Wellstar Health System Inc
Marietta, GA · EIN 58-1649541 · Health care · Rank 183 by total revenue
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Money, Form 990 for tax year 2024
- Total revenue
- $3,081,488,520
- Total expenses
- $2,685,321,206
- Total assets
- $7,956,351,569
- Salary base (all salaries and wages)
- $1,537,300,495
- Salaries, other pay and benefits
- $1,785,552,574
- Employees
- 13,516
- Salary base per employee
- $113,739
"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 (30)
| Name | Title | Role | Hours/week | Total pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candice Saunders | President & CEO | Officer | 38 | $5,069,923 |
| Leo Reichert | EVP & General Counsel | Officer | 38 | $1,619,966 |
| Richard Capps | EVP Chief Info & Digital Offcr | Officer | 38 | $1,579,418 |
| David Jones | EVP CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER | Officer | 38 | $1,459,519 |
| Mary Chatman | EVP Acute Care Operations | Officer | 38 | $1,458,099 |
| Kem Mullins | EVP Ambulatory Ops & Bus Dev | Officer | 38 | $1,431,987 |
| Susan Grant | EVP CHIEF NURS EXEC (END 1/25) | Officer | 38 | $1,210,351 |
| Julie Teer | SVP & WELLSTAR FOUNDATION PRES | Officer | 38 | $1,018,339 |
| Beth Kost | SVP Chief Compliance Officer | Officer | 38 | $838,568 |
| Richard Freeman | EVP Chief Phys Ex (as of 7/24) | Officer | 38 | $630,358 |
| John Hatfield | EVP Chf Ex Af Off (as of 5/24) | Officer | 38 | $515,288 |
| John Kerndl | EVP & CFO (AS OF 2/25) | Officer | 38 | None reported |
| Arif Aziz MD | TRUSTEE & PHYSICIAN(End 12/24) | Board | 38 | $962,839 |
| James L Hornsby | TRUSTEE & PHYSICIAN | Board | 38 | $586,869 |
| Paul Douglass MD | TRUSTEE & PHYSICIAN | Board | 38 | $541,432 |
| Frank Ros | Trustee | Board | 1 | $54,889 |
| Mitzi Moore | Trustee | Board | 1 | $40,514 |
| Ed Richardson | Trustee | Board | 1 | $37,753 |
| W Charles Brock | Trustee | Board | 1 | $34,976 |
| O Scott Swayze MD | Trustee | Board | 1 | $33,814 |
| Mark Berry | Trustee | Board | 1 | $31,902 |
| Keith Parker | Trustee | Board | 1 | $31,712 |
| Greg Morgan | Trustee | Board | 1 | $31,708 |
| H Speer Burdette III | Trustee | Board | 1 | $31,111 |
| Edward Tate | Trustee | Board | 1 | $30,481 |
| David Bottoms | Trustee | Board | 1 | $30,129 |
| James L Holmes | Trustee | Board | 1 | $27,901 |
| John McKibben | Trustee | Board | 1 | $27,042 |
| Jay Cunningham | Trustee | Board | 1 | $26,359 |
| Gretchen Corbin Beg 1024 | Trustee | Board | 1 | $1,539 |
Top 10 paid people listed
These 10 people received $20,812,337, which is 1.4% of the $1,537,300,495 salary base shared by 13,516 employees.
| Name | Title | Role | Hours/week | From this org | From related orgs | Other pay | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candice Saunders | President & CEO | Officer | 38 | $4,958,202 | $0 | $111,721 | $5,069,923 |
| Richard Myung | MD Physician Group | Highly paid employee | 50 | $2,428,229 | $0 | $119,997 | $2,548,226 |
| James Burke | MD Physician Group | Highly paid employee | 50 | $1,794,775 | $0 | $110,685 | $1,905,460 |
| Marcus Gates | MD Physician Group | Highly paid employee | 50 | $1,736,645 | $0 | $109,851 | $1,846,496 |
| Jeffrey Donahue | MD Physician Group | Highly paid employee | 50 | $1,573,910 | $0 | $108,259 | $1,682,169 |
| Edward Hsu | MD Physician Group | Highly paid employee | 50 | $1,553,506 | $0 | $89,555 | $1,643,061 |
| Leo Reichert | EVP & General Counsel | Officer | 38 | $1,501,286 | $0 | $118,680 | $1,619,966 |
| Richard Capps | EVP Chief Info & Digital Offcr | Officer | 38 | $1,456,940 | $0 | $122,478 | $1,579,418 |
| David Jones | EVP CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER | Officer | 38 | $1,367,993 | $0 | $91,526 | $1,459,519 |
| Mary Chatman | EVP Acute Care Operations | Officer | 38 | $915,620 | $430,168 | $112,311 | $1,458,099 |
Sources
- IRS e-file return 202611359349308811 (Form 990, period ending 2025-06-30): readable copy at ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 58-1649541
- Organization website (as filed): www.wellstar.org