Sam Silverstein
Best-selling Author, Speaker, Former Executive and Business Owner
Sam Silverstein’s mission is to empower people to live accountable lives, transform the way they do business, and to thrive at extraordinary levels. As a former executive and owner, Sam’s manufacturing and distribution companies sold over $100 million in products and services. He successfully sold one of his businesses to a Fortune 500 company.
Today, Sam writes, speaks, and consults with organizations around the globe to think differently, work with renewed purpose, and achieve record-breaking results.
Sam is the author of eleven books on leadership & accountability including I Am Accountable, The Accountability Circle, No More Excuses, No Matter What, Non-Negotiable, Making Accountable Decisions, The Success Model, and his latest – Pivot!. Because of his work, Global Gurus has named Sam #3 on the list of World’s Top 30 Organizational Culture Professionals.
Originally from Atlanta, Sam has a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Georgia and an MBA from Washington University. He is a Past President of the National Speakers Association. Sam is married with four children and currently resides in St. Louis, Missouri.
Originally from Atlanta, Sam has a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Georgia and an MBA from Washington University. He is a Past President of the National Speakers Association. Sam is married with four children and currently resides in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Best-selling Author, Speaker, Former Executive and Business Owner
Jessica Matthews
Founder & CEO
Uncharted
Jessica O. Matthews is the Founder & CEO of Uncharted, an award-winning, Platform-as-a-Service company that helps cities and developers reduce the cost and complexity of deploying and managing last mile infrastructure.
Ms. Matthews career started at the age of 19 with her invention of the SOCCKET, an energy-generating soccer ball. At the age of 22, she founded Uncharted Power as a power solutions company before expanding to integrated infrastructure solutions.
Ms. Matthew’s success in entrepreneurship led to a White House invitation from President Barack Obama to represent small companies for the signing of the America Invents Act in 2012. In 2016, she raised what was at the time the largest Series A round ever raised by a black female founder in history,and was selected to ring the NASDAQ opening ceremony bell, representing all Forbes 30 Under 30 alumni.
Ms. Matthew’s research and career center around the intersection of disruptive technology, renewable energy, human behavior, and the psychology of self-actualization. A dual citizen of Nigeria & the United States Jessica has a degree in Psychology and Economics from Harvard University, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and is listed on over 12 patents and patents pending. Her list of accolades include Fortune’s Most Promising Women Entrepreneurs, Forbes 30 Under 30, Inc. Magazine 30 Under 30, and Harvard University Scientist of the Year.
Ms. Matthew’s has appeared on the cover of Forbes and Forbes Africa, as well as featured in Marie Claire, Wired, Inc, TechCrunch, The New York Times, and Fast Company, among others. She has spoken to audiences around the world including Google, JPMorgan’s Women on the Move, the AnitaB.org Grace Hopper Celebration, The Aspen Institute, SXSW, Tory Burch Foundation, and more.
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Founder & CEO
Uncharted
Peggy Meehan, MEd
Director of Education and Special Projects
National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA)
Ms. Peggy Meehan is the Director of Education and Special Projects at the National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA). She is responsible for implementing NCRA’s educational initiatives to ensure NCRA provides the cancer surveillance community with comprehensive, high-quality training opportunities that are accessible, cost-effective, and forward-thinking. She led efforts to launch NCRA’s learning management system — the Center for Cancer Registry Education – and recently guided efforts to produce the fourth edition of the profession’s textbook, Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practice for Hospitals and Central Registries.
Prior to NCRA, Ms. Meehan taught high school social studies and had a 20-year career in consulting and association management in Washington, DC, including Principal of High Noon Communications; Director of Administration for the National Council of State Housing Agencies; Director of Communications at the Urban Land Institute; and a variety of positions at the American Institute of Architects.
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Director of Education and Special Projects
National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA)
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Timothy (Tim) Stettheimer, PhD, FACHE, FCHIME, CHCIO, CPHIMS
Timothy (Tim) Stettheimer, PhD, FACHE, FCHIME, CHCIO, CPHIMS
Vice President, Education
College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME)
Dr. Timothy Stettheimer is Vice President of Education for the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), a 2,900-plus member professional organization. In this role, Dr. Stettheimer leads all education strategy for members and affiliate associations, as well as international efforts. Education initiatives include CHIME’s Fall and Spring Forums, CIO Bootcamps, Leadership Academies as well as other summits, workshops and symposia.
Dr. Stettheimer has previously served as a healthcare CIO for two decades and has worked with healthcare information technology and healthcare leaders for 25 years. He most recently served as the Regional Chief Information Officer for the South and Central Region of Ascension Information Services, which is made up of seven geographic markets as well as all senior living locations and all medical groups. Prior to his Ascension role, Dr. Stettheimer served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for St. Vincent’s Health System in Birmingham, Ala., and held leadership roles at Adventist Health System and Children’s Medical Center of Dallas.
