Senior leadership team

David R. Miller, president

David R. Miller serves as the president for River Falls Area Hospital and is also the executive leader for Allina Medical Transportation.

Prior to this, Miller served for ten years as the vice president, operations, for United Hospital in St. Paul, Minn., where he led the development of the John Nasseff Neuro-Science Institute, the St. Paul Cancer Center and the Peter J. King Emergency Center, along with overseeing multiple patient care departments, support services departments and strategic initiatives. Miller is also a former nationally registered paramedic and served as the president of Allina Medical Transportation.

Miller earned an MBA from the University of St.Thomas. He serves as the chairman of the board of Life Link III, an intensive care air and ground ambulance system based in the Twin Cities and is on the board of ADORAY, a hospice and homecare company serving western Wisconsin. In addition, he evaluates and develops city, state and regional EMS systems and lectures nationally and internationally on these subjects.

Bill Frommelt, director of operations and finance

Bill Frommelt is the director of operations and finance for River Falls Area Hospital. Frommelt develops, leads and supports clinical services for all ancillary departments. In addition, he is responsible for business development, physician relations, and the operational and capital financial management for River Falls Area Hospital.

Prior to this position, Frommelt served in a rehabilitation management role in both the Allina and Fairview health systems, as well as provided patient care as a licensed physical therapist and athletic trainer. He continues to hold a license in physical therapy and athletic training in Wisconsin and Minnesota, with a significant background in sports medicine and orthopedics.

Frommelt earned a masters in health care administration as well as a physical therapy degree from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and an exercise science degree from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minn.

Jane Peterson, director of patient care services

As director of patient care services, Jane Peterson provides oversight to inpatient and outpatient nursing units, as well as the support services of quality, care management, pharmacy and social services. She also provides oversight to the Rivers Cancer Center program's requirements to comply with the established CoC standards. This requires continued work and preparation for a rigorous evaluation and review of its performance to the CoC standards every three years.

Prior to joining River Falls Area Hospital, Peterson was the director of cardiac services for Luther-Midelfort, Mayo Health System. She has also held a variety of nursing positions in ICU, CCU and SCU at the Good Samaritan Health System in Arizona.

Peterson has a BSN from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisc. and an MS degree in management from Cardinal Stritch University, also in Milwaukee.

Kristen Novak, director of human resources

In her role as director of human resources at River Falls Area Hospital, Kristen Novak administers human resource policies, benefits and compensation programs, employee-relation services and labor-management relation services.

Prior to joining River Falls Area Hospital, Novak held multiple human resource roles at Green Tree Servicing Corporate, including vice president of human resources. In that capacity, she provided oversight for employee relations, recruitment, benefits, compensation and change agent efforts.

Novak has a bachelor's degree in organizational communication and business administration from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

Heather Logelin, foundation director

In her role as foundation director, Heather Logelin oversees the hospital's philanthropic initiatives and provides staff leadership to the River Falls Area Hospital Foundation board of directors. Logelin is also Allina's community engagement lead for western Wisconsin, working with the River Falls Area Hospital advisory board's community engagement committee and other community partners to develop and implement community health initiatives throughout the region.

Logelin currently serves on the board of the Free Clinic of Pierce and St. Croix Counties, the board of the Family Resource Center St. Croix Valley, the executive leadership board for the United Way St. Croix Valley's "Success by 6" early childhood initiative and is an active member of the River Falls Rotary Club. Her past volunteer work includes six years as a girl scout leader and two years on the board of St. Paul’s East Side Neighborhood Development Council.

Logelin has a B.A. in psychology from Occidental College in Los Angeles and an MBA in nonprofit management from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn.