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Like her alma mater, Linda Kloss '68 maintains a long-
standing commitment to quality healthcare, Benedictine
values and innovation in management. Kloss has gone far with the bachelor's degree in Medical Record Science she earned at the College. She's CEO and executive vice president of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), and its subsidiary, the Foundation for Research and Education in Health Information Management. AHIMA is a 40,000- member professional organization based in Chicago and Washington D.C. "I represent the association with alliance partners, the press and others, and I provide testimony in Washington on issues of concern to the association," she said. "I manage the staff and support the board of directors in achieving the mission of the association." |
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She's also active in numerous organizations and recently
received her master's degree in Organizational
Development from DePaul University, where she focused
on leading change in nonprofits. A Duluth native, Kloss continues to maintain relationships from her student days. "Sister Kathleen Hofer was my teacher in my senior year, and I've continued to know and work with her in the healthcare field. All of my HIM group are still close, and I had a very close group of friends, including Kathy LaTour (HIM chair and assistant professor). She and I went through junior high school, high school and college together." Kloss serves on the Board's Development Committee and on the national steering committee of the Imagine Tomorrow comprehensive campaign. She does both for personal and professional reasons. "Some of it is giving back, as well as expressing lifelong gratitude for what my friends, the Benedictine Sisters, have done for me and my family over the years. I also have a personal interest in how technology is going to affect higher education in the future. "But mostly I'm interested in sharing what experience I've had in helping a board work more strategically. Especially in nonprofits 20 or 30 years ago, many boards were more ceremonial in nature, meeting perhaps a couple of times a year. Today they are more participative. Now there are tough, high-stakes decisions that often have to be made quickly." How does she envision St. Scholastica in the future? "With my background, I'm interested in making sure the College continues to offer high quality education for healthcare professionals. The College can have an impact on gerontology, information sciences, ethics in healthcare and how issues will affect healthcare. "I'm committed to the importance of a solid liberal arts education. I'm also very personally interested in educating people to become effective leaders and agents of change. The Benedictine values of the College paired with management and leadership training is a powerful combination." |
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