USA, Germantown, Tennessee. January 11, 2024

Germantown, TN- based McNeill Investment Group (MIG) today announced the retirement of its Chief Legal Officer and Managing Director Sussan P. Harshbarger, effective December 31, 2023. MIG Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Chris Ropko made the announcement.

A veteran transaction attorney with more than 30 years of experience in corporate and commercial real estate matters, Harshbarger has worked for many years with McNeill family business and real estate entities, in addition to joining MIG two years ago as Chief Legal Officer and Managing Director. In those roles, Harshbarger was instrumental in the company's initial formation and subsequent growth as well as its strategic recapitalization efforts in 2018 and 2022; and the restructuring of MIG into a premier hospitality investment management company. Harshbarger remains an active investor in MIG.

Prior to formally joining MIG, Harshbarger worked in private practice, including as counsel to the McNeill family of companies, where she worked with the McNeill executive team for their capital raises, acquisitions, financing, structuring, development and related real estate activities. Raised in a multi-cultural environment with frequent traveling opportunities and a native of Mexico City, Mexico, Harshbarger can speak, read, write, and think fluently in Spanish. She earned her law degree, with honors, from The University of Memphis - Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law.

"Since the beginning of McNeill Hotel Company in 2014, I have worked with some very talented and visionary people. I was honored to be an integral part of the team at McNeill Investment Group, LLC and all of its predecessors, affiliates, and subsidiaries. I feel that we have completed the mandate that I was primarily brought inhouse to help accomplish which was to reorganize our hospitality corporate structure to poise us for the growth and expansion of the McNeill umbrella of companies and services," Harshbarger said.

"It is the right time for me to embark on a new chapter in my life, and I invite all fellow wanderers and kindred spirits to join the Sugaryvanlife community and follow my journeys on @Sugaryvanlife. As an investor, friend, and family member, I remain acutely interested in the success of McNeill, and I will continue to follow them closely."

"Sussan is an outstanding human being with exceptional experience and capabilities," said Ropko. "She has been instrumental in the growth and success of McNeill Hotel Company and McNeill Investment Company, working closely with Philip McNeill, Jr., Mark Ricketts, myself, and all of the other MIG executives," Ropko said.

"We wish her the best and ask her to stop by headquarters or any McNeill property as her van weaves its way across America and beyond. We're hoping she can serve as an advance scout as McNeill formalizes its participation in the exciting experiential lodging space. Sussan, we are not far behind you."

Follow Sussan Harshbarger @Sugaryvanlife.