Navigation BOARD OF DIRECTORS Home About Us Board of Directors DFWHC is governed by a 15-member Board of Trustees comprised of hospital Chief Executive Officers or Chief Operating Officers. Voting members hold annual elections to fill vacant positions. A newly elected member serves a three-year term. The Board is authorized, via bylaws, the discretion of selecting two additional ex-officio, non-voting members to serve for a one-year term to provide specific expertise. Chair – David Berry President – Strategic Capital Projects | Children’s Health David Berry serves as President, System Clinical & Scientific Operations at Children’s Health. He began his role in 2016. Prior to joining Children’s Health, David served as the senior vice president and COO of Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH). He has spent the last 35 years of his career as a... Read more > Chair-Elect – Blake Kretz President | Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital At Texas Health Arlington Memorial, Kretz led efforts to establish a hyperbaric and wound care center and build the Dan Dipert Family Chapel. Under his leadership, the hospital became a Level IV Trauma Facility and was recertified as a Cycle III Chest Pain Center and a Primary Stroke Center. Previou... Read more > Past Chair – John Phillips President | Methodist Dallas Medical Center John Phillips, FACHE, was named president of Methodist Dallas Medical Center in 2018. He had previously served as President of Methodist Mansfield Medical Center since 2011. He is also a former regional COO of CHRISTUS, St. Michael Health System in Texarkana. Prior to St. Michael, Phillips served as... Read more > Trustee – Jessica O’Neal CEO | Medical City Children’s Hospital Jessica O’Neal was named chief executive officer of Medical City Children’s Hospital and Medical City Women’s Hospital Dallas, in December 2018. From 2016-2018, O’Neal served as chief operating officer of the 515-bed West Florida Hospital in Pensacola, Fla. Under O’Neal’s leadership, pediatric speci... Read more > Trustee – Sharn Barbarin CEO | Medical City Lewisville Sharn Barbarin previously served as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Medical City Arlington from 2011 until her appointment as CEO at Lewisville in July 2015. Under her leadership, Medical City Arlington expanded services and achieved outstanding patient and physician satisfaction scores. She be... Read more > Trustee – Dr. Karen Duncan Sr. Exec. VP, Chief Operating Officer | JPS Health Network Karen Duncan, MD is a board-certified pediatrician with medical and executive leadership experience. 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 a... Read more > Trustee – Becky Tucker President | Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth Becky Tucker serves as president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth, promoted into that role in August 2018 after a stint as vice president of the system’s Neighborhood Care & Wellness campuses in Burleson, Prosper and Willow Park. She joined Texas Health Resources in... Read more > Trustee – Michael Sanborn President | Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth Michael Sanborn serves as President of Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth. He is responsible for the leadership and management of the 538-bed acute care hospital with more than 2,400 employees and 1,000 medical staff members. Sanborn previously served as the president of... Read more > Trustee – Audra Early Senior VP Strategy & Development | Kindred Hospitals At Kindred Healthcare, Audra Early has leveraged her clinical and executive-level experience for over 18 years to transform the company’s care delivery model and build high-performing teams. Audra is currently Senior Vice President of Strategy & Network Development, having responsibility for Kin... Read more > Trustee – Dr. Roberto de la Cruz Chief Clinical Officer | Parkland Health & Hospital System With more than 24 years of experience in a variety of leadership roles at Parkland Health & Hospital System, Dr. Roberto de la Cruz served as Chief Hospitalist before being named Chief Medical Officer in 2016. In addition, he is a Clinical Professor in Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medica... Read more > Trustee – Dr. Seth Toomay Chief Medical Officer | UT Southwestern Medical Center Seth Toomay, MD, became Associate Vice President and Health System Chief Medical Officer of UT Southwestern in August 2019. He is a Professor of Radiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center and is a member of its Vascular and Interventional Radiology Division. He provides clinical vascular and interv... Read more > Trustee – Christopher York President | Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Grapevine Christopher York joined Baylor Scott & White Health in 2007 as Vice President of Surgical Services for Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. He was then promoted to Chief Operating Officer at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Grapevine followed by service as President at Baylor Sco... Read more > Ex-Officio – Richard Carter President/CEO | Hunt Regional Medical Center Richard Carter joined Hunt Regional Healthcare in 1996 as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining Hunt Regional, Richard had a 15-year career with Quorum Health Resources with stints at Fredonia Regional Hospital and Kingman Community Hospital in Kansas. He also worked at Angel Community Hospital ... Read more > Ex-Officio – Natalie Wilkins Chief of Staff to President/CEO | Cook Children’s Health Care System Hired as Chief of Staff to the President/CEO in 2016, Wilkins arrived at Cook Children’s from North Texas Specialty Physicians where she served as administrative director of clinical programs. She first joined the independent physician association in 2011 as director of accountable care operations b... Read more > Ex-Officio – Dustin Anthamatten VP of Operations | Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dustin Anthamatten serves as the Vice President of Operations at Methodist Charlton Medical Center. He has operational oversight of cardiology, oncology, imaging, laboratory, physical medicine, respiratory therapy, inpatient hospitalists, physical plant, food services, environmental services, police... Read more > MAGAZINE MEMBER LOGIN CONTACT US EVENTS APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP Subscribe to our newsletter & blog! Email Address Search CONTACT Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council 300 Decker Drive, STE 300 Irving, TX 75062 972.719.4900 MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council is to enhance hospital value by continually promoting patient safety and cost effective, quality healthcare in our region. © 2016 DALLAS-FORT WORTH HOSPITAL COUNCIL. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. SITE DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED BY AGENCY CREATIVE.