President, Johns Hopkins National Capital Region and Interim Senior Vice President, Operations
Johns Hopkins Health System

Carolyn Carpenter is President of the Johns Hopkins National Capital Region and the Interim Senior Vice President, Operations. Previously, she served as corporate VP of Sentara Healthcare and President of Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Prior to arriving at Sentara, Carpenter held multiple roles at Duke Health including COO of Duke University Hospital, Associate Dean of the Duke School of Medicine and Associate VP 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.