Lynne Thomas Gordon is CEO of the American Health Information Management Association and has more than 30 years of healthcare and association experience. Prior to leading AHIMA, Ms. Gordon was associate vice president of operations and director of Rush University Children’s Hospital in Chicago.  Her previous roles include administrator of Houston Medical Center, COO of Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, and director of operations at Shands AGH, Gainesville, Fla. Her healthcare executive experience is built on over a decade of working in the health information management profession.