AHIMA Member Townhall - December 2024

Connect with Your Professional Community

Join us for our quarterly AHIMA Member Townhall, a member-exclusive event aligned to our initiative to keep our members informed and engaged. Designed to offer authentic and transparent updates on initiatives impacting our community, this virtual event promises an hour of valuable insights and meaningful interaction.

During this interactive session, our moderator and AHIMA President/Chair-elect, Maria Caban Alizondo, will facilitate a discussion with AHIMA Board Members and senior leadership, including AHIMA President and Board Chair Mona Calhoun and AHIMA Interim CEO Cris Iaboni.

We'll cover topics that matter most to you and offer:

Authentic updates: Stay informed about initiatives impacting our community.
Transparent discussions: Interact with board members and senior leadership in real time.
Interactive Q&A: AHIMA leadership will answer member questions during a Q&A session at the end of the event.
Earn a Complimentary CEU: Members who attend the townhall will receive one complimentary CEU through our new Coupon Rewards in the MyAHIMA Hub.

This is your chance to have your voice heard and stay connected with the AHIMA community. Register now to secure your spot!

Mona has 35 years’ experience in the profession and serves as chair of the HIM program at Coppin State University. She has led health information departments in behavioral health, rehabilitation, and acute care settings and has worked for a health information outsourcing company. She served as President, President-elect, Director, Delegate, and chair of several committees for the Maryland Health Information Management Association. Mona served as chair of the Educational Strategies Committee, Council for Excellence in Education (CEE), Fellowship, and Nominating Committees. She participated on the AHIMA Advocacy and Policy Council, CEE Educational Programming Workgroup, and AHIMA Professional Ethics Committee, and she is currently on the Editorial Advisory Council for Journal of AHIMA. Mona is an accreditation peer reviewer for the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education.

Mona Calhoun, PhD, MS, Med, RHIA, FAHIMA

President/Chair | AHIMA

Maria is the director of health information management services for UCLA Health System in Los Angeles, CA. She has been president of the California Health Information Association, CA delegate to AHIMA, and chair of the CHIA Governance Committee and Technology Taskforce. She participated in authoring the AHIMA CDI Toolkit, AHIMA Future of the House Taskforce and the AHIMA Envisioning Collaborative and is a proud AHIMA Mentor. Maria is passionate about strategic change, leadership, and developing new professionals. She writes and presents frequently on topics that influence the profession, including strategic change management, relational leadership, applied informatics and governance, and operational technology integrations.

Maria Caban Alizondo, PhD, RHIT, FAHIMA

President/Chair-Elect | AHIMA

Cris Iaboni is a seasoned leader who brings a wealth of experience in driving organizational success through strategic leadership, transformative initiatives, operational excellence, and cultural development. She joined AHIMA in early 2024 as Chief Human Resources Officer and stepped into the role of Interim CEO in November 2024.

Cris holds a masters in industrial relations from University of New Haven, a certificate in global human resources management at Duke University, and a bachelor’s in political science from Trinity College-Hartford.

Cris Iaboni

Interim CEO & Chief Human Resources Officer | AHIMA