East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc
Knoxville, TN · EIN 62-6002604 · Health care · Rank 1,592 by total revenue
At etch, children are our only concern, providing the best healthcare to every child served.
Money, Form 990 for tax year 2024
- Total revenue
- $413,764,965
- Total expenses
- $351,919,144
- Total assets
- $740,417,732
- Salary base (all salaries and wages)
- $145,495,975
- Salaries, other pay and benefits
- $181,738,322
- Employees
- 2,543
- Salary base per employee
- $57,214
"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 (35)
| Name | Title | Role | Hours/week | Total pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Schaefer | BOARD MEMBER/PRESIDENT & CEO | Board, Officer | 40 | $1,000,831 |
| Caryn Hawthorne | VP/CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | Officer | 40 | $541,688 |
| Suzanne Rybczynski | VP MEDICAL PROGRAMS | Key employee | 40 | $579,466 |
| Steven Godbold | VP OPERATIONS | Key employee | 40 | $496,735 |
| Robert Bauer | VP HUMAN RESOURCES | Key employee | 40 | $491,262 |
| Adam Cook | VP INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT | Key employee | 40 | $437,716 |
| Kelly Deraney | VP AMBULATORY SERVICES | Key employee | 40 | $391,111 |
| Ron McKinnon | VP INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | Key employee | 40 | $351,653 |
| Ronald J Phillips | VP PATIENT SERVICES/CNO | Key employee | 40 | $319,421 |
| Jeanann Pardue | CHIEF QUALITY OFFICER | Key employee | 40 | $302,798 |
| Catherine Shuck | VP LEGAL SERVICES | Key employee | 40 | $285,854 |
| William Glaze Vaughan MD | BOARD MEMBER | Board | 40 | $732,847 |
| Julia G Arana MD | BOARD MEMBER | Board | 40 | $332,024 |
| Alan S Icenhour | BOARD MEMBER | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Andrea Anne White | BOARD MEMBER | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Barbara Summers MD | BOARD MEMBER | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Brian T Ferguson | BOARD MEMBER | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Bryan Thomas Daniels | BOARD MEMBER | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Cameron J Sears MD | BOARD MEMBER | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Daniel K Carter | VICE CHAIR | Board | 2 | None reported |
| David D Stevens | CHAIRMAN | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Dennis B Ragsdale | BOARD MEMBER - EMERITUS | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Diana Quintero MD | BOARD MEMBER | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Donald H Parnell | BOARD MEMBER - EMERITUS | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Drew Johnson | BOARD MEMBER | Board | 2 | None reported |
| James S Bush | BOARD MEMBER - EMERITUS | Board | 2 | None reported |
| James B Clayton | BOARD MEMBER | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Katherine Ogle | BOARD MEMBER | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Kenneth J Rueter | BOARD MEMBER | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Kim Wood | BOARD MEMBER | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Lisa Rottmann | SECRETARY/TREASURER | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Michael R Ragsdale | BOARD MEMBER | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Morrow Bailey | BOARD MEMBER | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Scott Daniel | BOARD MEMBER | Board | 2 | None reported |
| Victoria Niederhauser | BOARD MEMBER | Board | 2 | None reported |
Top 10 paid people listed
These 10 people received $7,260,319, which is 5.0% of the $145,495,975 salary base shared by 2,543 employees.
| Name | Title | Role | Hours/week | From this org | From related orgs | Other pay | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Schaefer | BOARD MEMBER/PRESIDENT & CEO | Board, Officer | 40 | $872,869 | $0 | $127,962 | $1,000,831 |
| Sumeet Sharma MD | PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGIST | Highly paid employee | 40 | $931,504 | $0 | $43,237 | $974,741 |
| Rhys W Irvine MD | PEDIATRIC UROLOGIST | Highly paid employee | 40 | $792,537 | $0 | $34,487 | $827,024 |
| Quynh Vu Wisniewski MD | PEDIATRICIAN | Highly paid employee | 40 | $731,331 | $0 | $32,951 | $764,282 |
| William Glaze Vaughan MD | BOARD MEMBER | Board | 40 | $703,327 | $0 | $29,520 | $732,847 |
| Eric Jensen MD | PEDIATRIC SURGEON | Highly paid employee | 40 | $664,534 | $0 | $34,487 | $699,021 |
| Daniel Levin MD | PEDIATRIC SURGEON | Highly paid employee | 40 | $636,784 | $0 | $6,900 | $643,684 |
| Suzanne Rybczynski | VP MEDICAL PROGRAMS | Key employee | 40 | $507,936 | $0 | $71,530 | $579,466 |
| Caryn Hawthorne | VP/CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | Officer | 40 | $475,447 | $0 | $66,241 | $541,688 |
| Steven Godbold | VP OPERATIONS | Key employee | 40 | $424,080 | $0 | $72,655 | $496,735 |
Sources
- IRS e-file return 202641349349307309 (Form 990, period ending 2025-06-30): readable copy at ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 62-6002604
- Organization website (as filed): https://www.etch.com