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Business Digest: McFarland, Messer to head Morning Pointe campuses

Inna Nasledova
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McFarland, Messer to head Morning Pointe campuses

Independent Healthcare Properties and Morning Pointe Senior Living has promoted two leadership associates to executive director roles for its campuses in Collegedale and Hixson.

* Jennifer McFarland was named executive director at Morning Pointe of Collegedale at Greenbriar Cove. McFarland earned her Bachelor of Arts in communications and marketing from Bryan College in Dayton, Tenn., and has served as a member and co-chairwoman of a host of fundraising committees with various non-profit and for-profit organizations throughout the Tennessee Valley. McFarland joined the Morning Pointe family as an assistant executive director in 2016.

McFarland fills the role left by Executive Director Will Otis, who was promoted to senior executive director of the Morning Pointe of Louisville care campus in Louisville, Ky.

* Clint Messer was named executive director at Morning Pointe of Hixson. The Baton Rouge, La., native received his Bachelor of Arts in business administration from Lee University in Cleveland, Tenn., and a Bachelor of Science in long-term health care from Southern Adventist University in Collegedale, Tenn.