Gundersen Lutheran Administrative Services Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$1.25bn
year to 30 September 2025
Expenses
$1.21bn
year to 30 September 2025
Total assets
$1.11bn
$1.02bn liabilities
Net assets
$88.7m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
6
4.0y av
Staff
9,950
385 volunteers
Chair observed
≥6 yrs
Scott Rathgaber MD
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Gundersen Lutheran Administrative Services Inc's network
6 people8 organisationsi6 people and 8 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Violet dotted lines (18) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
6 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 6 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Rathgaber MD Chair | Board of Trustees, CEO, Chairman | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Andrea Hauser RN | Board of Trustees - Chief Nursing Officer and Admin VP | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Bryan Erdmann | Board of Trustees - Chief Operating Officer | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Heather Schimmers RN | Board of Trustees - President | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Jennifer Kleven MD | Board of Trustees - Chief of Medical/Clinical Staff | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Todd Kowalski MD | Board of Trustees - Medical Chief Operating Officer | 2024 | 2 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
56 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Andrea Werner | Chief Population Officer | 2024 |
| Abdul Rehman MD | Medical Doctor | 2018 |
| Bryan Erdmann | Vice President | since 2018 |
| Christine Waller MD | Medical VP, Acute Care and Nursing & Systems Practice | 2024 |
| Collin Driscoll MD | Medical Doctor | since 2018 |
| Daniel Lilly | Company secretary | 2024 |
| Daniel P Breazeale | Vice President Finance | since 2019 |
| Douglas Hughes MD | Medical Doctor | 2024 |
| Dara Bartels | CFO Until June 2018 | 2018 |
| Elizabeth Smith-Houska | Administrative Chief Operating | 2019 |
| Elizabeth Smith-Houskamp PHD RN | Administrative COO | since 2018 |
| Ellen Pedretti-Fendt | VP Application Services | since 2019 |
| Ezana Azene MD | Medical Doctor | 2020 |
| Garith Steiner | Vice President | since 2018 |
| Gerald Oetzel | Chief Financial Officer | since 2019 |
| Janine LUZ | Vice President Learning | since 2018 |
| Jeffrey M Lawrence MD | Medical Doctor | since 2019 |
| Jerry Davis MD | Medical Doctor | 2024 |
| John Ceelen | Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer (Begin 2/24) | 2024 |
| Jonathan Zlabek MD | Medical VP, Cross-Functional Care (Thru 10/23) | 2024 |
| Kari Adank | Vice President Compliance | since 2018 |
| Kelley Bahr MD | Medical VP, Ambulatory Services | 2024 |
| Kraig Schuster | Vice President | since 2018 |
| Kurt Mueller MD | Medical Doctor | since 2018 |
| Kurt Ziegelbein MD | Medical Doctor | 2020 |
| Leanne Andersen | Chief People Officer | 2024 |
| Lisa Harton | Chief Quality Officer | 2024 |
| Lisa Wied | Vice President | since 2018 |
| Marilu Bintz MD | Senior Vice President, CMO | since 2018 |
| Mark S Topolski MD | Medical Doctor | 2024 |
| Mark Teresi | Interim CFO | since 2018 |
| Martin Koop DDS | Medical Doctor | since 2018 |
| Mary Ellen McCartney | Senior Vice President | since 2018 |
| Mary Kuffel MD | Medical Vice President | since 2018 |
| Michael Dolan MD | Southern Chief Clinical Officer | since 2018 |
| Michael McKee | Vice President | since 2018 |
| Michael O'Neill | Vice President Strategy Execut | 2019 |
| Michelle Micka | Assistant Treasurer (Begin 3/24) | 2024 |
| P Michael Jacobs DP | Medical Vice President | 2019 |
| P Michael Jacobs DPM | Medical Vice President | since 2018 |
| Pamela Maas | VP Business Services | since 2018 |
| Peter Vandenhouten | Assistant Secretary (Begin 3/24) | 2024 |