Dr. Stettheimer earned a doctorate in information services focused on medical informatics, information theory and design, and information policy and management from the University of North Texas in Denton. He holds a master’s degree in applied cognition and neuroscience from the University of Texas in Dallas and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. He is a CHIME Certified Healthcare CIO and a CHIME Fellow. He also served as the CHIME 2010 Board Chair, the 2011 CHIME Foundation Board Chair and the 2013-1014 CHIME Education Foundation Board Chair.
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Vice President, Education
College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME)
Wylecia Wiggs Harris, PhD, CAE
Chief Executive Officer
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
Dr. Wylecia Wiggs Harris is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). She has led the organization since 2018, positioning it as a global leader and the leading voice for health information.
Prior to AHIMA, Dr. Harris was CEO at the League of Women Voters of the United States and the League of Women Voters Education Fund. She also served as Chief Operating Officer of the American Nurses Association, Executive Director of the Center for American Nurses, and Executive Director of the Maryland-based Sister to Sister Foundation. Dr. Harris also has served as senior vice president and Executive Director at the American Heart Association.
Dr. Harris holds a PhD in organizational development from Capella University; a Master of Management degree from Northwestern University; and both a bachelor and honorary doctor of humane letters degree from Wittenberg University.
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Chief Executive Officer
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
William (Bill) Hersh, MD, FACMI, FAMIA, FIAHSI
Professor and Department Chair
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
Dr. William Hersh is Professor and Chair of the Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology in the School of Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon, USA. Dr. Hersh is a leader and innovator in biomedical informatics both in education and research. He serves as Director of OHSU’s Biomedical Informatics Graduate Program and of OHSU’s NIH National Library of Medicine T15 Training Grant. Dr. Hersh also conceptualized and implemented the first offering of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 10x10 (“ten by ten”) program, which provides the equivalent of an introductory graduate-level course and has been completed by nearly 3000 health care professionals and others. He is Co-Editor (with Robert Hoyt, MD) of the introductory textbook, Health Informatics: Practical Guide (7th Edition, Lulu.com). Dr. Hersh will represent the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA).
About William (Bill) Hersh, MD, FACMI, FAMIA, FIAHSI
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Professor and Department Chair
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
Paul Keckley, MA, PhD
Managing Editor and Healthcare Policy Analyst
The Keckley Report
Paul H. Keckley is Managing Editor of The Keckley Report, a healthcare policy analyst and widely known industry expert. He is a frequent speaker and advisor to healthcare organizations focused on long-term growth, sustainability and advocacy strategies. In addition to weekly Keckley Report, he has published three books and 250 articles. During the period preceding the passage of the Affordable Care Act, he facilitated sessions between White House Office of Health Reform and major health industry trade groups as private sector input was sought in the legislation. He serves on the board of Tivity Health and as an advisor to Western Governors University, Erdman, Sullivan Cotter and the Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy. He is a member of the Health Executive Network and Healthcare Financial Management Association . Previously, he served as Managing Director of the Navigant Center for Healthcare Research and Policy Analysis (2014-2015), Executive Director of the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions (2006-2013), executive administration at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (1998-2006), Chief Executive Officer of PhyCor Management Corporation-the IPA Subsidiary of PhyCor Inc. (1994-1998) and Managing Partner of The Keckley Group, a health care research and policy analysis firm (1974-1994). He also served as Independent Chairman of Interdent, a California dental practice management company (1992-1996) and as an Adjunct Professor in the Schools of Medicine, Business and Health Policy at Georgetown University and Vanderbilt University. He completed his B.A. at Lipscomb University, his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Ohio State University, and a fellowship in economic policy at Oxford University.
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Managing Editor and Healthcare Policy Analyst
The Keckley Report
Charlene Banta, RHIA
Program Director and Instructor
St. Johns River State College
Dr. Charlene Banta began her career in Health Information Management over 30 years ago. For the past 12 years she has worked in IT while also being engaged in curriculum design and instruction. She received a dual master’s degree in Health Information Management and Information Technology Leadership, a bachelor’s degree in Leadership Studies, and a doctorate of education focused on Transformational Leadership.
Dr. Banta serves as the Health Information Technology Program Director and Instructor at St. Johns River State College in St. Augustine. She is also a member of the Information Technology team at Mayo Clinic. She’s a Registered Health Information Administrator, Certified Healthcare Technology Specialist – Implementation Manager, Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems, holds the ITIL Foundation certificate in IT Service Management, the certificate in Effective College Instruction, is a certified change practitioner and a certified CPHIMS instructor. She holds the rank of Instructor in Healthcare Administration with Mayo Clinic’s College of Medicine and was granted the Excellence in Teaching certificate with Mayo Clinic’s Academy of Educational Excellence. Her work to improve healthcare using technology was presented at the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare Convention in Paris and has been featured in AHIMA’s Perspectives in HIM.
