Experience that Matters

Rock Morphis

Mr. Morphis co-founded Heritage Group, LLC in 1986 and has served as a Managing Director of the firm since its inception. Heritage Group is an investment and advisory firm, which focuses on early stage healthcare opportunities. Over the past 25 years, Mr. Morphis has served in numerous executive positions within Heritage Group's portfolio of companies.

From 1995-2004, he served as Chairman, President and CEO of Heritage Health Systems, Inc. HHS, through its subsidiaries, operates as a managed care organization and focuses primarily on the Medicare Advantage market throughout the US. The Company was acquired by a public company for $98 million in 2004. From 1992-1995, Mr. Morphis served as Chairman, President and CEO of Surgical Health Corporation, a company engaged in the development and management of outpatient surgery centers. After acquiring and developing 37 ambulatory surgery centers in the US, the Company was acquired by a public company in 1995 for $240 million.

Additionally, Mr. Morphis has served on the boards of numerous business and civic organizations and as an advisor to many portfolio companies of Heritage Group. Mr. Morphis is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and resides in Nashville. He and his wife have three children.

David McClellan

Mr. McClellan co-founded Heritage Group, LLC in 1986 and has served as a Managing Director of the firm since 1989. Heritage Group is a privately-held investment and advisory firm focused on early-state healthcare opportunities. Over the past 25 years, Mr. McClellan has served in numerous executive positions within Heritage Group’s portfolio of companies. In addition to his other activities, since 2002 Mr. McClellan has functioned in a corporate development role for several of the Heritage portfolio companies including Sourcemark, LLC and Theralogix, LLC. From 1995-1998, Mr. McClellan served as founder and CEO of ProSeed, LLC. The company partnered with hospitals and radiation oncologists and urologists throughout the US to launch prostate brachytherapy centers. The company was acquired by a public company for $55 million in 2002. From 1992-1995, Mr. McClellan served as VP of Development for Surgical Health Corporation, a company engaged in the development and management of outpatient surgery centers. After acquiring and developing 37 ambulatory surgery centers in the US, the company was acquired by a public company in 1998 for $240 million. From 1986-1991, McClellan and Morphis developed and/or managed more than 50 physician/hospital outpatient ventures involving over 5,000 physician investors encompassing a wide array of surgical, diagnostic and therapeutic technologies. Mr. McClellan holds a BS degree from the University of Tennessee and a Masters Degree in Hospital and Health Administration from the Medical College of Virginia. He began his healthcare career as an associate administrator with Hospital Corporation of America in 1983. Mr. McClellan resides in Nashville with his wife and three children.

Jesse Bland

Mr. Bland joined Heritage Group in 2011 and focuses his activities on the Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund. Prior to joining Heritage Group, Mr. Bland was an associate at Nashville Capital Network, where he focused on early-stage investments in healthcare and technology-driven businesses. Prior to that, he worked for Governor Sonny Perdue at the Commission for a New Georgia (CNG), a non-profit, non-partisan council created to engage Georgia's top-level business and professional executives in helping bring innovation to state government. Among other CNG initiatives, Mr. Bland worked alongside leaders from the Kauffman Foundation for Entrepreneurship in developing a model for commercializing intellectual property within the university system into the marketplace. Mr. Bland graduated summa cum laude with a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Georgia and a J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School.

Graham Hunter

Graham Hunter joined Heritage Group in 2012 as an Associate for the Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund. Prior to joining Heritage Group, Mr. Hunter spent three years as an Associate with Ridgemont Equity Partners in Charlotte, NC where he focused on investments across a broad range of industries and served as a Board Observer of Gallus BioPharmaceuticals and Unite Private Networks. From 2006-2009, he worked as an Analyst in Leveraged Finance at Banc of America Securities. Mr. Hunter graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Economics from Davidson College.

Florence Chassaignac

Ms. Chassaignac joined Heritage Group in 2011 as Director of Operations of the Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund. Prior to joining Heritage, Ms. Chassaignac served as Director of Marketing for US Radiosurgery, a leading provider of stereotactic radiosurgery services with centers throughout the country, where she managed more than $2 million in combined advertising and marketing budgets. Ms. Chassaignac was with USR from its inception and helped grow the company from one to 14 centers with consolidated annual revenue of $29 million. US Radiosurgery was acquired by Alliance Oncology in 2011 for $53 million. Prior to US Radiosurgery, Ms. Chassaignac was the Director of Marketing for NeoSpine, an ambulatory surgery center company, where she developed and managed strategic marketing plans targeting the neurosurgery community and hospitals. Ms. Chassaignac has a B.A. from Rhodes College in Psychology. She is a native of Nashville, where she resides with her husband.

Farris Raines

Ms. Raines joined Heritage Group in 2013 as Executive Coordinator for the Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund. Prior to joining Heritage Group, Ms. Raines served as Concierge & VIP Manager at Loews Vanderbilt Hotel Nashville where she organized and managed a department of six team members and ensured every guest received impeccable personal service for entertainment, reservations, travel and more. Ms. Raines has a B.A. from University of TN in Psychology. She is a native of Nashville where she currently resides.