ACE 2011 Claim to Fame by AHDI-West

ACE 2011 Claim to Fame

Carrie McComb, Auburn, WAHorse Trainer for 47 Years!


Char Hartwig, Monroe, WIPicked up the 4-6-7-10 split


Debbie Krapfl, Lomira, WI2 days in Phoenix sun = A+ Tan!


Lisa Johnson, Fort Worth, TXAlter ego – biker chick named “Peaches”


Pet Stettler, Kirkland, WAWrite stories that make people laugh and cry


Nora Maine, Aurora, CONamed a state after me!


Christopher Porco, Carmichael, CAMT Steno Keyboard


Tina Whitecotton, Tucson, AZCo-founder of Online Chapter/Association

with Jay Vance


April Martin, RHIA, CPEHR, CPHIT, CPHIE, CHP, CHSS, CMT, AHDI-F Gregory, MI

I have more credentials than letters in my name.


Charlene Thiessen, Tempe, AZGlass jewelry designer


Lorelei Gilmore, Prescott Valley, AZ1970 on cover of a wig box - Redken magazine ad


Tina Thomas, St. Robert, MOProud military wife


Sam Carnegie, Kelowna, BC, CanadaWorking for Colleen Gaudet!!


JoAnn Clarke, Kelowna, BC, CanadaRecently discovered talent for art


Maggie Thebeault, Lake Havasu City, AZSkilled handgun & assault rifle enthusiast


Angela Allison, Lake Havasu City, AZAll my April 2011 Study Group members who tested

for RMT/CMT passed and are credentialed MTs!


Jay Vance, Yuma, AZBlessed husband, father, & grandfather


Deb Hunsecker, San Manuel, AZOnce brushed shoulders with the Honorable Charles

Rangle in the congressional office building


Cathy Baughman, Granite City, ILRichard Simmons came to ACE 2007 as a Keynote and now I help people bring change to their own lives…I’d

love to speak at your meeting! Lifechanges4u.net


Ann Donnelly, Miramar, FLI was heavily involved in offshore

power boat (superboat class) racing


Chad Sines, Cleveland, TN & Lake Havasu City, AZI am the “Chad.”

And Heather loves me.


Robin Reynolds, Axton, VASurvived blood clot to brain


Patricia Ireland, San Antonio, TXHave published 2 textbooks, working on the 3rd


Karen Self, Tampa, FLTranscriptionist before they had typewriters


Lana Frost, Dewey, AZChildren’s book illustrator/author. Artist, grandma


Kim Buchanan, Bothell, WAFell boarding an airplane and shattered my ankle in 3 places (on my way to Advocacy Summit 2006)


Vallie Piloian, Oviedo, FLYoungest AHDI president


Diana Anderson, Mesquite, TXI have 13 awesome grandchildren


Connie Walls, Allen, TXKissed by Blarney Stone


Diane Warth, Virginia Beach, VAI survived a broken leg while skiing in

Breckenridge, CO


I am “Matt LaMond” of Painesville, OH…need I say more?


Jennifer Conroy, Maricopa, AZProud mother of 4 and Conroy Transcription Services


Karen Fox-Acosta, San Diego, CAI am married to the best person in the world!


Marcia Flanagan, Surprise, AZI am in the process of inventing something to help medical transcriptionist + QA people.


Brenda Flatt, Huntington Beach, CAI survived bilateral lung pulmonary emboli


Joann Brackney, Erie, COCamel ride in Tunisia in May 2011


Lynne Kallio, Gwinn, MIFlown in helicopter in Hawaii, rode in hot air balloon over

Lake Tahoe, climbed Diamond Head and the Sydney Harbor Bridge in Australia, and ziplined in Wisconsin Hills


jj Zwang, Phoenix, OregonSang at Carnegie Hall and

mass at Vatican, Rome, Italy in June 2011


Kevena Espinoza, Harrisburg, PAA Sweet Adeline (woman’s barbershop singers) going to participate in World Choir Games 2012

in Cincinnati (Olympics of Singing)


Tina Hurley, Crandall, TXI auditioned for America’s Got Talent and

sang Amazing Grace


Sharon Wulbrecht, La Verne, CAHave completed 6 sprint triathlons and currently

participating in the Olympic weightlifting


Pam Bacigalupo, Gilbert, AZHave traveled to more than 15 countries,

many more than once


Pat Freund, Glendale, AZWorld’s Best Aunt!


Richard Browne, Westminster, COI fixed the “Claim to Fame” slide show to show on the

screen while still working on the PC.


Shirley Hart, Kingman, AZI have 7 grandchildren


Crystal DeVelis, Phoenix, AZThe face of brutal honesty


Kelly Kappmeier, Oakdale, CAI was stuck in an elevator in a bikini with the

association leaders at my first conference.


Ellie Abraham, Tucson, AZI found a dead body


Laura Bryan, Mesquite, TXWord guru &

2011 AHDI Lifetime Achievement Award


Bob Bryan, Mesquite, TXMedEDocs platform


Terisa Carter, Reno, NVVisited all 7 continents


Ellen Drake, Tavares, FLAuthor, Saunders Pharmaceutical word books


Kerry Powers, Prescott, AZBeing a bossy daughter


Debbie Cook, Coulterville, CAVolunteer firefighter for Maricopa County Fire Dept.


Denese Dugay, Milford, CTI sang a jingle and won a car.


Linda Best, Binghamton, NYI rode slingshot with Bonnie Monico in Daytona


Laura A. Dickson, Tulsa, OKMost marvelous red-head transcriptionist

extraordinaire


Nancy Wilson, Portland, ORJohnny Appleseed of Emdat technology


Shelly Mitchell, Chesterfield, NHProud military mom


Christine Tyrrell, Binghamton, NYDeveloped best transcription quality software – TQAudit

2011 AHDI Technology Innovation Award


Judy Lichtenberger, Bethlehem, PAMy prior profession was a chemist at

Miller Brewing Company


Brenda Dorsett, Lake Havasu City, AZPlay flute in a group called Symphonic Winds and previous member of Havasu Regional Orchestra


Fara Roberts, Eugene, ORAbility to put people at ease, great trainer


Rosita Skeete, Phoenix, AZTransitioned from Caribbean to Southwest desert.

Now transitioning 25 years later to new career as MT. Life is full of surprises.


Pat Harriman, Richmond, MELove lobster rolls


Ann Ripley, Oakville, Ontario, CanadaLove to take nature and landscape photos


Sharon L. Norwood, Glendora, CAI work for the employer of the year 2011 (nominee)…

She’s an owner who stands in her truth


Peggy Smith, Grand Rapids, MIReformed keypunch operator


Cheryl Rigsby, Phoenix, AZTwo sons serving in the US Marines


Kat King, Rogue River,ORMrs. Larry King…Live!


Tanya Guenther, 108 Mile Ranch, BCProud Member of District #1 and AO-AHDI


Michael Grady, Sacramento, CAAdored by women far and wide.


David & Betsy Ertel, Apopka, FLMr. & Mrs. SpeedType

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ACE 2011 Claim to Fame by AHDI-West