2023 AHIMA Election Ballot Candidates
Get to know our volunteer leaders who are candidates on the 2023 AHIMA Election ballot.The candidates’ biographies, position statements, and more are provided to help you prepare to cast your vote and shape the future of AHIMA and health information (HI). Videos and fliers are on candidate pages for those who provided them.
The AHIMA election begins Monday, July 10, at 8:00 a.m. and runs through Monday, July 24, at 5:00 p.m. CT. All AHIMA professional members are eligible to vote. Cast your vote at ahima.org/vote to select our next HI leaders.
Please select a maximum of one candidate.
President/Chair-elect
Maria Caban Alizondo
PhD, RHIT, FAHIMA
Sue Clarke-Kendrick
MHA, RHIA, FAHIMA
Colleen Goethals
MS, RHIA, FAHIMA
Please select a maximum of three candidates.
Board Directors
Sarah Branish
RHIA
Susan Clark
BS, RHIT, CHTS-IM, CHTS-PW
Rebecca Conroy Bargfrede
MS, RHIA, CCS-P, SHRM-SCP, CHC
Susan Hawes
MBA, RHIA, CMA, FACMPE
Grissel Pabón
MS, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P
Laura Shue
MPA, CHDA, CPHIMS
Daniel Utech
MBA, RHIA, CHPS
Please select a maximum of one candidate.
Speaker-elect of the House of Delegates
This position will be elected by the 2023-2024 House of Delegates, July 31 – August 14.
Sandra Brightwell
EdD, RHIA, FAHIMA
Deanna Peterson
MHA, CS, RHIA, CHPS, LNHA
Please select a maximum of three candidates.
CCHIIM Commissioners
Tarrin Degrate
MSBIA, MBA, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P, CHTS-IM, COC, CPC, CHC
Abel Guevara
DHA, MHIM, BAAS, RHIA, FACHDM, CPHT, CDME
Tamara Montroy
MS, RHIA, CCS
Jyoti Sharma
MS, CDIP, CCS
Kimberly Spencer
BBA, CHPS, ERM-P
Nicole Van Andel
MS, RHIA, CHPS, CHDA
Please select a maximum of two candidates.
CEE Council Members
Madhura Chandak Bajaj
MSPT, MHA, RHIA, FACHE
Theresa Jones
EdD, RHIA
William Limp
MS, RHIA, CHTS-TR, FAHIMA
Makema Massey
MHL, RHIT, CCS, CPC, CRC, CPC-I, CPMA
