JON M. FOSTER
President and CEO
St. David’s Healthcare Partnership
98 San Jacinto Blvd.
Suite 1800
Austin, TX 78701
www.stdavids.com

In March 2001, Jon M. Foster was named President and CEO of the St. David's Healthcare Partnership, a $1.7 billion, six-hospital healthcare system, serving the Central Texas region. St. David's is the fifth largest employer in the Austin area employing approximately 5,000 employees and supported by a 2000+ member medical staff.

Prior to coming to St. David's, Foster served as the Executive Vice President of Operations for The Baptist Health System of East Tennessee. While there, he led the health system's operations to the most successful performance results in the organization's fifty-year existence. As a result, the system's 450-bed flagship facility was named one of the nation's "Top 100 Hospitals" for four consecutive years. These and other efforts led to a Tennessee Governors Quality Award for Baptist, the highest quality award given in the state. His career began in 1986 with The Methodist Healthcare System in Houston, Texas until 1991.

He earned his Bachelors Degree from Baylor University and his Masters Degree from Trinity University. While at Trinity, he was named a Foster G. McGraw Scholar. In 1998, Mr. Foster was named Tennessee's "Young Healthcare Executive of the Year." In 2000, the 30,000-member American College of Healthcare Executives gave Foster the prestigious Robert S. Hudgens Award recognizing him as the "Young Healthcare Executive of the Year" for the United States and Canada.

Foster has served on numerous national and state-level governing boards and currently serves on the Boards of The Texas Hospital Association, The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, The Central Texas Institute for Research and Medicine, the Texas Quality Coalition, and the Austin Symphony. He is very active in his church. He and his wife, Laura, have two daughters.