| Praveen Chopra | Chief Digital and Information Officer | 2024 |
| Rachel Albrecht | Admin VP, Ambulatory Services | 2024 |
| Robert Holness | Medical VP, Community and CMO-Critical Access Hospitals (Begin 1/24) | 2024 |
| Robyn Borge MD | Medical Vice President, Cross-Functional Care (Begin 1/24) | 2024 |
| Rose Ann-Laureto | Chief Information Officer | since 2018 |
| Stephanie Carroll MD | Medical Vice President | since 2018 |
| Stephanie Neuman MD | Medical Vice President, Ambulatory Services | 2024 |
| Steve Little | Interim Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer (Thru 2/24) | 2024 |
| Steven Whitford MD | Medical Doctor | since 2018 |
| Tina Lechnir | Admin VP, Cross-Functional Care | 2024 |
| Todd Bille | VP GWTH,STRAT,&EXEC as of 4/20 | 2020 |
| Todd Kowalski MD | Medical Vice President | since 2018 |
| Wendy Lommen | Bd of Trste - Trustee Emeritus | 2020 |
| William Farrell | Senior Vice President | since 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 September 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Rathgaber MD | Board of Trustees, Chairman, CEO | 20 | $1.3m | $73k | |
| Mark Topolski | Physician | 50 | $1.3m | $72k | |
| Douglas Hughes | Physician | 50 | $1.2m | $67k | |
| Steven Whitford | Physician | 50 | $1.2m | $75k | |
| Jerry Davis | Physician | 50 | $1.1m | $58k | |
| Jeffrey Lawrence | Physician | 50 | $1.1m | $72k | |
| Heather Schimmers RN | Board of Trustees, President | 40 | $842k | $72k | |
| Michael Dolan MD | Chief Clinical Officer | 46 | $738k | $77k | |
| Praveen Chopra | Chief Digital and Information Officer | 44 | $718k | $78k | |
| Leanne Andersen | Chief People Officer | 46 | $680k | $72k | |
| Robert Holness MD | Medical VP, Community and CMO-Critical Access Hospitals | 46 | $637k | $64k | |
| Daniel Lilly | Secretary, Chief Legal Officer | 36 | $618k | $74k | |
| William Farrell | Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer | 46 | $595k | $49k | |
| Stephanie Neuman MD | Medical Vice President, Ambulatory Services | 46 | $578k | $77k | |
| Christine Waller MD | Medical VP, Acute Care and Nursing & Systems Practices | 46 | $561k | $83k | |
| Todd Kowalski MD | Board of Trustees, Medical Chief Operating Officer | 46 | $557k | $78k | |
| Stephen Shapiro MD | Chief Medical Foundation Officer, MD | 48 | $548k | $64k | |
| Bryan Erdmann | Board of Trustees, Chief Operating Officer | 40 | $444k | $76k | |
| Robyn Borge MD | Medical Vice President, Cross-Functional Care | 46 | $443k | $49k | |
| Kelley Bahr MD | Medical Vice President, Ambulatory Services | 44 | $443k | $72k | |
| Jennifer Kleven MD | Board of Trustees | 44 | $406k | $52k | |
| Michelle Micka | Vice President, Finance & Accounting | 36 | $379k | $72k | |
| Stephanie Carroll MD | Medical Vice President, MD | 46 | $322k | $67k | |
| Kraig Schuster | Vice President | 46 | $316k | $58k | |
| Eric Dehn | Vice President, Digital Solutions and Enterprise Architecture | 50 | $313k | $66k | |
| Krister Mattson | Vice President, Enterprise Analytics and Data Science | 48 | $306k | $56k | |
| Michael McKee | Vice President | 40 | $290k | $71k | |
| Andrea Hauser RN | Board of Trustees, Vice President, Acute Care la Crosse & System Cno | 46 | $289k | $64k | |
| Shannon Mulligan | Vice President, HR & Total Rewards | 0 | $289k | $20k | |
| Kari Adank | Vice President, Compliance | 50 | $270k | $60k | |
| Marilu Bintz MD | Former Medical VP, Community and CMO-Critical Access Hospitals, MD | 0 | $261k | $39k | |
| Janine Luz-Jensen | Vice President, Talent Acquisition, Talent Development, & Learning | 50 | $246k | $53k | |
| Tina Lechnir | Vice President | 42 | $246k | $59k | |
| Rachel Albrecht | Vice President | 44 | $245k | $57k | |
| Ellen Pedretti-Fendt | Vice President, Business Partnering and Service Delivery | 0 | $229k | $59k | |
