1. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Carrie McComb, Auburn, WA Horse Trainer for 47 Years!

2. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Char Hartwig, Monroe, WI Picked up the 4-6-7-10 split

3. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Debbie Krapfl, Lomira, WI 2 days in Phoenix sun = A+ Tan!

4. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Lisa Johnson, Fort Worth, TX Alter ego – biker chick named “Peaches”

5. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Pet Stettler, Kirkland, WA Write stories that make people laugh and cry

6. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Nora Maine, Aurora, CO Named a state after me!

7. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Christopher Porco, Carmichael, CA MT Steno Keyboard

8. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Tina Whitecotton, Tucson, AZ Co-founder of Online Chapter/Association with Jay Vance

9. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame April Martin, RHIA, CPEHR, CPHIT, CPHIE, CHP, CHSS, CMT, AHDI-F Gregory, MI I have more credentials than letters in my name.

10. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Charlene Thiessen, Tempe, AZ Glass jewelry designer

11. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Lorelei Gilmore, Prescott Valley, AZ 1970 on cover of a wig box - Redken magazine ad

12. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Tina Thomas, St. Robert, MO Proud military wife

13. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Sam Carnegie, Kelowna, BC, Canada Working for Colleen Gaudet!!

14. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame JoAnn Clarke, Kelowna, BC, Canada Recently discovered talent for art

15. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Maggie Thebeault, Lake Havasu City, AZ Skilled handgun & assault rifle enthusiast

16. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Angela Allison, Lake Havasu City, AZ All my April 2011 Study Group members who tested for RMT/CMT passed and are credentialed MTs!

17. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Jay Vance, Yuma, AZ Blessed husband, father, & grandfather

18. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Deb Hunsecker, San Manuel, AZ Once brushed shoulders with the Honorable Charles Rangle in the congressional office building

19. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Cathy Baughman, Granite City, IL Richard 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

20. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Ann Donnelly, Miramar, FL I was heavily involved in offshore power boat (superboat class) racing

21. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Chad Sines, Cleveland, TN & Lake Havasu City, AZ I am the “Chad.” And Heather loves me.

22. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Robin Reynolds, Axton, VA Survived blood clot to brain

23. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Patricia Ireland, San Antonio, TX Have published 2 textbooks, working on the 3rd

24. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Karen Self, Tampa, FL Transcriptionist before they had typewriters

25. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Lana Frost, Dewey, AZ Children’s book illustrator/author. Artist, grandma

26. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Kim Buchanan, Bothell, WA Fell boarding an airplane and shattered my ankle in 3 places (on my way to Advocacy Summit 2006)

27. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame ValliePiloian, Oviedo, FL Youngest AHDI president

28. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Diana Anderson, Mesquite, TX I have 13 awesome grandchildren

29. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Connie Walls, Allen, TX Kissed by Blarney Stone

30. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Diane Warth, Virginia Beach, VA I survived a broken leg while skiing in Breckenridge, CO

31. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame I am “Matt LaMond” of Painesville, OH …need I say more?

32. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Jennifer Conroy, Maricopa, AZ Proud mother of 4 and Conroy Transcription Services

33. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Karen Fox-Acosta, San Diego, CA I am married to the best person in the world!

34. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Marcia Flanagan, Surprise, AZ I am in the process of inventing something to help medical transcriptionist + QA people.

35. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Brenda Flatt, Huntington Beach, CA I survived bilateral lung pulmonary emboli

36. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Joann Brackney, Erie, CO Camel ride in Tunisia in May 2011

37. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Lynne Kallio, Gwinn, MI Flown 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

38. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame jj Zwang, Phoenix, Oregon Sang at Carnegie Hall and mass at Vatican, Rome, Italy in June 2011

39. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Kevena Espinoza, Harrisburg, PA A Sweet Adeline (woman’s barbershop singers) going to participate in World Choir Games 2012 in Cincinnati (Olympics of Singing)

40. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Tina Hurley, Crandall, TX I auditioned for America’s Got Talent and sang Amazing Grace

41. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Sharon Wulbrecht, La Verne, CA Have completed 6 sprint triathlons and currently participating in the Olympic weightlifting

42. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Pam Bacigalupo, Gilbert, AZ Have traveled to more than 15 countries, many more than once

43. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Pat Freund, Glendale, AZ World’s Best Aunt!

44. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Richard Browne, Westminster, CO I fixed the “Claim to Fame” slide show to show on the screen while still working on the PC.

45. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Shirley Hart, Kingman, AZ I have 7 grandchildren

46. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Crystal DeVelis, Phoenix, AZ The face of brutal honesty

47. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Kelly Kappmeier, Oakdale, CA I was stuck in an elevator in a bikini with the association leaders at my first conference.

48. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Ellie Abraham, Tucson, AZ I found a dead body

49. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Laura Bryan, Mesquite, TX Word guru & 2011 AHDI Lifetime Achievement Award

50. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Bob Bryan, Mesquite, TX MedEDocs platform

51. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Terisa Carter, Reno, NV Visited all 7 continents

52. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Ellen Drake, Tavares, FL Author, Saunders Pharmaceutical word books

53. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Kerry Powers, Prescott, AZ Being a bossy daughter

54. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Debbie Cook, Coulterville, CA Volunteer firefighter for Maricopa County Fire Dept.

55. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame DeneseDugay, Milford, CT I sang a jingle and won a car.

56. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Linda Best, Binghamton, NY I rode slingshot with Bonnie Monico in Daytona

57. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Laura A. Dickson, Tulsa, OK Most marvelous red-head transcriptionist extraordinaire

58. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Nancy Wilson, Portland, OR Johnny Appleseed of Emdat technology

59. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Shelly Mitchell, Chesterfield, NH Proud military mom

60. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Christine Tyrrell, Binghamton, NY Developed best transcription quality software – TQAudit 2011 AHDI Technology Innovation Award

61. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Judy Lichtenberger, Bethlehem, PA My prior profession was a chemist at Miller Brewing Company

62. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Brenda Dorsett, Lake Havasu City, AZ Play flute in a group called Symphonic Winds and previous member of Havasu Regional Orchestra

63. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Fara Roberts, Eugene, OR Ability to put people at ease, great trainer

64. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Rosita Skeete, Phoenix, AZ Transitioned from Caribbean to Southwest desert. Now transitioning 25 years later to new career as MT. Life is full of surprises.

65. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Pat Harriman, Richmond, ME Love lobster rolls

66. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Ann Ripley, Oakville, Ontario, Canada Love to take nature and landscape photos

67. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Sharon L. Norwood, Glendora, CA I work for the employer of the year 2011 (nominee)… She’s an owner who stands in her truth

68. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Peggy Smith, Grand Rapids, MI Reformed keypunch operator

69. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Cheryl Rigsby, Phoenix, AZ Two sons serving in the US Marines

70. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Kat King, Rogue River,OR Mrs. Larry King…Live!

71. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Tanya Guenther, 108 Mile Ranch, BC Proud Member of District #1 and AO-AHDI

72. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame Michael Grady, Sacramento, CA Adored by women far and wide. 

73. ACE 2011 Claim to Fame David & Betsy Ertel, Apopka, FL Mr. & Mrs. SpeedType