LIZ WEBB HEBERT
Lafayette,LA
Summary
Senior healthcare business development leader focused on physician recruitment, strategic sourcing, and candidate development for surgical hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. Partner with executives, physicians, and administrators to manage full-cycle searches, build talent pipelines, improve recruitment processes, and support service-line growth. Consistently generate $40.5 million in revenue through recruitment and business development.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Director of Business Development
Surgery Partners
01.2017 - Current
- Remain a top revenue producer on an 11-person team for nine consecutive years, generating $40.5 million in revenue through physician recruitment and business development.
- Led physician recruitment and business development initiatives across physician-owned surgical hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers, partnering with executives, physicians, administrators, and clinical leaders to identify strategic talent needs and execute recruitment plans.
- Manage physician recruitment throughout the full life cycle, including sourcing, prospect development, candidate screening, interviews, stakeholder coordination, offer discussions, credentialing, onboarding, and long-term relationship management.
- Partner with senior executives and local hospital leadership to prioritize searches, define candidate profiles, establish recruitment strategies, monitor milestones, identify barriers, and align recruitment activity with short- and long-term organizational objectives.
- Develop proactive and out-of-market sourcing strategies to build sustainable physician pipelines, address market needs, and support retention and attrition-risk management through tailored engagement and incentive strategies.
- Collaborate with senior leaders and physician partners on strategic growth opportunities, new product/service-line implementation, physician retention, and market development.
- Create and implement recruiting, scheduling, credentialing, and onboarding procedures that improve service quality, streamline workflows, and support increased surgical volume and revenue.
- Built and maintained relationships with physicians, healthcare executives, administrators, recruiters, industry partners, and prospective candidates, including passive prospects, to ensure alignment with current and future talent needs.
- Coordinate cross-functional onboarding and launch activities for new specialties, partnering with physicians, operating-room/periooperative teams, and industry representatives to ensure staff readiness before service-line implementation.
- Delivered executive-level reporting on recruitment pipelines, opportunity stages, progress, financial considerations, and potential risks; identified challenges and recommended actionable solutions to mitigate risks.
Marketing & Business Development Manager
Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital
Lafayette, LA
01.2015 - 01.2017
- Spearheaded strategic partnerships and business-development initiatives that expanded market presence and created new organizational opportunities.
- Advised executive team on strategies to align marketing, sales, operations, and administrative functions, enhancing overall organizational efficiency and growth.
- Directed internal and external marketing teams and conducted market research to evaluate consumer needs, competitive dynamics, and emerging trends; increased social media engagement by 65%.
- Led physician recruitment initiatives, developing relationships with physicians, hospital leadership, and internal stakeholders to identify market needs and support new clinical service lines.
- Managed recruitment activities from prospecting and interviews through credentialing and onboarding, aligning efforts with hospital strategic priorities.
Convention Center Sales / Catering Sales Manager / Marketing
CAJUNDOME & Convention Center
Lafayette, LA
01.2007 - 01.2015
- Developed and executed annual sales and marketing plans, conducted client site visits, and resolved real-time operational issues, enhancing long-term client relationships.
- Managed complex sales cycles and business relationships across convention, trade show, consumer show, and event markets, driving successful prospecting, contract negotiation, execution, and final billing.
- Coordinated contracts, deposits, purchase orders, bid processes, and financial obligations while aligning multiple internal and external stakeholders.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Family & Consumer Science
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LouisianaSkills
- Physician & Provider Recruitment
- Strategic Sourcing & Candidate Development
- Executive & Physician Stakeholder Partnership
- Candidate Relationship Management
- Talent Pipeline Development
- Healthcare Business Development
- Service-Line Development
- Recruitment Process Improvement
- Salesforce CRM
- LinkedIn & Job Boards
- Talent sourcing
- Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
- Trilliant Data Platform
- Credentialing management
LEADERSHIP & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
- Top 50 Women Leaders of Louisiana Women We Admire
- Daily Advertiser Top 20 Young Professionals Under 40
- Influencer of the Year; Woman of Excellence: ABIZ Trailblazer of the Year.
- Lafayette Commission on the Needs of Women "Women of Excellence" Award
- USTA ACE Award
Volunteer Experience
- Lafayette Consolidated Government, Elected City-Parish Councilwoman, Elected City-Parish Councilwoman, three terms; served as City Council Chair and Vice Chair.
- Lafayette Public Utility Authority, Chair, 2018
- Leadership Lafayette, Class XXIII Graduate; Program Chair; Junior Leadership Program Chair; Leadership Institute of Acadiana Board Member
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Acadiana, Board Member, Vice President, President & Volunteer
- Acadiana Animal Aid, Board Member
- The705 Young Professionals — Board Member, Philanthropy Chair, President of Programming
- Leadership Institute of Acadiana Board member
Timeline
Senior Director of Business Development
Surgery Partners
01.2017 - Current
Marketing & Business Development Manager
Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital
01.2015 - 01.2017
Convention Center Sales / Catering Sales Manager / Marketing
CAJUNDOME & Convention Center
01.2007 - 01.2015
Bachelor of Science - Family & Consumer Science
Northwestern State University