Melissa Masingill, David Muns
CARTI on Thursday expanded its executive leadership team, promoting Melissa Masingill to chief business development officer and hiring David Muns as chief operating officer.
Masingill’s position is new to the nonprofit health care provider. The two bring more than 55 years of combined experience in the health care sector, CARTI said.
“During this pivotal period of growth, it is imperative that our executive leadership team consist of visionary leaders who can see beyond current operational capacities to envision an even greater future; this is exactly what we have in both Melissa and David,” President and CEO Adam Head said in a news release. “The combined expertise they bring to the table will have a profound impact on CARTI and the way we are able to provide world-class oncology care to patients across the state and country.”
Masingill has been a member of CARTI’s executive team since August 2018, most recently as senior vice president of business development and marketing. In her new role, she will lead the organization’s growth, including service line expansion opportunities, physician recruitment, government relations, marketing and communications.
“By creating a chief level role solely dedicated to business development, we’re reinforcing the importance we put on looking for new opportunities — in providers, physical spaces and service lines — to serve our patients even better,” Head said of Masingill position. “In the nearly three years she’s been at CARTI, Melissa has distinguished herself as one who not only cares deeply for our mission and vision, but who demonstrates the sound capacity to help shift the cancer treatment paradigm in a very systematic and strategic-thinking manner.”
Before joining CARTI, Masingill was chief public affairs officer for the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Muns most recently served as chief operating officer at Merit Health Wesley Medical Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Previously, he was vice president of system development at Memorial Hospital in Gulfport, Mississippi.
Muns is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and former president of the Mississippi Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He is also a retired Air Force Master Sergeant with 23 years of service.
Muns holds a master’s degree in health administration from the University of Southern Mississippi and a bachelor’s degree in human resource management from Faulkner University in Montgomery, Alabama.
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