Mr. Bessent received his bachelor's degree in speech pathology at Hardin-Simmons University in 1996 and master's degree in speech pathology in 1998 at the University of North Texas in Denton. He began working at Hendrick in 1999 and served as Director of Rehabilitation beginning in 2008. In 2013, he was promoted to assistant vice president, then to vice president of post-acute and transitional services in 2015. He served as assistant vice president and was later promoted to vice president of coordinated and post-acute care. He became HMC South COO at acquisition in October 2020 and then was named chief administrative officer in 2021. Brian is responsible for the health system’s overall st