UF Health Shands CEO salary and executive pay
UF Health Shands paid its CEO, Stephen Motew MD, $1,608,122 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. On the return for the fiscal year ending June 2024, the CEO was James J Kelly Jr, paid $1,341,262. Total revenue on that return was $2,996,505,492, up 12.9% from $2,654,559,483 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. UF Health Shands ranks 205th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. UF Health Shands has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 59-1943502, Gainesville, FL.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,608,122
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Marvin Dewar MD JD (UFP CEO/Sr Assoc Dean UF COM), $789,154; Justin Senior (CEO Safety Net Hosp Alliance of FL), $767,995.
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,666,139David Nelson MDDIRECTOR (THRU APRIL 2025) / UF SVP HEALTH AFFAIRS
- Total revenue
- $2,996,505,492
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 6%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631359349309723.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 173rd of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.05% 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, 23 people were paid more than $500,000, 5 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| David Nelson MDDIRECTOR (THRU APRIL 2025) / UF SVP HEALTH AFFAIRS | $1,666,139 |
| Stephen Motew MD CEO VICE CHAIR & DIR / UF HEALTH PRES & SYSTEM CEO | $1,608,122 |
| Jennifer Hunt MDDIRECTOR/Interim Dean, UF College of Medicine | $1,070,160 |
| Gilbert Upchurch MDDirector (Thru April 2025)/UF Dept of Surgery Chair | $1,043,127 |
| Heather LongUF Health SVP and Central Florida Regional President | $1,007,487 |
Also paid on the latest return: Jonathan Licht MD (Director (Thru April 2025)/UF Health Cancer Center Director), $979,793; W Kent Fuchs PhD (DIRECTOR / INTERIM PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA), $929,752; Traci d'Auguste (SVP/COO), $901,796; Li-Ming Su MD (Director (Thru April 2025)/UF Dept of Urology Chairman), $865,489; Timothy Morey MD (DIRECTOR / UF HEALTH CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER), $863,421; Robert Thornton (Sr VP & CFO), $857,435; Gloria Lipori (UF Health SVP & CIO/STHC CDO), $808,624; Shakira Henderson (UF Health Chief Nurse Executive), $794,407; Marvin Dewar MD JD (UFP CEO/Sr Assoc Dean UF COM), $789,154; Justin Senior (CEO Safety Net Hosp Alliance of FL), $767,995; Randall Jenkins ESQ (Secretary/SVP and General Counsel), $638,092; John Davidyock MD (SVP Chief Physician Executive), $621,289; Taylor Jantz (DIRECTOR / UF SVP/CFO through April 2025), $605,682; Edward Daech (UF Health EVP and CHRO), $576,262; James J Kelly Jr (Former INTERIM STHC CEO), $571,313; and 17 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Marsha Powers (Chair, Director), Alan Levine (Director), Anita Zucker PHD (Director (Thru April 2025)), David Mann (Director (Beg April 2025)), E Hunter Beebe (Director), Gregory Lewis (DIRECTOR), Linda Hudson (DIRECTOR (Thru April 2025)), Paul Broadie II PHD (DIRECTOR (Thru April 2025)), Robert J Stilley (DIRECTOR (Beg Nov 2024)), Todd D Neville (Director), Michael Holmes (SVP and Greater Gainesville Regional President (Beg March 2025)).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Stephen Motew MD CEO VICE CHAIR & DIR / UF HEALTH PRES & SYSTEM CEO | $1,608,122 | $2,996,505,492 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | James J Kelly Jr CEO INTERIM STHC CEO (THRU MARCH 2024) | $1,341,262 | $2,654,559,483 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Edward Jimenez CEO CEO (THRU JULY 2022) | $2,938,115 | $2,320,612,965 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Edward Jimenez CEO CEO | $1,668,813 | $2,215,770,804 | 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 202631359349309723.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| David Nelson MD*DIRECTOR (THRU APRIL 2025) / UF SVP HEALTH AFFAIRS | $0 | $1,606,258 | $59,881 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $1,229,335 | $370,800 | $6,123 | $34,466 | $25,415 | $1,666,139 | |||
| Stephen Motew MD*VICE CHAIR & DIR / UF HEALTH PRES & SYSTEM CEO | $1,585,335 | $0 | $22,787 | $1,238,596 | $233,750 | $112,989 | $10,800 | $11,987 | $1,608,122 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Jennifer Hunt MD*DIRECTOR/Interim Dean, UF College of Medicine | $0 | $1,020,210 | $49,950 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $854,132 | $162,406 | $3,672 | $20,006 | $29,944 | $1,070,160 | |||
| Gilbert Upchurch MD*Director (Thru April 2025)/UF Dept of Surgery Chair | $0 | $998,469 | $44,658 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $872,058 | $120,288 | $6,123 | $18,270 | $26,388 | $1,043,127 | |||
| Heather Long*UF Health SVP and Central Florida Regional President | $970,608 | $0 | $36,879 | $574,454 | $158,490 | $237,664 | $20,700 | $16,179 | $1,007,487 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
These figures come from UF Health Shands' 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 UF Health Shands compares
Ranked 205th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 204th, Appalachian Regional Healthcare, $1,622,589
- Next in this ranking: 206th, Asante, $1,586,721
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
UC Health (Cincinnati)$2,068,092 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Seattle Children's$2,856,316 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Wellstar Health System$5,069,923 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Presbyterian Healthcare Services$4,407,510 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
MemorialCare$7,083,129 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Stephen Motew MD (VICE CHAIR & DIR / UF HEALTH PRES & SYSTEM CEO) was paid $1,608,122 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,585,335 from UF Health Shands and $22,787 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was David Nelson MD (DIRECTOR (THRU APRIL 2025) / UF SVP HEALTH AFFAIRS), at $1,666,139. That is $58,017 more than the CEO, Stephen Motew MD.
UF Health Shands paid its CEO, Stephen Motew MD, $1,608,122 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. On the return for the fiscal year ending June 2024, the CEO was James J Kelly Jr, paid $1,341,262. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Edward Jimenez, paid $1,668,813. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,668,813 (Edward Jimenez); June 2023, $2,938,115; June 2024, $1,341,262 (James J Kelly Jr); June 2025, $1,608,122 (Stephen Motew MD).
UF Health Shands' return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $2,823,929,864 and total revenue of $2,996,505,492 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $172,575,628. Expenses were $2,500,956,494 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 12.9%. The CEO's pay of $1,608,122 equals 0.06% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns UF Health Shands filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 15, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.