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AHIMA FOUNDATION ◁Celebrating the AHIMA Foundation’s 50 thAnniversary: Fifty for the 50 thThis year, the AHIMA Foundationcelebrates its 50 th anniversary, andto help mark the occasion, we’relaunching the Fifty for the 50 th Challenge.Throughout the year, the Foundation anddonors will be challenging each other todonate around the theme of 50.The Foundation kicked off the Fifty forthe 50 th Challenge with a challenge torally 50 employees of AHIMA, CAHIIM,and the Foundation to donate to theHealth Information Relief Operation(HIRO) Fund, an ongoing disasterrecovery fund to assist HIM professionalswhose lives and communities have beenshattered by natural or man-made events.At the completion of the Challenge, 66staff members donated over $1,700 tothis cause.In March, the Foundation launched thefirst member Fifty for the 50th Challengethanks to a generous donation of $1,500to the HIRO Fund from Precise CodingSolutions. The Foundation sought 30members to match this donation witha donation of $50 or more to the HIROfund. Thank you for supporting thechallenge. What else can you do to helpmake the Foundation’s anniversary golden?• Become a challenge donor andchallenge members to matchyour donation• Add an additional $50 or multiple of$50 ($100, $150, $200, etc.) to yourannual donation• Make a $50 donation to the Foundationwhen you renew your membershipIf you are interested in becoming achallenge donor, e-mail Mary Taylor-Blasiin the Foundation or call (312) 233-1585.Vision 2016: The Roadmapto RealityThe Council for Excellence in Education(CEE) is a council of educators andpractitioners determining the strategyfor the academic community. The CEE isalso a leading force in education strategyfor the profession and the Foundation.Based on Vision 2016, in 2012, the CEEis implementing a strategy it’s calling,“Vision 2016: The Roadmap to Reality.”The strategy has four parts:1. Learn More, Earn More: Movementtoward HIM Prepared Master’s– Respect– Opportunities– Increased salary2. Enhance the associate’s degree toinclude areas of specialization3. Invest in faculty development inareas of research, data integrity, anddata governance4. Create an executive track fordoctorally prepared individualsto obtain the HIM credentialthrough approved education andtraining programs.The CEE collaborates with stakeholdersto ensure that future education continuesto be the cornerstone of a thriving HIMprofession. Through innovation, research,communication, and transparency, theCouncil will continue to elevate andpromote HIM professionals as the trustedsource for accurate health informationand recognized knowledge brokers.The Council for Excellence in Educationconsists of 12 members:Mona Y. Calhoun, MS, RHIA (chair)Valerie J. Watzlaf, PhD, RHIA, FAHIMA(vice chair)Vanda L. Crossley, MS, RHIAStephanie Donovan, MBA, RHIACynthia A. Glewwe, MEd, RHIALeah A. Grebner, MS, RHIA, CCS,FAHIMARebecca B. Reynolds, RHIA, EDDEllen S. Shakespeare, MBA, RHIAChristine M. Staropoli, MS, RHIA, CCSMelinda Teel, RHIA, CCSCindy D. Zak, MS, RHIA, PMPXiaoming Zeng, MD, PhDThe CEE contains six workgroups,with the following interests andresponsibilities:• Community—responsible for reestablishinga sense of communityamong the educators.• Faculty development—creates aspectrum of faculty developmentresources, including tutorials thatwill be offered to new and apprenticeeducators in order to assist them inbecoming an effective educator, andtake their teaching to the next level.• Educational programming—plans andexecutes educational programming forthe academic community, principallythe Assembly on Education (AOE)Symposium and Faculty DevelopmentInstitute (FDI); creates plans for stateleveland regional academic events.• Research and periodicals—engagesand leads the academic communityin contributions to research andpeer-review journals across thehealthcare spectrum.• Curricula—responsible for maintainingstate-of-the-art model curriculum at allthree educational levels.• Workforce—supports the HIM Jobsfor America initiative, and keeps aforward-moving, forward-thinking,vision for the Association.AHIMA ADVANTAGE PAGE ◁ 17