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The Hancocks of Healthcare —
A Nashville Success Story
By Akanksha Jayanthi
Passion for healthcare runs in the Hancock family.
Kenneth Hancock, known as Kenny, and his
daughter Anne Hancock Toomey have forged their
paths in the healthcare industry, with Mr. Hancock
co-founding multiple ventures and Ms. Toomey
co-founding Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock, a
strategic healthcare communications firm.
"Kenny and Anne represent the best of Nashville's
healthcare community," says David Jarrard, presi-
dent and CEO of Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock.
"Kenny is an innovative leader with a strong work
ethic founded on a generous and welcoming spirit.
Anne couples an entrepreneurial drive with an in-
fectious energy and passion that makes her a force
of nature for the health systems she works with."
The roots for success are long engrained in the
Hancock's history, providing the framework for
Ms. Toomey to follow her father's footsteps.
"I've witnessed my father's entrepreneurial
spirit from the time he ran our family hardware
business to becoming salesman of the year of
the nation's largest orthopedic distributor to
founding three healthcare companies here in
Nashville," Ms. Toomey says. "I'd like to think
even a small portion of his entrepreneurial
spirit and passion for solving some of health-
care's most complex problems rubbed off on
me somewhere along the way."
Mr. Hancock currently serves as president and
chief development officer for Brentwood, Tenn.-
based Meridian Surgical Partners, an ambulatory
surgery center management and development
company. His previous endeavors in the health-
care industry, such as co-founding OrthoLink
Physicians Corp., inspired his daughter to also
take up a career in the industry.
"My career in healthcare was kick-started by
working with him at a surgical hospital company,
where I was first introduced to the complexities
of this industry we both love and that fuels Nash-
ville's economy," says Ms. Toomey.
As a current partner at Jarrard Phillips Cate &
Hancock, Ms. Toomey leads public affairs cam-
paigns for hospitals and healthcare systems to help
them navigate and address challenges and changes.
Ms. Toomey's sentiments about her father's strong
work ethic and powerful presence in the industry
are echoed by colleagues and friends.
"Kenny Hancock has been an exceptional leader
in the mix of spine and orthopedics and ASCs for
nearly two decades," says Scott Becker, JD, pub-
lisher of Becker's Hospital Review. "He is both un-
commonly smart and has tremendous skills with
people. He has the fabulous combination of being
gifted intellectually, warm and a leader."
Cathy Kowalski, RN, executive vice president and
COO of Meridian Surgical Partners, adds, "I have
known Kenny for more than 20 years, working
closely together in three healthcare organizations,
two of which we founded and led with other part-
ners. What Kenny brings to the table is his innate
ability to quickly connect with people, establish
credibility and successfully deliver mutually-ben-
eficial opportunities."
The high praise extends to Ms. Toomey, with ac-
knowledgment and applause in her own right.
"[Anne] is a driven leader with exceptional
personal and intellectual skills. She is articulate
and a fierce leader," Mr. Becker says. "Anne is
the epitome of the apple not falling far from the
tree." n
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