Bryan S. Judge, MD, FACMT, FACEP, is an emergency medicine physician and medical toxicologist and practices in Grand Rapids, MI, and Laurium, MI. He graduated from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, MI and completed his residency in emergency medicine in Grand Rapids at the Grand Rapids Medical Education & Research Center | Michigan State University, and his medical toxicology fellowship at Indiana University | Indiana Poison Center in Indianapolis, IN.

 He is currently a Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine | Division of Medical Toxicology, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. Academic interests include a broad array of topics within the disciplines of emergency medicine, medical toxicology, and medical education. His most fascinating scientific achievement is helping ‘discover’ a new poisonous mushroom species, Cortinarius orellanosus.

Rae Kaare is Vice President-Chief Operating Officer for Aspirus Iron River and Aspirus Ontonagon which are two critical access hospitals located in the western end of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

She is originally from the western end of the Upper Peninsula and actually began her career in the one of the Aspirus UP sites 37 years ago before it was Aspirus.

Rae began her career as a medical technologist and through the years progressed into a number of different leadership roles before moving into her current role five years ago.

Rae loves her job and works very hard to ensure that rural patients have access to excellent healthcare and services.  She describes her role as challenging and rewarding!

Dr. Herbert is a native Oregonian and lives in Eugene, Oregon. He attended Stanford University as an undergraduate and has a degree in Biology. After graduation, Dr. Herbert earned a master's degree in education from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. He taught high school science for five years. Dr. Herbert attended medical school at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and completed his Family Medicine residency in Olympia, Washington. He served as a medical officer in the US Air Force for five years. In addition to having a solo private practice for four years in Colorado, Dr. Herbert started working in Iowa in 2010. He eventually made it his full-time job.

Dr. Herbert has been married for 32 years, and he and his wife have three children, aged 31 to 25. Outside work, he likes to travel, often in his RV, and watch football (Oregon Ducks, Stanford Cardinal, and Los Angeles Chargers). He and his wife also travel twice a year to Ghana, Western Africa, for medical mission work. Dr. Herbert credits the flexibility of Wapiti for making this possible.

James has been employed at Pocahontas Community Hospital since 1992.  He worked as a Radiologic Technologist in the Radiology Department from 1992 until 2004, serving as Director starting in 1996. In 2004 he was hired as CEO of the hospital and has been in that position for the past 20 years.  In April of 2019, James also started serving as Rural Hospital Liaison for the managed hospitals of UnityPoint Health – Fort Dodge.  

 With 31 plus years of rural healthcare experience in both clinical and administrative settings, James has been able to successfully lead Pocahontas Community Hospital and is also well respected by his rural hospital CEO peers across the state and has served on many committees and boards. He is currently serving on the Iowa Hospital Association Board of Directors as well as the Rural EMS Legislative Subcommittee and the Rural Healthcare Innovation Taskforce.   James is also active on many rural hospital and EMS subcommittees of UnityPoint Health.

 James and his wife Julie, reside in Pocahontas and have two grown children Nicole and Austin.  

Greg Ruberg is the president/CEO of Lake View Hospital in Two Harbors and vice president of St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth, MN.  Greg also provides administrative support to the North Shore Health hospital in Grand Marais, MN and to the executive director of Wilderness Health, a nine-hospital collaborative serving northeastern Minnesota.  He has a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Arts in Physical Therapy from The College of Saint Scholastica. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.  Greg is a current regional board member and past Region 2 chair of the Minnesota Hospital Association, and also serves on the MHA executive committee.  He is also the board chair of the Two Harbors Federal Credit Union, board chair of Wilderness Health, and a board member of The Victory Fund in Duluth, MN.  He is a graduate of the Blandin Community Leadership Program in 2012 and Leadership Duluth program in 2018.  Greg lives in Two Harbors with his wife and three children, and the family enjoys traveling, boating and other outdoor activities.

Kim has been with Wapiti since March 2012 when her company, Siouxland Staffing Services, merged with Wapiti. She currently serves as Chief Executive Officer, with previous roles as Chief Operations Officer and Vice President of Allied Health. Kim has been responsible for staffing, developing, and maintaining current business in all of Wapiti’s regions.

Kim is a physician assistant by trade and although she rarely pulls a shift, she continues to teach ACLS, BLS, and PALS and assists with clinician development. She holds two bachelor’s degrees, one in Zoology from South Dakota State University and one in Physician Assistant Studies from University of South Dakota. Her passion is connecting the science of business with the art of medicine to ensure that patients are well taken care of wherever Wapiti serves. In her spare time, Kim enjoys spending time with family at the lake, reading and running.

Presley joined Wapiti in September 2021 and currently serves as VP of Sales. Prior to joining Wapiti, she was a Home Health Manager and Certified Wound Care Nurse. Presley has a BSN from Augustana University and an MHA from Oklahoma State University.

Presley and her husband, Adam, have two daughters, Lainey (3) and Saylor (1), as well as a baby boy due in November. The family would not be complete without a golden retriever, Marvin. In her spare time, Presley enjoys the outdoors, sports, and spending time with family

Jen joined Wapiti in January of 2018. Prior to joining our team, she spent 20 years with Avera McKennan Hospital and Avera Medical Group, with previous role as Director of Clinic & Ancillary Services. Jen has a wealth of experience with administrative and operations functions of healthcare spanning across multiple aspects of a healthcare facility – multispecialty clinic practice, CRNA practice, ancillary services, ER coverage, facility business office functions, quality measures, EMR implementation, and new facility construction. Her overarching roles focused on serving patients in Critical Access Hospitals and Clinics.

Jen and her husband together have 5 grown children and are supporters of each in their future path to serve the Midwest in construction, agriculture, and healthcare. They enjoy spending time together at the lake near their home on a warm summer day, working outside on their acreage, traveling and motorcycle riding. Over the past 20 years, Jen’s passion has resided in rural medicine and maintains one goal, to make a difference in the lives of others.

Brittney Pauli has been with Wapiti Medical Staffing since December 2013. She serves as the Director of Budget and Finance.

Brittney and her husband, Adam, have three children. Brittney enjoys running, relaxing at the pool or lake with her family, and all the activities her kids are involved in.