Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN · EIN 35-2528741 · Health care · Rank 32 by total revenue
See Schedule O, Form 990, Part III, Line 1
Money, Form 990 for tax year 2024
- Total revenue
- $8,674,383,028
- Total expenses
- $8,258,963,378
- Total assets
- $7,794,199,229
- Salary base (all salaries and wages)
- $3,594,298,203
- Salaries, other pay and benefits
- $4,391,316,563
- Employees
- 38,678
- Salary base per employee
- $92,929
"Salary base" is Form 990 Part IX lines 5 to 7. "Employees" is everyone who got a W-2 that year, full or part time. Form 990-EZ and 990-PF report pay differently; see About the data.
Leadership (27)
| Name | Title | Role | Hours/week | Total pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey R Balser MD PHD | President and CEO | Board, Officer | 60 | $16,481,139 |
| C Wright Pinson MD MBA | Deputy CEO & Chief Health System Officer | Officer | 59.1 | $6,637,915 |
| John F Manning Jr PHD MBA | COO and Corporate Chief of Staff | Officer | 60 | $5,553,898 |
| Cecelia B Moore MHA CPA CHFP | CFO and Treasurer | Officer | 60 | $4,367,104 |
| Doug Mefford JD | General Counsel and Secretary (Beginning 7/1/24) | Officer | 54 | $661,781 |
| Jennifer A Pietenpol PHD | Chief Scientific and Strategy Officer | Key employee | 68 | $2,451,479 |
| Rick Wright MD | CMO and Sr VP for Clinical Affairs | Key employee | 32.5 | $2,190,236 |
| Margaret G Rush MD MMHC | Pres & Exec Med Dir, MCJCH | Key employee | 55.9 | $2,074,741 |
| Zeena M Abdulahad MPA | EVP & Chief Dev Officer | Key employee | 60 | $1,816,593 |
| Amy Schoeny PHD | Chief HR Officer | Key employee | 55 | $1,750,269 |
| Lee Ann Liska MBA | Pres & Chief Oper Off at VUH | Key employee | 60 | $1,686,132 |
| Donald Brady MD | Exec Vice Dean - Aca Affairs & Exec VP - Ed Affairs | Key employee | 50 | $1,444,930 |
| Wendy Monaci MBA | EVP Adult Ambulatory | Key employee | 59 | $1,327,344 |
| Cecelia Theobald MD MPH | Chief of Clinical Staff | Key employee | 60 | $1,044,446 |
| Travis Capers FACHE | President of Vanderbilt Regional Community Hospitals | Key employee | 60 | $833,711 |
| C J Stimson MD JD | EVP for Population Health (Beginning 1/1/24) | Key employee | 50 | $743,084 |
| David Russell | EVP Org Transformation & Chief Strategic Bus Dev Officer (Beginning 9/1/24) | Key employee | 60 | $659,795 |
| Alexander C Taylor | Director | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Colin V Reed | Director | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Daniel Diermeier PHD | Director | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Edith Scott Carell Johnson JD | Director, Chair of Board of Dirs & Exec Comm | Board | 4 | None reported |
| Gail Carr Williams JD | Director | Board | 2 | None reported |
| John F Stein MBA | Director, Vice Chair of Board of Dirs & Chair of Audit & Compl Comm | Board | 3 | None reported |
| John R Ingram MBA | Director | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Lucinda M Baier CPA | Director, Chair of Quality & Safety Com | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Makeba Boatwright Williams MD | Director | Board | 1 | None reported |
| Sara J Finley JD | Director, Chair of Mgmt Dev & Comp Comm | Board | 2 | None reported |
Top 10 paid people listed
These 10 people received $46,990,979, which is 1.3% of the $3,594,298,203 salary base shared by 38,678 employees.
| Name | Title | Role | Hours/week | From this org | From related orgs | Other pay | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey R Balser MD PHD | President and CEO | Board, Officer | 60 | $14,688,567 | $0 | $1,792,572 | $16,481,139 |
| C Wright Pinson MD MBA | Deputy CEO & Chief Health System Officer | Officer | 59.1 | $5,621,867 | $0 | $1,016,048 | $6,637,915 |
| John F Manning Jr PHD MBA | COO and Corporate Chief of Staff | Officer | 60 | $5,018,633 | $0 | $535,265 | $5,553,898 |
| Cecelia B Moore MHA CPA CHFP | CFO and Treasurer | Officer | 60 | $3,892,160 | $0 | $474,944 | $4,367,104 |
| Michael J Regier JD | Former General Counsel and Secretary | Former | 0 | $3,018,841 | $0 | $233,848 | $3,252,689 |
| Jennifer A Pietenpol PHD | Chief Scientific and Strategy Officer | Key employee | 68 | $2,122,970 | $0 | $328,509 | $2,451,479 |
| Rick Wright MD | CMO and Sr VP for Clinical Affairs | Key employee | 32.5 | $1,872,987 | $0 | $317,249 | $2,190,236 |
| Margaret G Rush MD MMHC | Pres & Exec Med Dir, MCJCH | Key employee | 55.9 | $1,794,599 | $0 | $280,142 | $2,074,741 |
| Ginger Holt MD | Professor, Ortho-Oncology | Highly paid employee | 60 | $1,995,013 | $0 | $53,350 | $2,048,363 |
| Byron Stephens II MD MSCI | Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery | Highly paid employee | 60 | $1,888,882 | $0 | $44,533 | $1,933,415 |
Sources
- IRS e-file return 202621279349301822 (Form 990, period ending 2025-06-30): readable copy at ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 35-2528741
- Organization website (as filed): www.vumc.org