AHIMA Expert Speaker Bios

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• Dan Rode, MBA, FHFMA
  Vice President, Advocacy and Policy
  

• Don Asmonga, MBA, CAE
  Director of Government Relations
• Sue Bowman, RHIA, CCS
  Director of Coding Policy and Compliance
• Allison F. Viola, MBA, RHIA
  Director of Federal Relations
  


• Rita Scichilone, MHSA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CHC
  Senior Advisor,Global Transaction and Vocabulary Standards

• William J. Rudman, PhD, RHIA
  Vice President, Education and Workforce Development
  
  
• Patt Peterson, MA, RHIA
  Director of Education

• Harry B. Rhodes, MBA, RHIA, CHPS, CPHIMS, FAHIMA
  Director of Practice Leadership
• Lydia Washington, MS, RHIA, CPHIMS
  Director of Practice Leadership

• Kathy DeVault, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P
  Director of Professional Practice
• Angie Comfort, RHIT, CCS
  Director of Professional Practice

• Angela K. Dinh, MHA, RHIA, CHPS
  Director of Professional Practice
  

• Diana Warner, MS, RHIA, CHPS, FAHIMA
  Director of Professional Practice
  

• Janie Batres, MS, RHIT, CCS
  Director Professional Practice
  

• Lou Ann Wiedemann, MS, RHIA, FAHIMA, CPEHR
  Director of Professional Practice
  
• Jill S. Clark, MBA, RHIA
  Director of Professional Practice
  
• Julie Dooling, RHIT
  Director of Professional Practice
  
• Melanie Endicott, MBA/HCM, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P
  Director of Professional Practice
  
• Theresa Rihanek,RHIA, CCS
  Director of Professional Practice