NEWS RELEASE

Contact: Jessamy Brown, Public Relations Specialist

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JPS Names Dr. Karen Duncan Chief Operating Officer

Dr. Duncan has vast experience in clinical and quality performance and outcomes

Jan. 8, 2020, Fort Worth — Dr. Karen Duncan, MD, MBA, a board-certified pediatrician with more than 20
years of medical and executive leadership experience, has been named Chief Operating Officer for JPS Health
Network.

Dr. Duncan joined JPS in 2017 as Executive Vice President of Community Health Services. She will begin her new
role at the end of January 2020, when Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Bill Whitman
retires.

“With a background in pediatrics and years of executive roles, she has devoted her professional life to the
improvement of public hospitals across the country, and she has done the same for us in her three years here. I
have great respect for her, not just because of her extensive background and accomplishments, but because of
who she is. She is a trusted partner who pushes each of us to be better every day,” said JPS President and Chief
Executive Officer Robert Earley.

Dr. Duncan has extensive experience working in large public health academic centers and has held executive
leadership positions at Atlanta’s Grady Memorial Hospital and Chicago’s Cook County Health and Hospitals
System. She came to JPS from Health Management Associates, a healthcare consulting firm where as a Principal,
she consulted for large publicly funded hospitals systems, government entities and managed care plans. 
Dr. Duncan received an MD from Emory University School of Medicine. She completed a Bachelor of Arts degree
in biochemistry at Smith College and completed the Executive MBA Program at Georgia State University.

Rev. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Jr., immediate past chair of the JPS Board of Managers, said: “What an awesome
move for JPS and the Fort Worth community. This truly demonstrates JPS’ commitment to lift healthcare to
the community to another level.”

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