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US nonprofit · EIN 720500565 · Mansfield, LAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 720500565) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 September 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, related organisations (Schedule R).Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Desoto Hospital Association's network

10 people4 organisationsi10 people and 4 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (10). Violet dotted lines (10) 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

10 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 9 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
John Russell ChairChairman2018
8 yrs
Blaine HodgesDirector2022
4 yrs
Deborah EcklesDirector2018
8 yrs
Denis KamberovChief of Staff2023
3 yrs
Deborah D Dees (also filed as Deborah Dees)Treasurer2018
8 yrs
Jill HeardCompany secretary2018
8 yrs
John L FreemanDirector2018
8 yrs
Richard WilkinsonVice Chairman2018
8 yrs
Ted BrasherDirector2020
6 yrs
Tyler RambinDirector2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

13 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Benjamin LeggioPhysiciansince 2018
Brandon SalgadoPhysiciansince 2023
CHI-TAI LAUPhysiciansince 2018
CHI-TAU LAUPhysiciansince 2022
Chris DavisVP Financesince 2020
Denis KamberovPhysiciansince 2018
Douglas SawyerPhysiciansince 2018
Eric CrippsCFOsince 2018
Jeffrey EvansPhysiciansince 2018
Kimberly RialsNurse Practitionersince 2023
Shane GoodmanCnosince 2018
Tanika NashCFO2024
Todd EpplerCEOsince 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.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Chi-Tau LauPhysician40$481k$46k
Denis KamberovPhysician40$457k$46k
Benjamin LeggioChief of Staff40$455k$25k
Brandon SalgadoPhysician40$444k$45k
Todd EpplerCEO40$329k$27k
Douglas SawyerPhysician40$272k$20k
Kimberly SepulvadoNurse Practitioner40$210k$24k
Chris DavisCOO40$210k$21k
Tanika NashCFO40$194k$24k
John RussellChairman1$0
Tyler RambinDirector1$0
Blaine HodgesDirector1$0
John L FreemanDirector1$0
Deborah EcklesDirector1$0
Jill HeardSecretary1$0
Deborah DeesTreasurer1$0
Richard WilkinsonVice Chairman1$0
Ted BrasherDirector1$0

About

Legal name
Desoto Hospital Association
EIN
720500565
Address
207 Jefferson St, Mansfield, LA, 71052-2603
State
Louisiana
Mission
34 bed hospital located in a medically underserved parish in northwest louisiana. Includes three rural health clinics,24 hour emergency services, industrial medicine clinic, and wellness/therapy center. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
E220 Health care
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Health Care
Size band
8 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1949
IRS ruling date
1 December 1951
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
7, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsJohn Russell
≥8years on the filingsDeborah Eckles
≥8years on the filingsDeborah D Dees
≥8years on the filingsJill Heard

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
$45.6m
Total liabilities
$8.4m
Net assets or fund balances
$37.2m
Contributions and grants received
$68k
Program service revenue
$37.9m
Employees
320
Volunteers
10

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$39.8m$37m$2.8m

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.