Our Leadership
Western Wisconsin Health’s leadership is focused on leading the organization in fulfilling our mission, achieving our vision, and living our values. Get to know the dedicated, passionate experts who have helped make us the region’s premier provider of holistic healthcare.
Our Board of Directors
Christine Penfield
Chair
Christopher Babbitt
Director
Dr. Randy Hurley
Director
Brandon Graber
Vice Chair
Chad Brakke
Director
David Melloh
Director
Shane Bauer
Treasurer/Secretary
Christian Gausman
Director
Christine Rasmussen
Director
Our Leadership Team
Eilidh Pederson, MPH, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Ellen Thompson
Chief Operating Officer
Lea Kaiser, MBA
Chief Financial Officer
Erin Benson
Chief Human Resources Officer
Shonda Helgeson, RN, BSN
Chief Nursing Officer
Ryma Lindquist
Director of Community Relations
Jennifer Hinkel, DPT
Director of Ancillary Services
Nick Berger
Director of Rural Health Clinic Operations
Kasey Johnson
Director of Health Information Management
Stephanie Quam, LNHA
Director of Risk Compliance and Quality
Trent Yunker
Director of Facilities Services
Erika Schurtz
Director of Patient Care Services
Medical Executive Staff
Medical Staff
Jess Brehmer, MD, FAAOS
Associate Chief of Staff
Stephanie Waterman, FNP
APP Officer
Kathleen Findlay, MD, MPH
Chief of Staff
Laolu Lediju, MD, MPH
Secretary
Department Chiefs
Liban Farah, MD
Chief of Medicine
Emily Veenendaal, PMHNP
Chief of Behavioral Sciences
Leah Gapinski, MD
Chief of Emergency Department
Russell Roloff, MD
Chief of the Clinics
Dennis Hartung, MD, FACOG, OB/GYN
Chief of Surgery
Nate Schwartz, MD
Chief of the Clinics
Elizabeth Radford, CNM
Chief of OB/GYN
Medical Directors
Nate Schwartz, MD
Medical Director RHC
Russell Roloff, MD
Medical Director RHC