The practice

For Joelle Hennesey, finding and recruiting doctors to come work for one of the largest medical practices in Sarasota can be narrowed down to one word: connector.

But in being a connector, Hennesey's work is anything but narrow.

The manager of physician services for First Physicians Group, Hennesey aims to always be fully prepared to woo a doctor to work for the practice, part of the Sarasota Memorial Health Care System. To do that, Hennesey has a wide and deep network of contacts, from Realtors and mortgage bankers to daycare operators and school principals — all the non-medical things a doctor needs to sway a decision. “I even know the veterinarians in town,” Hennesey says.