WakeMed CEO salary and executive pay
WakeMed paid its CEO, Donald Gintzig, $2,218,512 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $313,330 (16.4%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Total revenue on that return was $2,599,042,078, up 13.1% from $2,298,360,002 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. WakeMed ranks 159th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. WakeMed has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 56-6017737, Raleigh, NC.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$2,218,512
- Total revenue
- $2,599,042,078
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 21%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202642299349302219.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 144th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.09% 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, 9 people were paid more than $500,000, 6 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Donald Gintzig CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,218,512 |
| Ashish Patel MDPHYSICIAN | $1,686,813 |
| Bryon Boulton MDPHYSICIAN | $1,526,300 |
| Judson Williams MDPHYSICIAN | $1,415,728 |
| Kevin Manocha MDPHYSICIAN | $1,349,908 |
Also paid on the latest return: Timothy Harris MD (PHYSICIAN), $1,344,435; Thomas Gough (EVP & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER), $704,007; Seth Brody MD (EVP, CHIEF PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVE), $703,294; Rebecca Andrews (SVP & ADMINISTRATOR RALEIGH), $562,033; Charles Harr MD (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, RALEIGH), $494,013; Cynthia Alness-Boily (SVP, OPERATIONS & CNO), $490,436; Stephanie Sessoms (EVP & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER), $467,612; Carolyn Knaup (SVP, STRATEGIC VENTURES & AMBULATORY OPERATIONS), $462,388; John Perry MD (VP, MEDICAL INFORMATION), $458,529; Peter Marks (VP & CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER), $458,216; Rick Shrum (VP & CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER), $445,798; Karen Chilton MD (SVP & CHIEF QUALITY OFFICER), $444,997; Karen Bash MD (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, NORTH), $424,061; Valerie Barlow (SVP & ADMINISTRATOR NORTH), $420,260; Micah Krempasky MD (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, MENTAL HEALTH & WELL-BEING), $416,847; and 11 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Christina Alvarado Shanahan (BOARD MEMBER), Dan Blue III (BOARD MEMBER), Fred Anderson (BOARD MEMBER), J Blount Williams (BOARD MEMBER), James Anthony Penry (BOARD MEMBER), Keemia Shaw (BOARD MEMBER), Laura K Helton MD (BOARD MEMBER), Margaret Bratton (BOARD MEMBER, VICE CHAIR), Mary Nash Rusher (BOARD MEMBER, SECRETARY), Michael Painter (BOARD MEMBER), Peter M Scott III (BOARD MEMBER), Robert C Rice Jr (BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL 5/25/2025)), Satish Garimella (BOARD MEMBER), Sonia Barnes (BOARD MEMBER), Thad L McDonald MD (BOARD MEMBER, CHAIR).
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 | Donald Gintzig CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,218,512 | $2,599,042,078 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | Donald Gintzig CEO President & CEO | $1,905,182 | $2,298,360,002 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | DONALD GINTZIG CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,939,598 | $2,067,993,368 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | Donald Gintzig CEO President & CEO | $2,038,125 | $1,905,941,318 | 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 202642299349302219.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Donald GintzigPRESIDENT & CEO | $2,193,903 | $24,609 | $1,386,023 | $735,700 | $72,180 | $20,700 | $3,909 | $2,218,512 |
| Ashish Patel MDPHYSICIAN | $1,631,093 | $55,720 | $806,502 | $822,517 | $2,074 | $20,700 | $35,020 | $1,686,813 |
| Bryon Boulton MDPHYSICIAN | $1,473,309 | $52,991 | $1,140,071 | $331,528 | $1,710 | $20,700 | $32,291 | $1,526,300 |
| Judson Williams MDPHYSICIAN | $1,362,737 | $52,991 | $1,018,803 | $342,836 | $1,098 | $20,700 | $32,291 | $1,415,728 |
| Kevin Manocha MDPHYSICIAN | $1,324,127 | $25,781 | $448,253 | $875,461 | $413 | $11,340 | $14,441 | $1,349,908 |
These figures come from WakeMed'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 WakeMed compares
Ranked 159th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 158th, Driscoll Children's Hospital, $2,221,293
- Next in this ranking: 160th, Deaconess Health System, $2,206,787
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Community Health System (Fresno)$1,767,621 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Cooper University Health Care$3,398,140 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Methodist Health System (Dallas)$4,078,719 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Children's Health (Dallas)$4,345,262 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center$2,598,413 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Donald Gintzig (PRESIDENT & CEO) was paid $2,218,512 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $2,193,903 from WakeMed and $24,609 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Donald Gintzig, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,218,512.
WakeMed paid its CEO, Donald Gintzig, $2,218,512 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $313,330 (16.4%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was Donald Gintzig, paid $2,038,125. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $2,038,125 (Donald Gintzig); September 2023, $1,939,598; September 2024, $1,905,182; September 2025, $2,218,512.
WakeMed's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $2,484,650,746 and total revenue of $2,599,042,078 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $114,391,332. Expenses were $2,286,777,227 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they rose 8.7%. The CEO's pay of $2,218,512 equals 0.09% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns WakeMed 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.