Marty Bonick, president and CEO of Brentwood-based Ardent Health, saw his total compensation decline by roughly $850,000 in 2025 to about $6.1 million, according to a proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Ardent went public in July 2024. Here are the system’s six highest-earning executives in 2025:
1. Marty Bonick, president and CEO
- Salary: $1,076,000
- Stock awards: $5,000,004
- Other compensation: $14,000
- Total 2025 compensation: $6,090,004
- Total 2024 compensation: $6,939,257
2. Alfred Lumsdaine, CFO
- Salary: $650,235
- Bonus: $50,000
- Stock awards: $2,000,010
- Other compensation: $14,000
- Total 2025 compensation: $2,714,245
- Total 2024 compensation: $3,427,914
3. David Caspers, COO
- Salary: $511,541
- Bonus: $551,386
- Stock awards: $1,325,021
- Other compensation: $59,622
- Total 2025 compensation: $2,447,570
- Total 2024 compensation: N/A
- Total 2024 compensation: N/A
4. David Schultz, former president of hospital operations
- Salary: $389,866
- Stock awards: $1,000,012
- Other compensation: $674,241
- Total 2025 compensation: $2,064,119
- Total 2024 compensation: $3,015,858
5. Ethan Chernin, former president of health services
- Salary: $612,466
- Bonus: $23,175
- Stock awards: $775,001
- Other compensation: $73,672
- Total 2025 compensation: $1,484,314
- Total 2024 compensation: $1,492,519
6. Stephen Petrovich, executive vice president and general counsel
- Salary: $547,051
- Bonus: $35,190
- Stock awards: $825,010
- Other compensation: $14,000
- Total 2025 compensation: $1,421,251
- Total 2024 compensation: $2,037,623
