Steve Brown's Ribbon cutting ceremony: clip of "Santa and his elves" playing with their new $1,750,000 da Vinci robot.
According to the 12/17 online edition of the Kirkland and Redmond Reporters:
"Steve Brown, chief executive officer at Evergreen Hospital Medical Center since 2002, has announced his resignation to become the President/CEO of the Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, Pennsylvania.
Brown announced his departure to the Evergreen staff via a personal e-mail. The move, Brown explained, will allow him and his wife to move closer to their families and their grandchildren while giving him a new career challenge.A press release of Brown's resignation wasn't found on Evergreen's web site, as of 12/17.
In Brown’s eight years as Evergreen’s CEO, he has overseen vast expansion of both facilities and services. Evergreen Hospital added a new Emergency Department, an eight-story patient facility and the five-story DeYoung Pavilion along with the development of the Evergreen Neuroscience Institute...."
CEO Brown's total compensation in 2008 was: $819,728.01. Base: $558,578.40 and Incentive Bonus: $261,149.61 (Paid in 2009), as reported by Laurene Burton, Evergreen's Public Disclosure Act Officer, upon my request. Retirement and benefits are not included in the total.
Why would anyone want to step down from that salary? According to the Redmond Reporter, Brown explained he will have a new career challenge and be closer to his grandchildren.
Under the Freedom of Information Act I'm requesting additional information. Do you think Mr. Brown's salary is appropriate for his position? Evergreen is a Public Hospital, supported in part by a property tax levy.
by Bob Yoder
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He doesn't deserve that much money, he can't even buy his own presents and flowers thru that large paycheck, he gets money from the Evergreen Foundation to do that. He has special employees, etc, that he wants to buy gifts for and flowers or their family members are in the hospital, so he sends them flowers, but it is paid for thru the Evergreen Foundation funds.
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