEE), Tim O'Rourke (TRUSTEE), Melanie M Penna (TRUSTEE), Ramona Rogers-Windsor (TRUSTEE), Trista M Walker (TRUSTEE), Lawrence S Reichlin (TRUSTEE (TERM 10/2024)), Richard C Sheerr (TRUSTEE (TERM 10/2024)), Thomas J Marchozzi MBA CPA (TREAS.- EVP & CFO (EFF 2/2025)), Brian Nester Do MBA (EVP, COO JEFFERSON HEALTH).
President's pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Joseph G Cacchione MD FACC CEO TRUSTEE - CEO TJU/JEFF HEALTH | $7,010,762 | $1,581,285,779 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Joseph G Cacchione MD FACC CEO TRUSTEE - CEO TJU/JEFF HEALTH | $5,747,930 | $1,613,249,283 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Joseph G Cacchione MD FACC CEO TRUSTEE-CEO OF TJU/JEFF HEALTH | $1,294,743 | $1,666,137,809 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Stephen K Klasko MD MBA President TRUSTEE-PRES/CEO (TERM 12/21) | $5,364,537 | $1,341,009,086 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631349349301748.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Joseph G Cacchione MD FACCTRUSTEE - CEO TJU/JEFF HEALTH | $6,932,295 | $0 | $78,467 | $2,603,871 | $1,833,440 | $2,494,984 | $44,850 | $33,617 | $7,010,762 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Baligh R YehiaMDMPPMScPRESIDENT JEFFERSON HEALTH | $3,159,075 | $0 | $561,274 | $1,741,380 | $1,020,773 | $396,922 | $550,063 | $11,211 | $3,720,349 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| John P MordachTREAS. - EVP/CFO (TERM 2/2025) | $2,830,350 | $0 | $75,267 | $1,312,196 | $822,593 | $695,561 | $44,850 | $30,417 | $2,905,617 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Srinivas Prasad MD MSPROFESSOR & PHYSICIAN | $60,806 | $2,611,051 | $51,907 | $59,096 | $0 | $1,710 | $6,600 | $10,807 | $78,213 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $1,127,212 | $1,483,839 | $0 | $34,500 | $0 | $2,645,551 | |||
| Jack Jallo MD PhDPROFESSOR & PHYSICIAN | $299,663 | $2,112,137 | $99,067 | $260,692 | $0 | $38,971 | $34,450 | $30,117 | $364,230 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $946,633 | $1,165,504 | $0 | $34,500 | $0 | $2,146,637 | |||
These figures come from Thomas Jefferson University'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 Thomas Jefferson University compares
Ranked 2nd of 137 universities by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 1st, University of Pennsylvania, $8,043,343
- Next in this ranking: 3rd, University of Miami, $6,737,344
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Baylor University$3,033,323 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Southern New Hampshire University$1,071,826 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Rice University$2,074,566 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Albert Einstein College of Medicine$16,660,997 (President), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Drexel University$1,880,879 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Joseph G Cacchione MD FACC (TRUSTEE - CEO TJU/JEFF HEALTH) was paid $7,010,762 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $6,932,295 from Thomas Jefferson University and $78,467 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Joseph G Cacchione MD FACC, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $7,010,762.
Thomas Jefferson University paid its CEO, Joseph G Cacchione MD FACC, $7,010,762 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $1,262,832 (22.0%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was Stephen K Klasko MD MBA, paid $5,364,537. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $5,364,537 (Stephen K Klasko MD MBA); June 2023, $1,294,743 (Joseph G Cacchione MD FACC); June 2024, $5,747,930; June 2025, $7,010,762.
Thomas Jefferson University's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $1,535,765,761 and total revenue of $1,581,285,779 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $45,520,018. Expenses were $1,669,559,679 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they fell 8.0%. The CEO's pay of $7,010,762 equals 0.46% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Thomas Jefferson University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 14, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.