Courses taught:
· Introduction to Health Information Management
· Health Information Systems
· Data Management for Business
· Information Technology and Systems
· Health Information Technology
· Health Data Management
· Project Management
· Healthcare Informatics
· Medical Terminology
Dr. Banta serves as a mentor in the FHIMA Mentoring Program and at her alma mater.
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Program Director and Instructor
St. Johns River State College
Hertencia Bowe, Ed.D., MSA, RHIA, FAHIMA
Founder & Principal Consultant
Bowe Academic Consulting, LLC.
Dr. Hertencia Bowe has over 15 years of higher education experience in teaching, course and curriculum development, academic program assessment, and accreditation compliance. She is the founder and principal consultant at Bowe Academic Consulting, LLC. Dr. Bowe delivers consulting services to educational programs seeking program accreditation/reaccreditation and professional development services to educators. Previously she served as Assistant Professor for the Health Information Management Program at Fisher College. Additionally, she served as National Health Information Program Coordinator at Rasmussen College, Health Information Management and Medical Coding Program Director at Polk State College. Dr. Bowe is a graduate of Nova Southeastern University, with a doctoral degree in Higher Education Leadership and Curriculum Development. She also holds a MS in Health Services Administration from Central Michigan University and a B.S. in Health Information Management from the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
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Founder & Principal Consultant
Bowe Academic Consulting, LLC.
Sandra Brightwell, EdD, RHIA, FAHIMA
Program Director
Central Arizona College
Dr. Sandra Brightwell has 29 years of experience in Health Information Management, is a Registered Health Information Administrator, a Fellow of the American Health Information Management Association, and a Doctor of Educational Leadership. She was a first generation college student and is an alum from both Illinois State University and Northern Arizona University.
Dr. Brightwell is the Director of the CAHIIM accredited fully online Health Information Management Program at Central Arizona College, and has held this position since 2012. Additional efforts at CAC include teaching in HIM, Lead for Occupation Insight, Professional Development & Engagement Committee member, Equity Council member, Allied Health Articulation Task Force Liaison, AFIT participant, Trust Edge Team Lead and a co-lead of the Achieving the Dream student success team. Additionally, she serves as the CAC Institutional Representative for the Arizona Women in Higher Education (AWHE) association.
Dr. Brightwell is a former council member for AHIMA’s Council for Excellence in Education (CEE) and co-chaired the Curricular Workgroup in 2019. Dr. Brightwell has volunteered for the Arizona Health Information Management Association Board of Directors since 2003, and recently took office as President in 2021. She was the recipient of the AzHIMA Distinguished Member Award in 2010 and the AzHIMA Outstanding Service Award in 2006.
Furthermore, Dr. Brightwell serves as a Peer Reviewer for the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). In addition, Dr. Brightwell volunteers her time for the Arizona chapter of HOSA (Future Health Professionals, formally known as Health Occupations Students of America), to Cub Scout Pack 378 as a Den Leader, and member of the Rover Elementary PTA.
Dr. Brightwell’s research focuses on Motivation and Leadership in the Workplace. Dr. Brightwell enjoys the recalibration opportunities that higher education affords students, and she is an advocate for assisting and motivating students’ proficiency, employability, and usability of the knowledge and skills higher education has to offer.
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Program Director
Central Arizona College
Deborah Butts, EdD, RHIA
Program Director and Professor
Lone Star College-North Harris
Debora Butts is a graduate of Clark Atlanta University, Webster University and Texas Southern University, where she earned the BS, MA, and Ed.D. degrees respectively. She is currently Program Director and Professor of the Health Information Technology Program at Lone Star College-North Harris in Houston, Texas. This position is Dr. Butts’s 4th run as Program Director. She has held numerous positions in the academic and clinical setting. The Revenue Cycle is her strongest passion in the Health Information Management profession. She has served as Past President of the Houston Area HIM Association and volunteered in numerous capacities with the organization.
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Program Director and Professor
Lone Star College-North Harris
Margaret Czart, DrPH
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago
Dr. Margaret Czart is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical and Health Information Sciences in the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her background includes over 15 years in online education with a specialization in course design and assessment. Dr. Margaret Czart also has experience with Virtual Reality environments for educational purposes. Dr. Margaret Czart areas of interest involve in the areas of Consumer Health Informatics, Public Health Informatics and Biomedical Visualization with Simulations. Current projects include the analysis of data collected by Electronic Health Records (EHRs) for chronic disease surveillance and the development and assessment of health information online for patient education and engagement through Motivational Interviewing (MI).
