About Us
Our Mission, Refined
SIM-MT'S MISSION STATEMENT: To create environments that reveal solutions to rural challenges.
What began as a mobile simulation program now includes classroom education, online learning, and collaborative initiatives that stretch across disciplines and regions. The growth wasn’t planned on a whiteboard — it happened because partners kept asking us to stay at the table.
And we began to notice something.
The moments that moved the needle weren’t just about curriculum or equipment. They happened when people felt safe enough to speak honestly. When hospital leaders, EMS providers, educators, public health teams, and community partners could sit together and see the full picture. When a challenge voiced in one town connected with an idea from another.
The environment changed the outcome.
That realization led us to refine our mission. We are not only providers of training. We create spaces — in simulation labs, classrooms, online platforms, and strategy sessions — where trust allows real barriers to surface and collaboration allows stronger solutions to emerge.
Across Montana, we are in conversation with communities facing similar questions: how to strengthen behavioral health response, how to address overdose trends, how to prepare the next generation of providers, how to stretch limited resources further. When those conversations connect, impact grows.
Montana’s challenges are real. So is the opportunity to solve them — together.
MEET OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM
Sara Kaull
Executive Director
Sara's background is varied and includes teaching, managing, selling, and entrepreneurship. It spans both for profit and non-profit worlds.
Susanne Hill
Strategic Initiatives Director
Susanne was born and raised on a five-generation Angus cattle ranch in rural Montana. She graduated from Montana State University
Lee Roberts
Simulation Program Director
Lee Roberts has twenty years of experience in the fire and EMS services and recently retired from active service as a Batallion Chief and Operations Manager to join SIM-MT.
Tamela Crickenberger
Online Learning Program Director
Tamela is a seasoned learning and development leader with over 30 years of experience in education, including 17 years specializing in e-learning and instructional design.
Jamie Herzog
Social Media Manager
Jamie Herzog has been a teacher and director of women’s education in church ministry for a decade. She has a passion for women’s challenges and justice on a global scale.
"I have been in EMS for 15 years and this is the best refresher ever! The simulation lab gets an A plus as a training aid"
Tim B.
Big Fork Fire Department