Who Is CAHIIM

CAHIIM Staff

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

George J. Payan
Accreditation Operations Manager

Linde Tesch
MS, RHIA
Senior Education Quality Officer

Benjamin Reed, Jr.
Accreditation Logistics Specialist

The 2012 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.

Melinda Wilkins, Chair
PhD, RHIA
Dardanelle, AR

Steven J. Steindel, Chair-Elect
PhD, FACMI
Atlanta, GA

Donald W. Kellogg, Past Chair
PhD, RHIA, CPEHR
Lawrence, KS

Lynette M. Williamson, Secretary
MBA, RHIA, CCS, CPC
Oley, PA

Mervat N. Abdelhak
PhD, RHIA, FAHIMA
Pittsburgh, PA

Melanie Brodnik
PhD, RHIA
Columbus, OH

Bonnie Hemp
MBA, RHIA
Luckey, OH

Joan Compton Hicks
MS, RHIA
Birmingham, AL

John H. Holmes
PhD, FACMI
Philadelphia, PA

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

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

Rosemary Walker
DDS, MBA, MS
Forest Park, IL

Public Member

Polly Cathcart, MMSc, MT(ASCP)SC
Atlanta, GA

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, FAHIMA
Paul David Bell PhD, RHIA, CTR	Elizabeth D. Layman PhD, RHIA, CCS, FAHIMA
Dorine L. Bennett PhD, RHIA, FAHIMA	Kathy LaTour MA, RHIA, FAHIMA
Ingrid Bentzen MEd, RHIA, CCS	Desla Mancilla MPA, BA, AS
Hertencia Bowe MSA, RHIA	Barbara Manger MPA, RHIA, CCS, FAHIMA
Sue Biedermann MSHP, RHIA, FAHIMA	Sue S. Meiskey MSA, RHIA
Valerie Bond MA, RHIA	Angela Morey MSM, RHIA
Elizabeth D. Bowman MPA, RHIA, FAHIMA	Alice Noblin PhD, RHIA, CCS, LHRM
Myra Brown MBA, RHIA	Karen R. Patena MBA, RHIA, FAHIMA
Mona Calhoun MS, RHIA	Lawrence Pawola PharmD, MBA
Carol Campbell DBA, RHIA, FAHIMA	Kathleen Peterson MS, RHIA, CCS
Robert J. Campbell EdD	Marion Prichard MEd, RHIA
Sheila A. Carlon PhD, RHIA, FAHIMA	Nanette B. Sayles EdD, RHIA,CHP, CCS, FAHIMA
Natasha Cauley MPH, RHIA	Nena Scott MSEd, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P
Beth Climer MPH, RHIA	Ellen Shakespeare MBA, RHIA
Debra Cook MEd, RHIA	Donna L. Silsbee PhD, RHIA, CCS
Melanie Endicott MBA/HCM, RHIA, CCS	Sandra S. Smith MEd, RHIA, CCS
Nancy Entwistle MPA, RHIT, CCS	Kathy Trawick EdD, RHIA
Sue Feldman RN, MEd	Carol Venable MPH, RHIA, FAHIMA
Margaret Gallo Kyriakos PhD, RHIA	Donna J. Wilde MPA, RHIA
Robert Garrie MPH, RHIA	Mattie G. Wilson MA, RHIA
Leah Grebner MS, RHIA, CCS, FAHIMA	Cassandra Williams MS, RHIA
Fanny Hawkins EdD, MPH, RHIA CPHQ
Shannon Houser PhD, MPH, RHIA
Josette Jones PhD, RN