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Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago
Donna Estes, MPM, RHIT, CPHQ-Retired
Program Director / Instructor
Georgia Northwestern Technical College
Donna Estes is the Program Director/Instructor for the Health Information Management Program at Georgia Northwestern Technical College and Subject Matter Expert/Adjunct Instructor at Sullivan University. Mrs. Estes' career covers a decade in the HIM industry and includes auditing, project management data analytics, and performance improvement experiences. Mrs. Estes holds degrees and certifications in the following areas: masters of project management, bachelors of science in mathematics with honors, associates of science in HIT with high honors, associates of arts in business administration with high honors, and Six Sigma Lean Green Belt in Healthcare.
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Program Director / Instructor
Georgia Northwestern Technical College
Abby Swanson Kazley, PhD
Professor and Division Director
Medical University of South Carolina
Dr. Abby Kazley is an award-winning teacher and researcher who currently leads the Masters of Science in Health Informatics program at the MUSC. She also teaches in the MHA program at MUSC. Dr. Kazley earned a PhD in Health Services Organization and Research from VCU. Her research examines the correlations between health information technology use and outcomes such as cost, quality, and efficiency. Dr. Kazley teaches in the areas of management and strategy. She is also recognized as a leader in competency based education and the use of technology in education. She serves as Treasurer of the SC HIMSS.
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Professor and Division Director
Medical University of South Carolina
Stephanie Donovan, EdD., MBA, RHIA
Dean, Academic Operations and Faculty Development
Peirce College
Dr. Stephanie Donovan serves as Dean of Academic Operations and Faculty Development and Faculty Chair of the undergraduate Health Programs division at Peirce College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is responsible for supporting students and faculty and managing undergraduate healthcare-related degree and certificate programs. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Health Information Administration from Gwynedd-Mercy College (University), MBA with an MIS specialization from LaSalle University, and a doctorate in Higher Education Leadership from Delaware Valley University, where her dissertation research focused on disruptive innovation in higher education. Dr. Donovan has held leadership positions at the local, state, and national levels of AHIMA. She is president-elect of the Pennsylvania Health Information Management Association and previously served as an appointed member of the AHIMA Council for Excellence in Education. She currently serves on the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for a large teaching hospital as a secondary reviewer for human subjects research.
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Dean, Academic Operations and Faculty Development
Peirce College
Bari Dzomba, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor and Program Director
Temple University College of Public Health
Dr. Bari Dzomba has over 25 years experience at the intersection of health, leadership, technology, and data within academic, healthcare, private industry, and government entities. Dr. Dzomba's current research focus is on the intersection of Health Informatics and Racism, specifically where leadership, diversity, inclusion, and advocacy play a role in data collection, data transformation, and data analytics. Dr. Dzomba holds a BA from The College of New Jersey, an MS in Information Science from The Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley, and a PhD in Community Leadership from Alvernia University. She has taught computer science, business administration, Public Health and Population Health Informatics, Leadership, and Health Systems Science for Penn State, and is currently an Assistant Professor and Program Director at Temple University where she teaches in the Health Informatics graduate program and Health Information Management undergraduate program.
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Assistant Professor and Program Director
Temple University College of Public Health
Jill Flanigan, MLS, MS RHIT
Program Coordinator
Middlesex Community College
Ms. Jill Flanigan joined Middlesex Community College in the fall of 2016 and serves as the Health Information Management Program Coordinator. Prior to transitioning to a career in education, she served as a Health Information Management director and in other Health Information Professional roles in hospitals in Connecticut and Rhode Island.
Ms. Flanigan earned a Master of Science degree in data analytics from Southern New Hampshire University, a Master of Library Science degree from Southern Connecticut State University and is currently attending the University of Connecticut School of Law.
Jill has been an active volunteer at the state (CtHIMA) and national level with AHIMA; currently serving as a member of the Data Analytics and Data Use Practice Council.
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Program Coordinator
Middlesex Community College
Linda Galocy, MS, RHIA, FAHIMA
Assistant Dean and Program Chair
Indiana University Northwest
Ms. Linda Galocy is the Assistant Dean and Program Chair of the Health Information Management Programs at Indiana University Northwest. She is also an Ed.D. student in Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University Bloomington. Ms. Galocy holds a master’s degree in Adult Education and received her Bachelor of Science degree in health information administration at IUPUI. She is also a Fellow of AHIMA.
Linda has presented at three previous Assembly on Education conferences, is a contributing author to a colleague’s Intro to Radiography Technology and Patient Care on health information management topics and has been an editor for two other textbooks.
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Assistant Dean and Program Chair
Indiana University Northwest
Fanny Hawkins, Ed.D. CPHQ, RHIA
Program Director & Department Chair
Texas Southern University
Dr. Fanny Hawkins has 30 years of Health Information management experience including: HIM Manager Revenue Cycle Business Services, Director of a Health Information Management Bachelor of Science Program, Director of Health Information Services, Review Supervisor for the Texas Medical Foundation, Department Chair for Health Sciences Programs, and also completed a Post Doc Fellowship in Health Informatics at Baylor College of Medicine. Her research focuses on health information, clinical documentation, evaluating clinical data in the EMR, and EMR Project Management.
