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G E N E R A L I N T E R E S T F O C U S
Highest-paid nonprofit
chief executives
Ranked by total compensation for most recent fiscal year available
Name/
current title Organization Fiscal year
Total
compensation Salary
Organization's
annual revenue
1
Eric W. Dickson
president & CEO
UMass Memorial Health Care Inc.
306 Belmont St., Worcester 01604
508-334-0496 • www.umassmemorialhealthcare.org
Oct. 1, 2014 to
Sept. 30, 2015
$1,604,368 $773,029 $2,577,579,491
2
W. Patrick Hughes *
former president & CEO
Fallon Health Inc.
10 Chestnut St., Worcester 01608
508-799-2100 • www.fchp.org
Jan. 1, 2014 to
Dec. 31, 2014 **
$1,124,031 $603,059 $1,095,830,174
3
Edward H. Moore
president & CEO
Harrington Memorial Hospital Inc.
100 South St., Southbridge 01550
508-765-3010 • www.harringtonhospital.org
Oct. 1, 2014 to
Sept. 30, 2015
$849,248 $438,795 $127,670,339
4
Winfield S. Brown
president & CEO
Heywood Hospital
242 Green St., Gardner 01440
978-632-3420 • www.heywood.org
Oct. 1, 2014 to
Sept. 30, 2015
$833,291 $452,447 $112,617,777
5
Francis M. Saba ***
former CEO
Milford Regional Medical Center
14 Prospect St., Milford 01757
508-473-1190 • www.milfordregional.org
Oct. 1, 2014 to
Sept. 30, 2015
$766,029 $485,966 $203,999,102
6
David A. Jordan
president & CEO
Seven Hills Foundation and Affiliates
81 Hope Ave., Worcester 01603
508-755-2340 • www.sevenhills.org
July 1, 2014 to
June 30, 2015
$735,932 $327,843 $188,321,856
7
Paula M. Rooney
president
Dean College
99 Main St., Franklin 02038
508-541-1900 • www.dean.edu
June 1, 2014 to
May 31, 2015
$596,905 $361,250 $57,930,653
8
Edward J. Kelly ****
president & CEO
Milford Regional Medical Center
14 Prospect St., Milford 01757
508-473-1190 • www.milfordregional.org
Oct. 1, 2014 to
Sept. 30, 2015
$568,590 $431,882 $203,999,102
9
Susan West Engelkemeyer
president
Nichols College
129 Center Road, Dudley 01571
508-213-1560 • www.nichols.edu
July 1, 2014 to
June 30, 2015
$543,404 $479,258 $58,916,941
10
Robert E. Johnson
president
Becker College
61 Sever St., Worcester 01609
508-791-9241 • www.becker.edu
July 1, 2014 to
June 30, 2015
$505,363 $408,072 $65,040,266
11
Vincent Strully Jr.
founder & CEO
New England Center for Children
33 Turnpike Road, Southborough 01772
508-481-1015 • www.necc.org
July 1, 2014 to
June 30, 2015
$496,599 $358,969 $77,941,777
12
Mary Ann O'Connor
president & CEO
VNA Care Network Foundation
120 Thomas St., Worcester 01608
508-786-0693 • www.vnacare.org
Jan. 1, 2015 to
Dec. 31, 2015
$453,819 $335,904 $13,004,253
13
Laurie Leshin
president
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
100 Institute Road, Worcester 01609
508-831-5000 • www.wpi.edu
July 1, 2014 to
June 30, 2015
$408,392 $317,507 $312,044,157
14
David P. Angel
president
Clark University
950 Main St., Worcester 01610
508-793-7711 • www.clarku.edu
June 1, 2014 to
May 31, 2015
$392,487 $305,576 $161,658,447
15
Francesco C. Cesareo
president
Assumption College
500 Salisbury St., Worcester 01609
508-767-7000 • www.assumption.edu
June 1, 2014 to
May 31, 2015
$368,341 $293,743 $108,419,920
16
Charles J. Faris *****
former president & CEO
Spectrum Health Systems Inc.
10 Mechanic St., Suite 302, Worcester 01608
508-792-5400 • www.spectrumhealthsystems.org
July 1, 2014 to
June 30, 2015
$350,122 $327,874 $61,820,229
17
Peter L. Woodbury
executive director
Thom Child and Family Services ******
251 W. Central St., Suite 22, Natick 01760
508-655-5222 • www.thomchild.org
July 1, 2015 to
June 30, 2016
$332,146 ******* $269,892 $50,178,269
Left Becker
on May 8,
became chancellor of
UMass Dartmouth on
July 1
Served as vice president
of administration at Lowell
General Hospital before
becoming Heywood
Hospital's president and
CEO in 2011
Kelly, who succeeded
Francis M. Saba as CEO
in 2016, joined Milford
Regional Medical Center
in 1993, and previously
held senior roles at
MetroWest Medical Center
in Framingham and
Natick.
Founded
the New
England Center
for Children, originally in
Taunton, 42 years ago
Hired in
2014 as the
first female president of
Worcester Polytechnic
Institute, formerly deputy
director at NASA's
Goddard Space Flight
Center
