Bryon Pickard, MBA, RHIA, is director of operations for the business office of the 1,100-member Vanderbilt Medical Group at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. He has served on numerous state and national boards and from 2000 to 2002 served on the Board of Directors of AHIMA. He is past president of the Illinois Health Information Management Association.

Linda L. Kloss, RHIA, CAE, FAHIMA, is AHIMA's chief executive officer, a position she has held since 1995. Before joining the AHIMA staff, Kloss served as a senior manager for Massachusetts-based MediQual Systems, Inc. and for Chicago-based InterQual, Inc. Kloss served on the AHIMA Board of Directors from 1980 to 1986 and was president in 1985

Rita Bowen, MA, RHIA, CHPS, is privacy officer and director of HIM at Erlanger in Chattanooga, TN. She currently serves on the Council on Certification, the CCHIT security and reliability work group, has served as AHIMA’s liaison to HIMSS for development of the CHS exam, and frequently speaks on the subject of privacy.

Bonnie S. Cassidy, MPA, RHIA, FAHIMA, FHIMSS, is strategic group leader for the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology. Cassidy has been an active AHIMA volunteer, is a published author, and is a Fellow of AHIMA. She has received the AHIMA's Legacy, Volunteer Excellence, and Professional Achievement Awards.

April Robertson, MPA, RHIA, CHP, directs corporate compliance for ChartOne Inc. She also advises on HIM product development requirements. Robertson speaks nationally on AHIMA’s e-HIM initiative, federal regulations, and best practices for regulatory compliance. She is past president and current director of the California HIA, member of the 2005 AHIMA Advocacy and Policy Task Force, and served as national chair of the Vendor Task Force for the 14th Congress of IFHRO.

Mary Beth McCoy Haugen, MS, RHIA, is director of HIM and information services at Denver Health. Haugen has served as Colorado HIMA as delegate, treasurer, program chair, and nominating committee chair.

Patricia Shaw, MEd, RHIA, FAHIMA, is associate professor and program director for the HIM program at Weber State University in Ogden, UT. She has served as chair of AHIMA’s Council on Certification and the program committee for the AHIMA Assembly on Education’s summer symposium.

Patty T. Sheridan, MBA, RHIA, is president of Care Communications, Inc., in Chicago. Sheridan served as president of the New York HIMA and has served on AHIMA’s Organizational Structure task force, e-health task force, and two work groups.

Mark Dietz, RHIA, is a national healthcare management consultant and was formerly principal of healthcare consulting for Deloitte & Touche. He currently serves as vice chair of FORE’s Board of Directors. Dietz received the Minnesota HIMA’s Distinguished Member Award in 2004.

Mary G. Reeves, RHIA, is director of medical information services at Vanderbilt University Hospital and Vanderbilt Children's Hospital in Nashville, TN. She received AHIMA’s 2006 e-HIM® FORE Triumph Award. Reeves served two terms as president of the Tennessee HIMA.

Renae Spohn, MBA, RHIA, CPHQ, FAHIMA, FNAHQ, is director of clinical applications at the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society in Salem, SD. Spohn has worked in quality for 10 years. Prior to that, she served as an HIM consultant for the society, serving over 100 sites and working closely with clinical software.