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The American Academy of Professional Coders Announces First Ever Chapter Association Board of Directors
New Board Will Support Local Leaders And Give Members More Opportunities To Get Involved On The National Level
Salt Lake City – July 9, 2007 – The Board of Directors for the first ever American Academy of Professional Coders Chapter Association (AAPCCA) has been named. Independent of the AAPC national office, the AAPCCA Board of Directors will work in tandem with AAPC local chapter leaders to support their strategic initiatives and programs. The AAPCCA and the local chapters form the nonprofit arm of the AAPC.
Led by Chair Georgette Gustin, CPC, CCS-P, CHC, the board is made up of 16 AAPC members from across the country and one AAPC national office representative. Board members serve two-year terms.
"It's a time of great optimism and growth at the AAPC," said Gustin, AAPCCA chair and former president of the AAPC's National Advisory Board. "The AAPC Chapter Association will provide a voice from local chapters to the national office, as well as support and guidance."
The AAPCCA will provide the hundreds of AAPC Chapters with guidance by coordinating a consistent infrastructure as well as a support system to help make each chapter successful.
"The Chapter Association Board was created to help further support the local chapter leaders," said Bruce Morrison, director of the local chapters division at AAPC and the AAPC national liaison on the board. "The board members represent a variety of chapters – large, small, rural, urban – and with various previous experience. We have a well-rounded, high-quality board to support our local chapters."
The 2007 – 2009 AAPC Chapter Association Board of Directors includes:
- Laurie Weyerstrass, CPC - Connecticut
Region 1: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York
Current president – Hartford Connecticut Chapter
- Steven Wahl, CPC - New Jersey
Region 2: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Washington DC
Current president – East Orange New Jersey Chapter
- Risse T. Snelgrove, CPC - Virginia
Region 3: Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina
Current president - Leesburg Virginia Chapter
- Carol S. Clapp, CPC - Tennessee
Region 4: Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee
Current secretary/treasurer - Chattanooga Tennessee Chapter
- Susan M. Garrett, CPC - Texas
Region 5: Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi
Current president-elect - El Paso Texas Chapter
- Jill M. Young, CPC - Michigan
Region 6: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio
Current treasurer - Lansing Michigan Chapter
- Linda D. Hallstrom, CPC - Arizona
Region 7: Idaho, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa
Current president - Phoenix Arizona Chapter
- Terry Fletcher, CPC - California
Region 8: California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Hawaii, Alaska
Past president - Laguna Niguel California Chapter
- Mary Fran Arseneau, CPC – Alaska
At large; Current president - Anchorage Alaska Chapter
- Janet L. Dunkerley, CPC – South Carolina
At large; Current secretary - Columbia South Carolina Chapter
- Kasey J. Grove, CPC – Washington
At large; Current secretary - Aberdeen Washington Chapter
- Georgette Gustin, CPC, CCS-P, CHC – Indiana
At large; Past president – Madison Wisconsin Chapter
- Reba A. Harrison, CPC – Georgia
At large; Past officer – Atlanta Georgia Chapter
- Susan Manning, CPC – Wisconsin
At large; Current treasurer - Madison Wisconsin Chapter
- Robert A. Pelaia, CPC – Florida
Attorney/CPC; Member Jacksonville Florida Chapter
- Charla Prillaman, CPC – North Carolina
At large; Past president – Charlotte North Carolina Chapter
- Bruce M. Morrison – Utah
AAPC, Director Local Chapters
About AAPC: The AAPC (www.aapc.com) is the nation's largest education and credentialing association for medical coders. The AAPC provides certified credentials to medical coders in physician offices, hospitals and outpatient centers. The three certifications AAPC offers are CPC®, CPC-H® and CPC-P® and represent the gold standard certification for medical coding. AAPC provides a wide variety of benefits to its 60,000 worldwide members. Its National Advisory Board operates in an advisory capacity to the national office, and is a separate entity from the AAPCCA Board of Directors.
About AAPC Certifications
AAPC offers the medical coding industry credentials Certified Professional Coder® (CPC®), Certified Professional Coder-Hospital® (CPC-H®) and Certified Professional Coder-Payer® (CPC-P®). Additionally, AAPC offers 15 specialty credentials. For more information on AAPC's specialty credentials, visit http://www.aapc.com/certification/specialty-credentials.aspx.
AAPC Contact Information:
Bruce Morrison, Chapter Development Director, 800-626-2633 x 170
bruce.morrison@aapc.com
www.aapc.com