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Program Director & Department Chair
Texas Southern University
Anita Hazelwood, EdD, RHIA, FAHIMA
Professor & Department Head
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Dr. Anita C. Hazelwood is a Professor and Allied Health Department Head in the College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Dr. Hazelwood is the recipient of the Lafayette General Medical Center/BORSF Professorship in Health Sciences.
Dr. Hazelwood is an AHIMA ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS trainer and has conducted numerous coding workshops throughout the state and nation; she has written numerous articles, co-authored several textbooks and authored chapters in several HIM textbooks. Dr. Hazelwood was the recipient of AHIMA’s Legacy Award in 2003.
On a professional level, Anita is a member of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and has served on various committees and boards.
She is currently serving as the Chair of CAHIIM’s Health Information Management Accreditation Council.
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Professor & Department Head
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Angela Kennedy, EdD, MBA, RHIA
Chief Executive Officer
CAHIIM
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Chief Executive Officer
CAHIIM
Jamie Loggains, Ed.D. RHIT, CPC
Program Manager and Associate Professor, Health Programs
Peirce College
Jamie Loggains is an Program Manager and Associate Professor for the undergraduate Health Programs division at Peirce College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Loggains teaches courses in the Medical Coding Certificate program and Health Information Technology associate degree program sharing her healthcare reimbursement and outpatient/physician coding experience and expertise with future healthcare professionals. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Healthcare Administration from Drexel University, Master of Science in Health Informatics from the University of Chicago at Illinois and a Doctor of Education in Higher Education Leadership from Maryville University. Dr. Loggains’ research focused on adjunct instructor presence in the online environment. She is a current member of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC).
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Program Manager and Associate Professor, Health Programs
Peirce College
Jacqueline Moczygemba, MBA, RHIA, CCS, FAHIMA
Associate Professor and Program Director
Texas State University
Ms. Jacqueline Moczygemba is an Associate Professor and Program Director for the BSHIM in the Department of Health Information Management at Texas State University. She entered the HIM profession in 1982 and recently completed her 25th year as a faculty member for Texas State University. Prior to teaching, Ms. Moczygemba spent 12 years as a director of HIM services in an acute care hospital. She also has several years of experience in HIM consulting in long-term healthcare. She received her Bachelor of Science in Medical Records Administration and Master of Business Administration from Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University). Ms. Moczygemba holds certification as a registered health information administrator (RHIA) and coding specialist (CCS). She was named a Fellow of the American Health Information Management Association in 2012. Ms. Moczygemba is a member of the editorial review panel for Perspectives in Health Information Management.
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Associate Professor and Program Director
Texas State University
Carla Tyson-Howard, EdD, MHA, RHIA
Program Director
Houston Community College
Dr. Carla Tyson-Howard serves as the Program Director of the Health Information Technology at Houston Community College in Texas. As a graduate of Incarnate Word University, she holds the credential of RHIA with a Doctorate degree in Higher Education Administration from Texas Southern University and a Master’s of Health Care Administration from Texas Woman’s University.
She has authored textbooks, DVDs, CDs, and articles for the advancement of Health Information Technology education. She has presented at local, state and national conventions. To ensure the continuity of her students’ education, she established a named scholarship at Houston Community College for students enrolled in the Health Information Technology program.
Dr. Tyson-Howard has served as vice-president of the Houston Area Health Information Management Association, volunteered with the YMCA and served on the Minority Achievers Steering Committee.
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Program Director
Houston Community College
Tabbitha Fagin, MS, RHIA
Director
BannerHealth
Ms. Tabbitha Fagin is a Director of Acute Care Coding at Banner Health. She is a seasoned Health Information Management (HIM) professional who has worked across multiple disciplines in small and large organizations. Over the last 30 years, her experience includes Acute Care and Professional Coding, HIM Operations, Compliance, and Denials Management. Ms. Fagin holds a bachelor’s degree from Texas State in HIM and recently graduated with a master’s in Applied Biomedical Informatics from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
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Director
BannerHealth
Susan H. Fenton, PhD, RHIA, FAHIMA
Associate Professor and Associate Dean
University of Texas
Dr. Susan H. Fenton is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Academic and Curricular Affairs at the University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics in Houston, TX. She is responsible for their certificate, master’s and doctoral degree programs. Dr. Fenton has received $7 million in grant funding and serves on a variety of regional and national committees. Dr. Fenton has more than 30 years of experience in health informatics and information management.
