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Tribute Gifts

Tribute Gifts are a meaningful and lasting way to honor or remember a family member, friend, colleague or loved one as a compassionate and important gesture.The AHIMA Foundation is extremely grateful for contributions made in tribute to others.

Honor Gifts

Memorial Gifts

Honor Gifts

Honor Gifts are a thoughtful way to acknowledge a promotion, retirement, birthday or other notable milestone. When you make an Honor Gift, the Foundation announces your gift to the honoree with a letter, and a shooting star pin is sent with gifts of $25 or more. Honor Gifts support the Annual Fund, including the Merit Scholarship Program.

The Foundation is pleased to recognize the following honor gifts made between January 1st and March 31st, 2013:

In Honor of Jean Clark
Donna D. Wilson, RHIA, CCS

In Honor of Kay L. Piper, RHIA, CDIP, CCS
Missouri Health Information Management Association

In Honor of Patricia Rubio, RHIA
Katherine E. Kremer, RHIT

In Honor of Sarah Y. Shaver, RHIA, CCS
Laura W. Pait, RHIA, CCS

In Honor of Michelle Shipley, MS, RHIA, CCS
Kansas Health Information Management Association

In Honor of Elizabeth D. Smith, RHIA, CPHQ
Sandra K. Allender, RHIA, CCS

In Honor of Members of North Carolina Health Information Management Association
William L. Ford, MHA, RHIT, CPC, CPC-H, CHC

Memorial Gifts

Memorial Gifts offer a meaningful and lasting way to honor the memory of a loved one. Memorial donations fund the Merit Scholarship Program which are awarded annually to students in HIM. When Memorial Gifts are made, the Foundation sends a letter to a designated family member of the person honored to recognize both the gift and the honoree.

The Foundation is pleased to recognize the following memorial gifts made between January 1st and March 31st, 2013:

In Memory of Iula Chase
Audrey L. Chase, RHIA

In Memory of Deborah A. DuCharme, RHIT, CCS
Michigan Health Information Management Association

In Memory of Evelyn Freeman, RHIA
Wanda G. McKnight, RHIT

In Memory of Joan Hayward, RHIA
Lynette M. Rossman, RHIT

In Memory of Charlotte A. Lefert, RHIA
Mary B. Boden, RHIT
JoCarol M. Farmer, RHIA
Barbara J. Gosselin, RHIT
Reesa Gottschalk, MS, RHIA
Linda A. Hyde, RHIA
Debbie L. Rickelman, RHIT
Patricia M. Roloff, RHIT, CCS
Western Wisconsin Health Information Management Association
Pamela J. Wirth, RHIA

In Memory of Michelle L. Mercieca, RHIT
Michigan Health Information Management Association
Virginia K. Pitts, RN, RHIA

In Memory of Clarice Moersch
Elizabeth D. Bowman, RHIA

In Memory of Geraldine Smothers, MPA, RHIA, CPHQ, CSL, FAHIMA
Liz Allen
Kimberly A. Baldwin-Stried Reich, MBA, MJ, RHIA, CPHQ
Barbara J. Black, MBA, SPHR
Nancy L. Blackburn, RHIA
Tara S. Blum, RHIA
John C. Cardone
Central Illinois Health Information Management Association
Patricia Cunningham, MS, RHIA
Roland S. Dale, MA, RHIA
Lena Dobbs-Johnson
Rose T. Dunn, MBA, CPA, RHIA, FAHIMA, FACHE
Anne M. Fischer, RHIA
Colleen A. Goethals, MS, RHIA, FAHIMA
Joyce A. Graves, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P
Mary K. Hamann, RHIA
Lois M. Hitchcock, RHIA
Wendy C. Holder, RHIA
Illinois Health Information Management Association
Ronald Lenel James, CPHIT, CPEHR
Sandra L. Joe, MJ, RHIA
Susan Z. Johnson, RHIA
Therese M. Jorwic, MPH, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, FAHIMA
Carol Klein, RHIT
Linda L. Kloss, RHIA, CAE, FAHIMA
MLT Medical Coding, Inc.
Ann M. Nowlin, RHIT
Roberta L. Peters, MS, RHIA
Harry B. Rhodes, MBA, RHIA, CHPS, CDIP, CPHIMS, FAHIMA
Patricia S. Robinson, RHIT
Kathy R. Sauer, MBA, RHIA
Lou Ann Schraffenberger, MBA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, FAHIMA
Patty Thierry Sheridan, MBA, RHIA, FAHIMA
Belinda Speights
Delight Tanakatsubo, RHIA
Leona M. Thomas, MHS, RHIA
Elaine A. Tribble, RHIA
Michael Wojcik
Donna S. Young, RHIA, CCS

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