2010 AHIMA Board of Directors

President

Rita Bowen, MA, RHIA, CHPS, SSBG

Chief Privacy Officer

Erlanger Health System

975 E. 3rd St.

Chattanooga, TN 37403

(423) 778-6734

rita.bowen@erlanger.org

Past President

Vera Rulon, MS, RHIT, CCS, FAHIMA
Director, Business Operations and Communications
US External Medical Affairs, Chief Medical Office

Pfizer, Inc.
235 E. 42nd St.
New York, NY 10017-5703
(212) 733-2901
vera.rulon@pfizer.com

President-elect

Bonnie Cassidy, MPA, RHIA, FAHIMA, FHIMSS

Vice President, HIM Product Management

QuadraMed Corp.

5249 Cottney Croft Way

Peachtree Corners, GA 30092

(703) 865-2416

bonnie.cassidy@quadramed.com

Chief Executive Officer

Alan F. Dowling , PhD

AHIMA

233 N. Michigan, 21st Floor

Chicago, IL 60601-5809

(312) 233-1100

alan.dowling@ahima.org

Third-year Directors

Mark S. Dietz, RHIA
Healthcare Management Consultant
207 Sunnyridge Lane North
Golden Valley, MN 55422-5315
(763) 377-6720
markdietz2@msn.com

Mary G. Reeves, RHIA
Director Medical Information Services

Vanderbilt University Hospital
1121 21st Ave.S., Suite B334
Nashville, TN 37232-0001
(615) 322-3768
mary.reeves@vanderbilt.edu

Renae L. Spohn, MBA, RHIA, CPHQ, FAHIMA, FNAHQ
Director of Clinical Applications

Good Samaritan Society
PO Box 5038; 4800 W. 57th St.
Sioux Falls, SD 57117-5038
(605) 362-3377
rspohn@good-sam.com

Second-year Directors

Diann H. Brown, MS, RHIA, CHP

Director, Health Information Services

Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital

1301 Pennsylvania Ave.

Fort Worth, TX 76104

(817) 250-3589

diannbrown@texashealth.org

Beth H. Just, MBA, RHIA

CEO/President, Just Associates

16366 E. Crestline Pl.

Centennial, CO 80015

(303) 883-4923

bjust@justassociates.com

Valerie J.M. Watzlaf, PhD, RHIA, FAHIMA

Associate Professor, Department of HIM

University of Pittsburgh

6030 Forbes Tower

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

(412) 383-6647

valgeo@pitt.edu

First-year Directors

Cassi Birnbaum, 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

cbirnbaum@rchsd.org

Beth Kost- Woodrow, RHIA

Assistant VP & Chief Privacy Officer

WellStar Health System

531 Roselane St., Suite 600

Marietta, GA 30060

(678) 331-6879

bethk63@aol.com                               

Chrisann Lemery, MS, RHIA, FAHIMA
HIPAA Security Officer and Asst. Privacy Officer
WEA Trust Insurance
45 Nob Hill Rd.

Madison, WI 53713-2195
(608) 661-6742
clemery@weatrust.com

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