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Associate Professor and Associate Dean
University of Texas
Tammie Jones, MS, FACHE, CMPE
Army Medical Service Corps Officer (retired); Board-certified Healthcare Executive
George Mason University
Ms. Tammie M. Jones, is a doctoral student of health services research with a concentration in health policy at George Mason University. Ms. Jones is a retired Army Medical Service Corps Officer and a board-certified healthcare executive with over 20 years of experience in primary, specialty and tertiary care settings. Her leadership roles span stand-alone clinics to a Level I trauma center. In addition to her extensive experience in healthcare delivery, she provided consulting to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Veterans Health Administration, and the Office of the Assistance Secretary for Preparedness and Response.
Ms. Jones's dissertation research is focused on the effects of nurse practitioner state scope of practice laws on access to care in rural communities.
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Army Medical Service Corps Officer (retired); Board-certified Healthcare Executive
George Mason University
Marissa Lajaunie, MBA, RHIA
Senior Instructor
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Mrs. Marissa Lajaunie, MBA, RHIA obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in HIM in 2009 and an MBA in 2011 both from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She has also been a RHIA since 2009. Prior to returning to UL Lafayette as an Instructor in January of 2015, Mrs. Lajaunie was employed as the Assistant Administrator of an inpatient psychiatric facility and two outpatient mental health clinics where she was responsible for the overall leadership and operation of the facility’s services, departments, and functions. Mrs. Lajaunie teaches several junior and senior level courses and serves as the Health Information Management Internship Director. Mrs. Lajaunie co-authors Delmar Cengage Learning’s annual publications aimed at preparing students for the AHIMA certification examinations. She has been an active member of the American Health Information Management Association, Louisiana Health Information Management Association, and the South District of LHIMA for many years.
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Senior Instructor
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
PJ Maddox, EdD, MSN, RN
Professor and Department Chair
George Mason University
Dr. PJ Maddox is Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Administration and Policy at George Mason University. She is a nurse with a distinguished career in health services administration, health policy analysis and health services research. Dr. Maddox's academic and research interests range from health reform to understanding the impact of financing arrangements and delivery systems on health care quality and access, to health workforce planning. She is a recognized expert in health systems management, health reform policy and health services research.
Dr. Maddox came to Mason in 1995 from the National Institutes of Health. At Mason she developed the graduate programs in health administration and policy and established the health services research program in the Center for Health Policy, Research & Ethics where she served as its Director. At the Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, she served as a Clinical Center Deputy Director. Prior to NIH, she has held management and academic teaching appointments in a variety of universities and academic medical centers throughout the US.
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Professor and Department Chair
George Mason University
Beverly Marquez, MS, RHIA
Program Director
State Fair Community College
Ms. Beverly Marquez is the health information technology director for State Fair Community College. Ms. Marquez has over 30 years of experience in the healthcare field. She has been with State Fair Community College, Sedalia, Missouri, since 2011. During her time at the college, the AAS in Health Information Technology program received CAHIIM accreditation and grew to over 100 active students. She currently serves as Faculty Vice-Chair on the Missouri Community College Association Advisory Board and is a member of CAHIIM’s HIMAC Council.
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Program Director
State Fair Community College
Danette Myers, PhD, RHIA
Clinical Assistant Professor
Texas State University
Dr. Danette Myers has a Bachelor of Science Health Information Management from Southwest Texas State University, a Master of Business Administration from LeTourneau University, and a Ph.D. in Adult Professional Community Education, from Texas State University. Dr. Myers started with HIM in 2006 after having worked as the Health Information Management Security Officer for an Austin hospital for four years. Her primary areas of teaching currently include HIM Departmental Management, HIM Governance and medical terminology. She is also the lead faculty in the HIM Practicum and HIM Seminar courses taken by the seniors during their internship semester. After 14 years of teaching at, as well as being involved in student and leadership development here at Texas State, she recently earned her doctorate degree, August 2019.
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Clinical Assistant Professor
Texas State University
Chelsea Overstreet, MA
Assistant Director
The University of Texas
Ms. Chelsea Overstreet joined the UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics in June 2014 as the Practicum Coordinator. Now, she serves as the Assistant Director of Student and Alumni Relations and oversees communications, practicum placement, and alumni engagement, among other tasks. She has a Bachelor’s of Journalism from the University of Missouri and a Master’s in Communication from the University of Texas at San Antonio.
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Assistant Director
The University of Texas
Jennifer Peterson, PhD, RHIA, CTR
Associate Professor
Illinois State University
Dr. Jennifer Peterson is an associate professor in the Department of Health Sciences at Illinois State University. Over her 27 years of teaching there, Dr. Peterson has taught a variety of courses within the Health Information Management Program. She has also worked extensively in oncology care, including as a cancer program coordinator and clinical research coordinator. Dr. Peterson currently teaches in the on-campus and online setting. Her research interests include program evaluation and assessment, online education, and cancer registry education.