| Steve Little | Former Chief Financial Officer | 0 | $210k | ||
| Joni Olson | Former Administrator | 0 | $169k | $41k | |
| Andrea Werner | Chief Population Health Officer | 2 | $0 | $389k | $55k |
| Christine Woleske | President, (End 7.1.25) | 2 | $0 | $1.9m | $201k |
| Cindy Lasecki MD | Chief Clinic Officer | 2 | $0 | $508k | $53k |
About
- Legal name
- Gundersen Lutheran Administrative Services Inc
- EIN
- 391606449
- Address
- 1900 South Ave, La Crosse, WI, 54601-5467
- State
- Wisconsin
- Mission
- To support gundersen lutheran health system, inc.'s programs of health care, medical education, medical research and community health promotion activities within the meaning of section 509(a)(3) of the irc; borrowing and lending of funds and property, engaging in financial transactions with and/or on behalf of the gundersen lutheran health system, inc., along with general services provided... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- E21I Health care
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Health Care
- Size band
- 9 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1987
- IRS ruling date
- 1 June 1988
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 4, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- SOUNK (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Related organisations (Schedule R)
RelatedSUPPORT ORGBellin Gundersen Health System IncRelatedSUPPORT ORGGundersen Lutheran Health System IncRelatedHEALTHCAREGundersen Lutheran Medical Center IncRelatedHEALTHCAREGundersen Clinic Ltd
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsScott Rathgaber MD
≥6years on the filingsJennifer Kleven MD
≥2years on the filingsAndrea Hauser RN
≥2years on the filingsBryan Erdmann
Latest return
year to 30 September 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 September 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $1.11bn
- Total liabilities
- $1.02bn
- Net assets or fund balances
- $88.7m
- Contributions and grants received
- $311k
- Program service revenue
- $1.19bn
- Grants and similar paid out
- $1.1m
- Employees
- 9,950
- Volunteers
- 385
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $1.17bn | $1.15bn | $21.6m |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
Grants paid
25+ listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Varc Inc | Operations support | $165k |
| La Crosse Area Family YMCA | Operations support | $78k |
| Saint Clare Health Mission | Operations support | $75k |
| La Crosse Medical Health Science Consortium | Operations support | $68k |
| Great Rivers United Way | Operations support | $56k |
| Minnesota State College | Operations support | $50k |
| La Crosse Area Chamber of Commerce | Operations support | $35k |
| Karuna Inc | Operations support | $35k |
| New Horizons Shelter and Outreach Centers | Operations support | $35k |
| Family and Childrens Center | Operations support | $30k |
| La Crosse County Treasurer | Operations support | $30k |
| Sunflower Child Devlopment Center | Operations support | $25k |
| Cia Siab Inc | Operations support | $20k |
| La Crosse Symphony Orchestra | Operations support | $20k |
| Adult & Teen Challenge of Western Wisconsin Inc | Operations support | $20k |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater la Crosse | Operations support | $20k |
| Northeast Iowa Mental Health Center | Operations support | $14k |
| Winona Family YMCA | Operations support | $12k |
| The Parenting Place | Operations support | $12k |
| Aids Resource Center | Operations support | $10k |
| Drift Share Inc | Operations support | $10k |
| Coulee Region Humane Society | Operations support | $10k |
| Arcadia Ambulance Service | Operations support | $10k |
| Casa for Kids Inc | Operations support | $10k |
| The Good Fight Community Center | Operations support | $10k |