Meet the Team

Dr. LeAnne Froese

Dr. LeAnne Froese grew up in a small farming community in Southern Alberta, Canada. It is here that her love of animals began as she became actively involved in 4-H and spent many hours training her border collie, Scooter, in agility. After graduating from high school, she moved to North Dakota where she gained a Bachelor’s degree in Biology. Dr. LeAnne later received her Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine at Colorado State University.

Tyler Nielsen
Hospital Manager

Tyler Nielsen is the Practice Manager at Root River Veterinary Center. He grew up in Colorado and after graduating from high school, got a BS in Business Management from the University of Wyoming, 03′. He started working with RRVC in 2014. Tyler lives in Chatfield and is married with 4 kids: Isaiah, Aubrey, Lander and Levi. He also has 4 pets, Maple, Gabby, Bo and Twiglet.  In his spare time, he enjoys history, traveling, photography and the outdoors.

Kristin Schwier

Kristin was born and raised in Bird Island, MN. She graduated college with a degree in Hospitality. In 1993, she moved to Fillmore County and made it her home. She began working for Root River Veterinary Center in the spring of 1996.

Kristin and her husband Bob live on a farm outside of Fountain where they raise Registered Hereford and Angus cattle, along with crop farming. they raised three kids on the farm. Alex is in the US Army, married to Audrey. Clay is a welder, married to Julia they have two kids, Lia and Lane. Emilee is an early childhood teacher, married to Justin, and has a daughter, Marlow.

With the kids gone, four-legged kids have taken up residence. Beckett, Bob's farmhand and "lap dog" is a lab x golden retriever, Frankie a spunky little house kitty and Bonnie & Clyde, outside farm cats in charge of security and vermin control.

Kristin enjoys being a grandma most but also enjoys traveling with their camper, spending time at their lake home and riding a 4-wheeler.

Amanda Mueller-Specht

Amanda joined Root River Veterinary Center in July 2017 as a Veterinary Technician/Assistant. Amanda lives in Lanesboro with her significant other, Tony and her daughter Camilla. Amanda seems to have compiled an array of animals throughout the years and has collected some more along the way while working here at RRVC.

Carrie Tatum, CVT

Carrie joined the RRVC team September of 2022. She grew up on a farm in Northeast, Iowa where she was an officer and showed animals in FFA and 4-H. After high school she traveled to and lived in Tennessee and Mississippi. Carrie and her husband now call Southeast Minnesota their home. They have an acreage together with a variety of animals including a cat Bynx, 3 dogs Zara, Millie, and Atlas, a grade quarter horse Ciro and a Mustang Galilee. Carrie is a Certified Pharmacy Technician and a Certified Veterinary Technician. She graduated from the Veterinary Technician program at NICC and completed her internship at Iowa State University Veterinary Medical Center. She is a program advisory board member for the Production and Companion Animal Veterinary Technician Program. In her free time she enjoys kayaking, riding horses, and spending time with her animals, family and friends.

Johanna Lubke, CVT

Johanna grew up in Ridgeway, IA on her great grandparent’s farm where she raised and showed bottle calves, sheep, milk goats, ducks, chickens, rabbits, and dogs at the local county fair through 4-H. Currently, she has three Australian Shepherds; Louie, Gypsy, and Willow. She graduated from Dordt College in Northwest Iowa with a degree in Animal Science in 2018. In 2022, she graduated with an associate degree in Production and Companion Animal Veterinary Technology. Johanna joined RRVC as a Certified Vet Tech in October 2022. In her free time, Johanna likes to take walks with her dogs, garden, lift weights at the gym, and work on house projects with her fiancé on their early 1900s fixer upper