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Associate Professor
Illinois State University
Valerie S. Prater, MBA, RHIT, FAHIMA
Professor (Retired) / Adjunct Instructor
University of Illinois at Chicago
Ms. Valerie Schmitt Prater holds an MBA and Certificate in Health Services Administration. She currently serves as adjunct faculty for University of Illinois at Chicago’s Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management program following her retirement as Clinical Assistant Professor, a role that included curriculum development and mapping.
Her previous experience includes instruction for University of Connecticut’s online Health Information Technology Certificate, a graduate program she helped develop, and administration for DeVry University where she developed curricula and provided national direction of associate and baccalaureate health information management programs.
Ms. Prater currently serves on the Health Information Management Accreditation Council of the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). She has delivered numerous presentations including to AHIMA’s Assembly on Education. Recent publications include Chapter 20, Human Resources Management, in Health Information Management Technology: An Applied Approach, Sixth Edition, Sayles and Gordon (2020).
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Professor (Retired) / Adjunct Instructor
University of Illinois at Chicago
Sean Preuss, EdD
Academic Success Manager
Bryan University
Dr. Sean Preuss uses research and data-driven approaches to develop and facilitate training for online faculty. In total, Sean has delivered over 100 live presentations and training courses to faculty at several universities. In his main role, he oversees faculty and tutor development as the Academic Success Manager at Bryan University. Dr. Preuss is a two-time recipient of Bryan University’s “Distinguished Faculty Award” and has a doctorate in education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
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Academic Success Manager
Bryan University
Laurie A. Rinehart-Thompson, JD, RHIA, CHP, FAHIMA
Program Director and Professor
The Ohio State University
Dr. Laurie A. Rinehart-Thompson is the director of the HIM program and a professor at The Ohio State University. Her experiences span acute care, home health, behavioral health, and education. She has testified in privacy civil litigation as an expert witness. She serves on the AHIMA Council for Excellence in Education, has chaired the AHIMA Professional Ethics Committee, and has served on numerous AHIMA committees. Dr. Rinehart-Thompson has presented on topics including the HIPAA privacy rule and pedagogical best practices in HIM. She is a co-editor and co-author of AHIMA’s Fundamentals of Law for Health Informatics and Information Management, the author of Introduction to Health Information Privacy and Security, and a contributor to Ethical Health Informatics: Challenges and Opportunities and numerous AHIMA publications. Her work has been published in Journal of AHIMA and Perspectives in Health Information Management. She received the OHIMA (Ohio) Distinguished Member Award and the AHIMA Triumph Legacy Award.
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Program Director and Professor
The Ohio State University
Marjorie Rosen, MBA-MDR, RHIT
Program Director
Bryan University
Ms. Marjorie Rosen is a national Advocate for students and members of the Health Information industry. She commonly uses a conglomerate of Trust principles with adapted cognitive behavior techniques and a Growth Mindset to lead programs. She has received several awards for her innovations and process improvement implementations. Currently, she is the program director for the Healthcare Programs at Bryan University.
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Program Director
Bryan University
Shelley C. Safian, PhD, RHIA, HCISPP
Author and Instructor
University of Maryland – Global Campus
Dr. Shelley C. Safian has been teaching Health Care Administration, Health Information/Informatics Management, and Medical Billing and Coding, both onsite and online, for more than 20 years. She has a PhD in Health Care Administration and a Masters in Organizational Management/Health Care Administration/Health Informatics.
In addition, she is the author of eight textbooks, including, “Let’s Code It!” 2nd edition, released by McGraw Hill in late January 2020 and “Anatomy & Pathophysiology for ICD-10-CM/ICD-10-PCS Coding” in August 2020.
She is a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Health Care Information Security and Privacy Professional (HCISPP), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS-P), AAPC-Approved Instructor (COC, CPC-I), and an AHIMA-Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer.
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Author and Instructor
University of Maryland – Global Campus
Debby Schultze, MS, RHIA
Department Chair & Associate Professor
St. Charles Community College
Ms. Debby Schultze has been a member of AHIMA since her student days began in 1999. She has been an educator for over 20 years and consistently demonstrates her passion for student success and helping to develop future HIM professionals. Her current position is HIM Department Chair and Associate Professor at St. Charles Community College in St. Charles Missouri. Debby has served as a CAHIIM program reviewer for several years and has served as a personal mentor for several new program Directors. She is fully committed to helping faculty deliver the highest quality HIM education possible.
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Department Chair & Associate Professor
St. Charles Community College
Learn more aboutRenae Spohn, PhD, MBA, RHIA, CPHQ, CPHI, FAHIMA, FNAHQ
Renae Spohn, PhD, MBA, RHIA, CPHQ, CPHI, FAHIMA, FNAHQ
Renae Spohn, PhD, MBA, RHIA, CPHQ, CPHI, FAHIMA, FNAHQ
Program Director
Dakota State University
Dr. Renae Spohn has been the Director of the HIM Programs at Dakota State University for three years and was an Assistant Professor prior. She also has more than 35 years’ experience working in Clinical Applications, HIM, and Quality Departments for the largest not-for-profit long-term care provider and has lead HIM Departments in acute care settings in Wyoming and Colorado.
