DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) today announced that Sandi Karrmann has been named senior vice president and chief human resources officer, effective immediately. Ms. Karrmann replaces Robb Webb, who has retired from the company.

As chief human resources officer, Ms. Karrmann is responsible for Tenet’s enterprise-wide people strategy and human resources functions, including labor relations, talent development, culture & performance systems, compensation, employee benefits and other human resources matters across the company’s corporate operations and three business units—Hospital Operations, Conifer Health Solutions and United Surgical Partners International (USPI). She will report directly to Ron Rittenmeyer, executive chairman and chief executive officer.

“Sandi brings extensive experience and knowledge to our organization and will be instrumental in our talent assessment and recruiting. Her experience in performance-based organizations will add to the transformational changes that are already in process throughout our enterprise,” said Mr. Rittenmeyer.

Biographical Information

Since 2013, Ms. Karrmann has served as the chief human resources and support services officer for United Surgical Partners International (USPI), a subsidiary of Tenet Healthcare based in Dallas, Texas. Prior to USPI, she served in several chief people officer roles for Yum! Brands, Inc., including chief people officer for Yum! Restaurants International and Pizza Hut US. Before re-joining Yum!, Sandi served as the executive vice president and chief human resources officer for Meritage Homes Corporation. Prior to Meritage, she spent nearly 13 years with PepsiCo. In her last role, she was vice president of human resources for the sales organization of Frito-Lay North America, where she led human resources teams supporting both Field Sales and National Accounts. Ms. Karrmann received her BA in psychology and communication from the University of Michigan and her MBA in finance from the University of Southern California. She is an executive board member of Camp John Marc, a camp for chronically ill/disabled children in Bosque County, Texas, and sits on the school board of Prince of Peace Christian School in Carrollton, Texas.

About Tenet Healthcare

Tenet Healthcare Corporation is a diversified healthcare services company with nearly 130,000 employees united around a common mission: to help people live happier, healthier lives. Through its subsidiaries, partnerships and joint ventures, including United Surgical Partners International, the Company operates general acute care and specialty hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, urgent care centers and other outpatient facilities in the United States and the United Kingdom. Tenet’s Conifer Health Solutions subsidiary provides technology-enabled performance improvement and health management solutions to hospitals, health systems, integrated delivery networks, physician groups, self-insured organizations and health plans. For more information, please visit www.tenethealth.com.

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