Her Story
About Judith
What inspired me to get into medical transport was that I live in a three-generational home with my son and my granddaughter and his fiancee. We moved from one area to another, and I was very lonely and very disjointed from the community because I didn't know anybody in this area. So I got a job driving non-emergency medical transport, and after 3 months, I told my son that we could do this better than the person that I was working for, and we started the incorporation process and moved forward with building our own company. A typical day starts at 4:20 in the morning when I wake up. I start with a little meditation, some quiet time, a cup of mushroom coffee, and I just get into the day. Right now, I am actively driving clients to and from medical appointments because we're between drivers. I also have my daughter-in-law to be working the office and doing all of the paperwork, the scheduling, the reconciliations, the billings. She's increased our rides from about 25 to 30% since she took over the office area. We're expanding and we're a growing and scaling company at this point. We're moving from 2 vans to 3 vans in the next two weeks. The whole idea is to have pods of vans in different parts of the state of Illinois where the need is necessary.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Judith
01What do you attribute your success to?
I attribute my success to keep going forward and moving. As my mentor, David Meltzer, tells me, wake up every morning and tell God, thank you for waking me up. My core values are professionalism, safety and cleanliness. A typical day starts at 4:20 in the morning when I wake up. I start with a little meditation, some quiet time, a cup of mushroom coffee, and I just get into the day.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The greatest piece of advice I have received throughout my career is to keep going forward and moving. As my mentor, David Meltzer, tells me, wake up every morning and tell God, thank you for waking me up.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
For the non-emergency medical transport field, I would tell them that number one, it's time-consuming, but it's very lucrative. It's very fulfilling. But you have to have a compassionate soul and great communication skills when it comes to the clients.
04What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
My core values are professionalism, safety and cleanliness when it comes to my work life. In my personal life, my personal interest is my granddaughter. She's studying for a test right now, and one of the things that she told me was, she calls me Nona, and she said, Nona, if I can dream it, I can achieve it, which is something that I have been saying to her for very many years. I spend a lot of time with her. We do a lot of things together, we communicate well, we love and respect each other. I want to think in my head that I'm her mentor. I enjoy helping other people establish their businesses and do well in life. I do some mentoring as well. I have a gentleman that's in the clothing line, offersclothing.com, that I mentor him, and I do live interviews with him at the different pop-ups that he goes through in the area. And I have two other gentlemen that are getting into the non-emergency medical transport business, and I mentor them.
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