When he was named the leader of High Point’s hospital last year, Dr. James Hoekstra recalled how unfamiliar the territory was. So he turned to Denise Potter to help him get oriented, he said Tuesday. “When I started a year ago, I came with a whole bunch of knowledge about health care, but (little) knowledge about High Point,” Hoekstra said. “I relied on her. She knew everybody. She had connections with everybody. She had relationships with everybody.”