AHIMA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President—Bonnie Cassidy, MPA, RHIA,
FAHIMA, FHIMSS
Vice President, HIM Product Management
QuadraMed Corporation
12110 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 600
Reston, VA 20190
(703) 865-2416; Fax: (703) 885-3899
bonnie.cassidy@quadramed.com
President-elect—Patty Sheridan, RHIA, MBA
President
Care Communications Inc.
205 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1900
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 229-7123; Fax: (312) 422-0106
ptsheridan@care-communications.com
Past President—Rita K. Bowen, MA, RHIA,
CHPS, SSGB
Enterprise Director of HIM Services
Erlanger Health System
975 E. 3rd St. HIM Dept.
Chattanooga, TN 37403-2103
(423) 718-0194; Fax: (423) 778-4146
rita.bowen@erlanger.org
CEO, AHIMA
Alan F. Dowling, PhD
233 N. Michigan Ave., 21st Floor
Chicago, IL 60601-5806
(312) 233-1092; Fax: (312) 253-7061
alan.dowling@ahima.org
TERM ENDS 2011
Director—Diann H. Brown, RHIA, CHP, MS
Director Health Info. Services
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital
1301 Pennsylvania Ave.
Fort Worth, TX 76104-2122
(817) 250-3589; Fax: (817) 250-3586
diannbrown@texashealth.org
Director—Beth H. Just, RHIA, MBA
CEO/President
Just Associates, Inc.
16366 E. Crestline Pl.
Centennial, CO 80015-4048
(303) 693-4727; Fax: (303) 693-8437
bjust@justassociates.com
Director—Valerie J. Watzlaf, PhD, RHIA,
FAHIMA
Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh HIM Dept.
6030 Forbes Tower
Pittsburgh, PA, 15260 (Sept through June only)
(412) 383-6647; Fax: (412) 383-6655
valgeo@pitt.edu
2011 CHAIRS OF AHIMA’S VOLUNTEER GROUPS
AHIMA volunteers also make valuable contributions as facilitators for the Communities of Practice. To locate the facilitator(s) for a particular Community of Practice, go into the community and click on the “About” link
located at the top right of the screen. The facilitators are listed in a box on the right.
Affiliate Coordinations Council
Rita K. Bowen, RHIA, CHPS, MA, SSGB
(423) 718-0194
rita.bowen@erlanger.org
AHIMA Foundation
Terry Cameron
(847) 597-4754
tcameron@emdeon.com
AHIMA Triumph Awards Committee
Keith L. Olenik, RHIA, CHP
(816) 392-5796
keith@olenikgroup.com
Annual Convention Program Committee
Kay B. Leonard, RHIA
(801) 440-5468
kay.leonard@comcast.net
Commission on Accreditation for Health
Informatics and Information Management
Education
Don Kellogg, PhD, RHIA
(785) 670-3103
don.kellogg@washburn.edu
Commission on Certification for Health
Informatics and Information Management
Julie Swim, RHI T, CCS, FCS
(859) 260-6631
jswim1@bhsi.com
Community of Practice Advisory Committee
Laura W. Pait, RHIA, CCS
(336) 277-7274
lpait@novanthealth.org
Pamela J. Lail, RHIA, CPHM
(704) 549-7150
pamela.lail@mckesson.com
TERM ENDS 2012
Director—Cassi Birnbaum, MS, RHIA, CPHQ
Director of Health Information and Privacy Officer
Rady Children’s Hospital of San Diego
3020 Children’s Way, Mailcode 5049
San Diego, CA 92123
(858) 966-4095; Fax: (858) 966-6737
cbirnbaum@rchsd.org
Exhibit Advisory Committee
Emily Boffum
(617) 535-8757
emily.boffum@ironmountain.com
Fellowship Review Committee
Patricia L. Shaw, MEd, RHIA, FAHIMA
(801) 626-7989
pshaw@weber.edu
Teresa M. Foley, RHIA, FAHIMA, CPHQ
(703) 941-0439
BFoley6991@aol.com
HIM Education Strategy Committee
Mona Y. Calhoun, RHIA, MS
(301) 352-0304
mcalhoun@coppin.edu
Nominating Committee
Rose T. Dunn, RHIA, CHPS, FACHE, CPA, MBA, FAHIMA
(314) 209-7800
rose@firstclasssolutions.com
2011 PRACTICE COUNCIL STAFF CONTACTS
Clinical Terminology and Classification
Ann M. Zeisset, RHI T, CCS, CCS-P
(618) 224-7918
ann.zeisset@ahima.org
Electronic Health Record
Diana M. Warner, RHIA, CHPS, MS
(952) 200-5834
diana.warner@ahima.org
Health Information Exchange
Harry B. Rhodes, RHIA, CHPS, FAHIMA, MBA
(708) 217-5243
harry.rhodes@ahima.org
Long Term Care
Michelle L. Dougherty, RHIA, CHP, MA
(651) 773-3870
michelle.dougherty@ahima.org
2011 HOUSE OF DELEGATES TEAMS COCHAIRS
Best Practices/Standards Team
Lori A. Nobles, RHIA
(678) 546-9236
lori.nobles@mckesson.com
Renato L. Estrella, RHIA, MSHA, FAHIMA
(516) 327-0824
restrella@nyqio.sdps.org
Environmental Scanning Team
William Thieleman, RHIA, CHP
(206) 988-2559
thieleman.w@ghc.org
Tim J. Keough, RHIA, MPA
(732) 597-5824
tkeo2@aol.com
Higher Education and Workforce Team
Karl J. Koob, RHIA, FAHIMA, CPEHR
(913) 766-3798
kkoob@kumc.edu
Wade E. Lowry, RHI T
(208) 282-3738
lowrwade@isu.edu
Operations Team
April D. Robertson, RHIA, CHPS, FAHIMA, MPA
(510) 460-0100
arobertsonmpa@gmail.com
Debbie Mackaman, RHIA, CHCO
dmackaman@hcpro.com
Professional Development and
Recognition Team
Kathy E. Arner, RHIT, CCS, LPN, CPC, CPMA, MCS
(570) 458-4221
karner@thehealthplan.com
Professional Ethics Committee
Dana C. Mc Way, JD, RHIA
(314) 244-4600
dana_mcway@moeb.uscourts.gov
State Advocacy Workgroup
Charlie M. Robinson, RHI T, CCS-P, BS
(586) 731-9399
cr0938@att.net
Tracy L. D’Errico, RHIA
(631) 726-8313
tderrico@aol.com
Virtual Lab Strategic Advisory Committee
Kerry L. Heinecke, RHIA
(715) 389-7041
kerry.heinecke@mstc.edu
Sue Jensen, RHIT
(320) 231-3655
sue@divinehouse.org
Physician Practice
Lydia M. Washington, RHIA, MS, CPHIMS
(713) 436-8052
lydia.washington@ahima.org
Privacy and Security
Angela K Dinh, RHIA, CHPS, MHA
(813) 250-2849
angela.dinh@ahima.org
Quality Initiatives and Secondary Data
Crystal K. Kallem, RHIA, CPHQ
(515) 992-4351
crystal.kallem@ahima.org
