Who Is CAHIIM

CAHIIM Staff

Claire Dixon-Lee
PhD, RHIA, FAHIMA, CPH
Executive Director

George J. Payan
Accreditation Operations Manager

Linde Tesch
RHIA
Senior Education Quality Officer

Benjamin Reed, Jr.
Accreditation Logistical Specialist

The 2010 Board of Commissioners

The CAHIIM Board of Commissioners consists of 14 Commissioners – 8 elected from AHIMA membership; 4 appointed representing Health Informatics education and practice; 1 immediate past chair; 1 public member.

Angela Kennedy, Chair
MBA, MEd, RHIA, CPHQ
Ruston, LA

Donald W. Kellogg, Chair-Elect
PhD, RHIA, CPEHR
Lawrence, KS

Merida L. Johns, Past Chair
PhD, RHIA
Woodstock, IL

Angela Carney
PhD, RHIA
Clearwater, FL

Marie T. Conde
MPA, RHIA, CCS
San Francisco, CA

Bonnie Hemp
MBA, RHIA
Luckey, OH

Sherry A. Kristmann
MA, RHIT
Sarasota, FL

Karen Scott
MEd, CCS-P, CPC
Bartlett, TN

Melinda Wilkins
PhD, RHIA
Dardanelle, AR

Health Informatics Commissioners

Joan Compton Hicks, MS, RHIA, Birmingham, AL

John H. Holmes, PhD, FACMI, Philadelphia, PA

Steven J. Steindel, PhD, FACMI, Atlanta, GA

Rosemary Walker, DDS, MBA, MS, Forest Park, IL

CAHIIM Public Member - TBD

The Commission’s Panel of Accreditation Reviewers

Panel members serve as the profession's representatives in evaluating new and continuing HIM and HI academic programs, either by means of evaluation of annual reports, or through site visits. Both processes identify areas where further investigation may be necessary. When required, they visit the program's campus and interview program officials, faculty, members of the communities of interest, and students. Findings are communicated to the Commission, who uses the information gathered by panel members to make a recommendation on the accreditation status of a program.

Cathy Banks MS, RHIA	Lenne H. Klopfer MS, RHIA
Karen Bakuzonis PhD, RHIA	Karl J. Koob MS, RHIA
Paul David Bell PhD, RHIA, CTR	Elizabeth D. Layman PhD, RHIA, CCS, FAHIMA
Dorine L. Bennett MBA, RHIA, FAHIMA	Kathy LaTour MA, RHIA, FAHIMA
Ingrid Bentzen MEd, RHIA, CCS	Desla Mancilla MPA, BA, AS
Sue Ellen Bice MS, RHIA	Barbara Manger MPA, RHIA, CCS, FAHIMA
Sue Biedermann MSHP, RHIA	Sue S. Meiskey MSA, RHIA
Valerie Bond MA, RHIA	Angela Morey MSM, RHIA
Elizabeth D. Bowman MPA, RHIA	Karen R. Patena MBA, RHIA
Myra Brown MBA, RHIA	Kathleen Peterson MS, RHIA, CCS
Mona Calhoun MS, RHIA	Marion Prichard MEd, RHIA
Carol Campbell DBA, RHIA	Nanette B. Sayles EdD, MSHIM, MPA, RHIA,CHP, CCS
Robert J. Campbell EdD	Ellen Shakespeare MBA, RHIA
Sheila A. Carlon PhD, RHIA	Donna L. Silsbee PhD, RHIA, CCS
Angela Carney PhD, RHIA	Sandra S. Smith MEd, RHIA
Natasha Cauley MPH, RHIA	Kathy Trawick EdD, RHIA
Beth Climer MPH, RHIA	Myni Vazquez MS, RHIA
Debra Cook MEd, RHIA	Carol Venable MPH, RHIA
Melanie Endicott MBA/HCM, RHIA, CCS	Rosemary Walker DDS, MBA, MS
Nancy Entwistle MPA, RHIT, CCS	Donna J. Wilde MPA, RHIA
Sue Feldman RN, MEd	Mattie G. Wilson MA, RHIA
Margaret Gallo Kyriakos MBA, RHIA	Lynette M. Williamson MBA, RHIA, CCS, CPC
Robert Garrie MPH, RHIA
Leah Grebner MS, RHIA, CCS, FAHIMA
Fanny Hawkins EdD, MPH, RHIA CPHQ
Shannon Houser PhD, MPH, RHIA
Josette Jones PhD, RN