William F. Carpenter III, JD

Bill Carpenter is an accomplished health care executive who most recently served as chairman and chief executive officer for LifePoint Health, a role from which he retired in November 2018. A founding employee of the company, Mr. Carpenter previously served in various roles before being named CEO in 2006. He took on the additional role of chairman of the board in 2010. During his tenure, the company achieved significant growth and became a Fortune 500 company.

Prior to joining LifePoint, Mr. Carpenter was a partner at the law firm of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis (now Holland & Knight, LLP), where his practice consisted primarily of corporate finance transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and health care regulatory matters. While at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, he also served as head of the firm’s health law group.

Mr. Carpenter has served on numerous community boards in the past including board of directors for the American Hospital Association, Chair of the board of directors for the Federation of American Hospitals and Nashville Health Care Council, board of directors of Nashville Public Radio, and NashvilleHealth.

Currently, Mr. Carpenter serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, Tennessee; as Chairman of the Board for FirstBank Financial Corporation (FBK-NYSE) and its wholly owned subsidiary, FirstBank, which is also based in Nashville, Tennessee; and as an advisory board member of Voices for a Safer Tennessee.

As a recognized leader in the healthcare industry, Mr. Carpenter has appeared numerous times on Modern Healthcare magazine's annual "100 Most Influential People in Healthcare" list.

Mr. Carpenter received his Bachelor of Arts degree and his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Vanderbilt University. He and his wife Trudy have three grown children and five grandchildren.