Dr. Spohn currently serves as a CAHIIM Peer Reviewer. She also served on the AHIMA Board of Directors from 2008-2010 and has served in many volunteer state and national roles including serving on the AHIMA Fellowship, Nominating, and Triumph Awards Committees as well as serving as a Long-Term Care Practice Council Chair and Co-Chair for several years. She served as President of SDHIMA in 2004.
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Program Director
Dakota State University
Julie A. Shay, MBA-HIN, RHIA
Program Director and Pofessor
Santa Fe College
Ms. Julie A. Shay is the Health Information Technology Program Director and professor for Santa Fe College. Ms. Shay advocates that “Trusted information is a valuable asset to any organization; being good stewards of this valuable asset will reap benefits such as better decision making that results in cost reduction, risk reduction and the promotion of quality care and business strategy.”
Ms. Shay has 22 years industry and 16 years academia experience in healthcare business operations management in settings such as physician practice management, outpatient, inpatient settings to include managed care contracting, payer relations and operations expertise.
Ms. Shay is an approved AHIMA ICD10CM/PCS trainer. She has been a guest speaker for several national, statewide, and local conferences.
She is a member of North East Florida Health Information Management Association, Florida Health Information Management Association (FHIMA), and American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).
She served as the Chair of the CEE's (Council Excellence Education) Associate Education Coalition Committee (AEC), where she led and assisted the coalition in developing health information technology specialty curriculum tracks for colleges nationwide. Assisted with the development of workflow process in getting specialty tracks approved within academia/state environment. (2012-2014).
Ms. Shay served as a member of the AHIMA (CEE) Council for Excellence Education (2013-2016).
During 2015-2016, she served as a co-chair for the CEE Workforce Workgroup that focused on raising HIM Awareness.
Ms. Shay has served as a member of the AHIMA HIMR Initiative and has served as the FHIMA HIM Awareness Coordinator (2015-2017, 2019-2020).
Ms. Shay was the recipient of the 2016 AHIMA Educator Triumph Award. (nominated/supported by fellow HIM colleagues, students, and industry partners.)
Ms. Shay was the recipient of the 2016 FHIMA Educator Award (nominated/supported by fellow HIM colleagues, students, and industry partners.)
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Program Director and Pofessor
Santa Fe College
Eric Swirsky, JD, MA
Board Chair
CAHIIM
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Board Chair
CAHIIM
Learn more aboutLynette M. Williamson, Ed.D., MBA, RHIA, CCS, CPC, FAHIMA
Lynette M. Williamson, Ed.D., MBA, RHIA, CCS, CPC, FAHIMA
Lynette M. Williamson, Ed.D., MBA, RHIA, CCS, CPC, FAHIMA
Assistant Professor
University of Hawai’i-West O’ahu
Dr. Lynette Williamson has been in the field of Health Information Management (HIM) for over thirty years. Currently, she is serving on the Commission on Certification for Health Informatics and Information Management (CCHIIM) for AHIMA. For seven years, Dr. Williamson served as a Commissioner for the Commission on Accreditation for Health Information and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). Dr. Williamson is an Assistant Professor at the University of Hawai’i-West O’ahu. Dr. Williamson earned her B.S. in Health Information Management from Florida International University, an MBA with a concentration in Global Management from University of Phoenix, and an Ed.D. in educational leadership with the concentration of Higher Education from Gwynedd Mercy University. Her research interests include student engagement and success especially in the distance education environment. In 2020, Dr. Williamson was selected as a fellow for the American Evaluation Association (AEA), Minority Serving Institution (MSI) program.
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Assistant Professor
University of Hawai’i-West O’ahu
Janusz Wojtusiak, PhD
Associate Professor and Division Director
George Mason University
Dr. Wojtusiak is an associate professor of health informatics in the George Mason University Department of Health Administration and Policy, and the Division Director for Mason’s Programs in Health Informatics. He also serves as the director of the GMU Machine Learning and Inference Laboratory, and the director of GMU Center for Discovery Science and Health Informatics.
Dr. Wojtusiak obtained with honors his Master’s degree in Computer Science from Jagiellonian University in 2001, and Ph.D. in Computational Sciences and Informatics (concentration in Computational Intelligence and Knowledge Mining) from George Mason University in 2007.
Dr. Wojtusiak’s research interests include development and use of intelligent systems in healthcare. In particular he focuses on creating artificial intelligence algorithms for clinical decision support and knowledge discovery in medical data, and supporting health services research. He authored or co-authored about 100 research publications and presentations in these areas.
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Associate Professor and Division Director
George Mason University
