CORPORATE LADDER.

Promotion to Senior VP at AAHSA Suzanne M. (Susan) Weiss has been promoted to senior vice president for advocacy at the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA). Weiss will be heading a new advocacy division responsible for coordinating AAHSA's public policy development and government relations efforts.

Weiss has been with the organization since 1936; her previous position was vice president and counsel for public policy.

President for 2002 elected at AHIMA Barbara Odom-Wesley, PhD, RHIA, is president-elect of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), a national association of more than 40,000 members. Wesley also owns and operates MEDPRO Services, a consulting firm, and is on the faculty at Texas Women's University.

Prior to her election, Wesley served on several of the association's committees, its diversity task force, and volunteered as an accreditation surveyor for academic programs.

Norma Cooper was promoted to senior vice president for information systems and chief information officer at Life Care Centers of America in Cleveland, Tenn.

Barry Ray was appointed president of American Lifestyle, a division of Life Care Centers of America in Cleveland, Tenn.

Tricia K. Kradel was promoted to director of nursing for Valencia Woods Nursing Center in Valencia, Pa.

Steven A. Matarelli, RN, PhD, was appointed director at Fowler Healthcare Affiliates Inc. in Atlanta.