President:
Mervat Abdelhak, PhD, RHIA
Department Chair and Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh
6051 Forbes Tower
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Phone: 412-383-6650
Email: madelhak@pitt.edu
Past President:
Melanie Brodnik, PhD, RHIA
Director & Associate Professor
The Ohio State University
1583 Perry St.; HIMS Dept. Rm. 543
Columbus, OH 43210-1234
Phone: 614-292-0567
Email: brodnik.2@osu.edu
President-elect:
Jill Callahan Dennis, JD, RHIA
Principal, Health Risk Advantage
21843 Unbridled Ave.
Parker, CO 80138-3082
Phone: 303-840-3000
Email: jdennis@healthriskadvantage.com
Executive Vice President and CEO:
Linda L. Kloss, RHIA, CAE
AHIMA
233 N. Michigan, Suite 2150
Chicago, IL 60601-5800
Phone: 312-233-1100
Email: linda.kloss@ahima.org
Third-year Directors:
Larry Dunham, RHIA, CHP
Director, HIM/Chief Privacy Officer
Touro Infirmary
1401 Foucher St.
New Orleans, LA 70115
Phone: 504-897-8370
Email: dunhaml@touro.com
Wendy Mangin, MS, RHIA
Director Medical Record Dept.
Good Samaritan Hospital
520 S. 7th St.
Vincennes, IN 47591-1038
Phone: 812-885-3487
Email: wmangin@gshvin.org
Gail I. Smith, MA, RHIA, CCS-P
Program Director and Associate Professor
University of Cincinnati
College of Allied Health Sciences
3202 Eden Ave., Suite 315
Cincinnati, OH 45267
Phone: 513-558-8512
Email: gail.smith@uc.edu
Second-year Directors:
Gail L. Graham, RHIA
Director, Health Data and Informatics, Office of Information
Dept. of Veterans Affairs
3016 S. Buchanan St.
Arlington, VA, 22206-1506
Phone: 202-273-9220
Email: gail.graham@va.gov
Keith L. Olenik, MA, RHIA, CHP
Principal
The Olenik Consulting Group
307 E. 67th St.
Kansas City, MO 64113
Phone: 816-523-3749
Email: keitholenik@aol.com
Catherine E. Porto, MPA, RHIA, CHP
Team Leader, Health Information
Los Alamos National Laboratory
5335 Quemazon
Los Alamos, NM, 87544-3781
Phone: 505-665-3460
Email: ceporto@lanl.gov
First-year Directors:
Jennifer Hornung Garvin, PhD, RHIA, CPHQ, CCS, CTR, FAHIMA
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Public Health
Temple University
3766 Pickertown Rd.
Chalfont, PA 18914-3520
Phone: 215-620-3390
Email: ccsreview@netcarrier.com
Angela Kennedy, MBA, RHIA, CPHQ
HIM Program Director
Louisiana Tech University
PO Box 3171
Ruston, LA 71272
Phone: 318-257-2854
Email: kennedy@him.latech.edu
Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA
President, Kuehn Consulting, LLC
1155 S. Springdale Rd.
Waukesha, WI 53186-1415
Phone: 262-574-1064
Email: lkuehn1@wi.rr.com