Karen has covered Texas politics for the better part of 30 years, with an emphasis on health care and budget issues in recent years. She is a senior politics writer in the Austin bureau of the Dallas Morning News and has covered 3 Texas governors and 12 regular sessions of the Texas Legislature for seven Texas-based news agencies.

Freddy Warner joined Memorial Hermann Health System in 2008, and serves the system as Chief Government Relations Officer, responsible for federal, state and local advocacy. He previously served in senior campaign and legislative capacities for a member of the Texas Congressional Delegation, a Texas State Senator, and for the Texas Lieutenant Governor; and holds undergraduate degrees in Journalism and Political Science from Southern Methodist University, and a law degree from South Texas College of Law.