Carolyn Carpenter is the president of the Johns Hopkins National Capital Region. Previously, she served as corporate vice president of Sentara Healthcare and president of Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Prior to arriving at Sentara, Carpenter held multiple roles at Duke Health including chief operating officer of Duke University Hospital, associate dean of the Duke School of Medicine and associate vice president of Duke University Health System as lead administrator for the Duke Cancer Institute. She began her administrative career in the Department of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and served at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital, Virginia Commonwealth University as direct support to the CEO. In her more than twenty years of progressive responsibility in academic health centers, Carpenter has distinguished herself by building high performing teams, developing novel organizational models to create value, and planning and executing program growth. Carpenter received her B.A. at the University of Pennsylvania and her MHA from Medical College of Virginia. She has been a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, an adjunct assistant at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health, and recently joined the Women of Impact leadership network.